European Air Defence Might Be Divided Into Two Spheres Of Influence By Andrew Korybko Germany might directly manage the northern half while France and Italy (senior and junior partners correspondingly) do the same with the southern one. Politico reported that “Von… Read More ›
Analysing The Estonian Premier’s Remark About The Applicability Of Article 5 In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Kaja Kallas’ assurances that Article 5 wouldn’t automatically be invoked if Russia killed uniformed NATO trainers in Ukraine shouldn’t be taken at face value since… Read More ›
What Are Turkish Syrian-Sourced Mercenaries Doing In Niger? By Andrew Korybko Objectively speaking, Niger seems interested in broadening its number of non-Western security partners, which is being done in this case by allowing its Turkish partner’s Syrian-sourced mercenaries to protect their… Read More ›
France Is Trying To Scapegoat Azerbaijan For The Unrest In New Caledonia By Andrew Korybko It’s much easier to try pinning the blame on Baku than to admit that the National Assembly’s move to dilute the local Kanaks’ voting rights was… Read More ›
US Should Send European Troops, Not NATO, To Ukraine, Say Some Within US Establishment By Uriel Araujo In a Schrödinger’s cat kind of reasoning, Crowther, Matisek, and O’Brien argue in the aforementioned piece that in the scenario they propose, “European forces would… Read More ›
Macron Keeps Discrediting France By Making Mistake After Mistake On The Foreign Policy Front By Andrew Korybko At this rate, there’s no longer any credible chance that France will revive its independent foreign policy traditions after the five major foreign policy… Read More ›
Paris Accuses Moscow Of Implying French Secret Services Helped Crocus City Hall Terrorists By Uriel Araujo France has halted talks with Russia over differing accounts on a phone call pertaining mainly to the Moscow terror attack. Paris is also denying… Read More ›
Would NATO Really Hang France Out To Dry If Russia Pulverized Its Forces In Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Even if Macron has too much pride to request assistance, the bloc as a whole could still rally behind France anyhow, or a… Read More ›
France Knows Better Than For Its Foreign Minister To Demand That China Condemns Russia By Andrew Korybko France’s top diplomat represents global interests and lacks any fundamental knowledge of the sphere in which he works. New French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne told his… Read More ›
Can The US Salvage Its Nigerien Base Deal? By Andrew Korybko The resolution of this dispute will reveal a lot about the Nigerien military leadership’s internal dynamics, which can in turn enable astute observers to better predict the policies that they… Read More ›
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