The Significance of the Surprise Macron-Lukashenko Call Can’t Be Overstated By Andrew Korybko Macron wouldn’t have violated the EU’s long-standing isolation policy against Lukashenko just to casually chat, and recalling that Lukashenko has repeatedly hinted at a “big deal” being in… Read More ›
The Arctic And Baltic Fronts Of The NATO-Russian New Cold War Are Dangerously Merging By Andrew Korybko This trend poses a significant threat to Russia, but it also poses an equally significant one to the EU too if it leads to… Read More ›
Could A Major War Soon Erupt Along The Latvian-Belarusian-Ukrainian Front? By Andrew Korybko In all three cases, it’s respectively Ukraine, Latvia, and Poland and France that arguably have the prerogative when it comes to whether or not to escalate against Russia,… Read More ›
The Nuclearization Of Europe And Russia’s Strategic Fears By Uriel Araujo Moscow’s claims about a possible European nuclear role in Ukraine are being portrayed as “propaganda” in the West, yet recent developments make the issue harder to ignore. France’s expanding deterrence… Read More ›
The Triad Of The Sarmat: Decoding Russia’s Nuclear Signals To Europe And The US By Andrew Korybko The overarching one is that Sarmat deters a NATO invasion of Russia. Russia recently tested its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (known as Satan II by… Read More ›
The US’ Joint Operation Against ISIS In Nigeria Sends A Message To The Sahelian Alliance By Andrew Korybko The scenario of a US-backed Nigerian anti-terrorist intervention in Mali is becoming increasingly likely. Trump announced over the weekend that the US and Nigeria carried… Read More ›
Trump Might Hand Poland’s Conservative Opposition A Victory By Deploying More US Troops There By Andrew Korybko The liberal prime minister rejected any such redeployment of US troops from Germany to Poland in order to avoid offending Germany, while the conservative… Read More ›
French Media Confirmed That Paris Is Backing Ukraine In Mali By Andrew Korybko A division of labour can now be discerned: the US masterminded this war against Russia’s Malian ally, which al-Qaeda-aligned Islamic radicals are leading in alliance with Tuareg separatists,… Read More ›
Mali After The Failed Decapitation Strike: Malian Foreign Minister Signals A Coming Counteroffensive By Andrew Korybko The failed decapitation strike on day one of the war bought Mali time, but whether or not it’s enough depends on when the counteroffensive is… Read More ›
The Sahelian Domino Effect: How Mali’s Latest Crisis Could Ignite a West African War By Andrew Korybko There’s a growing risk that Tuareg separatism might once again spread from Mali to Niger, and radical Islamist violence could spread further into there… Read More ›