The EU’s “Geopolitical” Enlargement Strategy Risks Deepening The Security Dilemma With Russia By Uriel Araujo Brussels now calls EU enlargement a “geopolitical imperative.” With Ukraine and Moldova moving toward membership, the strategic implications for Russia are becoming harder to ignore. The… Read More ›
European NATO Fears That The US Won’t Rush To Its Rescue If It Provokes A War With Russia By Andrew Korybko The EU’s planned creation of an Article 4-like mechanism suggests that European NATO suspects that the bloc’s American leader might… Read More ›
The EU’s Middle Corridor Plans Could Tighten The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko Even if there’s ever a Russian-US rapprochement, Russia would still have to confront creeping European-Turkish military-strategic influence along its entire southern periphery, thus perpetuating New… Read More ›
Von Der Leyen’s Defence Agenda Puts Europe On The Path To War With Russia By Andrew Korybko The only thing that might avert the Third World War that looks increasingly inevitable is if Russia decisively restores deterrence. European Commission President Ursula… Read More ›
Pax Silica: How Europe Surrendered Digital Sovereignty To America’s New Tech Empire By Uriel Araujo Only months after debating digital sovereignty, the European Union signed onto Washington’s Pax Silica initiative. The move reflects a profound shift in transatlantic relations, with far-reaching… Read More ›
The EU’s Failed Attempt To Steal Russia’s Seized Assets Was Self-Discrediting By Andrew Korybko It arguably dealt irreparable damage to the bloc’s reputation as a safe location in which foreigners the world over could store and invest their financial assets after… Read More ›
There Might Be More To The Von Der Leyen-GPS-Russia Hoax Than Scoring Cheap Infowar Points By Andrew Korybko NATO might exploit this hoax as the pretext for commencing large-scale but “plausibly deniable” electronic warfare provocations against Kaliningrad that could spike the… Read More ›
The Baltic States’ And Poland’s Withdrawal From The Ottawa Convention Won’t Change Much By Andrew Korybko Russia isn’t a signatory nor does it plan to invade any of those four countries. The Baltic States’ and Poland’s Defence Ministers issued a joint… Read More ›
The “ReArm Europe Plan” Will Probably Fall Far Short Of The Bloc’s Lofty Expectations By Andrew Korybko The estimated €800 billion in defence spending that’s supposed to follow in the next four years might sound impressive, but it becomes much less… Read More ›
Moldova’s EU Referendum Was Neither Free Nor Fair By Andrew Korybko Moldova is a deeply divided society as the latest referendum results show even if one ignores credible suspicions of fraud in support of the winning side. Moldovan President Maia Sandu boasted about… Read More ›