Displacing Russian Gas ‘For Good’: What Is Europe Really Paying? By Uriel Araujo Europe’s leaders claim Russian gas can be phased out “for good,” but P-TEC exposes the real cost of this strategy. LNG dependency, US influence, and rising energy bills… Read More ›
Trump’s C5+1 Gambit: Can Washington Dislodge Russia And China In Central Asia? By Uriel Araujo Trump’s C5+1 outreach targets critical minerals, energy security, and a strategic foothold in the Eurasian heartland. Yet Russia’s deep ties and China’s decades-long investments raise doubts… Read More ›
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? 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 ›
The Polish Origins Of Russia’s National Unity Day Are Still Relevant By Andrew Korybko Russia nowadays believes that Poland has been the most consistent threat to its national unity. Russia marks National Unity Day every 4 November in remembrance of the… Read More ›
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War By Andrew Korybko This could be averted if Poland, which commands NATO’s third-largest army and whose new president recently didn’t rule out talking to Putin if… Read More ›
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 ›
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 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 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 ›
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