Serbia’s Continued Arming Of Ukraine Risks Rupturing Relations With Russia By Andrew Korybko Everything is proceeding according to the US’ plan, which Vucic might have even secretly agreed to. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic recently told German media that his country is… Read More ›
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Poland Might Impede The EU’s Push To Speedily Grant Ukraine Membership
Poland Might Impede The EU’s Push To Speedily Grant Ukraine Membership By Andrew Korybko Poland has more to lose from this than Hungary does, but it’s happy to let Hungary feel the heat for impeding Ukraine’s plans, unless Orban is ousted… Read More ›
Trump Expects Orban To Go Along With Poland’s Vision For Central Europe
Trump Expects Orban To Go Along With Poland’s Vision For Central Europe By Andrew Korybko The sanctions exemption was extended as a quid pro quo for Hungary incorporating itself into Poland’s US-backed regional integration plans, which necessitates gradually ditching Russian energy…. Read More ›
What’s Really Behind The Latest Border Tensions Between Belarus And Lithuania?
What’s Really Behind The Latest Border Tensions Between Belarus And Lithuania? By Andrew Korybko It’s possible that this is a “plausibly deniable” powerplay by Belarus as part of the “big deal” that it’s negotiating with the US. Lithuania closed its border… Read More ›
What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine?
What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe By Andrew Korybko Any reciprocal nuclear test by Russia could serve as the pretext for the US approving France and/or the UK sharing their nukes with… Read More ›
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure By Andrew Korybko Its real purpose is to get the US to reconsider its impending escalations against Russia by reminding it of the strategic costs that this could entail. Trump slammed Russia’s test of… Read More ›
Hungary Has Good Reason To Be Enraged About Poland’s Ruling On The Nord Stream Suspect
Hungary Has Good Reason To Be Enraged About Poland’s Ruling On The Nord Stream Suspect By Andrew Korybko The precedent that was established could soon be weaponized against it. Polish Judge Dariusz Lubowski ruled against extraditing a suspect in the Nord Stream attack to Germany… Read More ›
Germany Stands To Lose And Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move
Germany Stands To Lose And Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move By Andrew Korybko Poland’s role in providing more US LNG to Central & Eastern Europe is expected to erode Germany’s influence in this region and accelerate Poland’s… Read More ›
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as… Read More ›