US Troop Cuts in Europe Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns By Andrew Korybko The US is offloading most of the responsibilities for containing Russia onto Poland, the UK, France, and Germany while retaining a minimal presence along NATO’s eastern flank for… Read More ›
France’s Plans To Deploy Troops To Ukraine Risk Sparking A Major Crisis By Andrew Korybko Putin must decide whether to reach a deal with Trump over this for escalation-management purposes or climb the escalation ladder by authorizing strikes against those troops… Read More ›
Mali’s Potential Fall To Terrorists Could Result In Another French-Led Intervention By Andrew Korybko The dual pretexts of crushing the world’s latest so-called caliphate and averting another 2015-like migrant crisis could suffice for rallying the public around a French-led mission for… 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 ›
The Netherlands And Belgium Will Play Crucial Roles In Containing Russia By Andrew Korybko The “race of logistics” between Russia and NATO, which is presently unfolding in the context of their proxy war in Ukraine, will continue even after the conflict… Read More ›
SVR Revealed That British And French Troops Are Already In Odessa By Andrew Korybko Direct Western intervention in the conflict is now arguably turning into a fait accompli, it’s just a question of how Russia will respond and whether the US… Read More ›
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans By Andrew Korybko Accusations of hypocrisy will abound due to its opposition to others’ reported such plans, but negative media coverage is the only consequence that’ll likely follow since Russia… Read More ›
France Becomes First G7 Nation To Recognize Palestine, Raising Strategic Questions For NATO By Uriel Araujo Paris’ recognition of Palestine, a G7 first, signals a seismic shift in European diplomacy, further isolating Israel and straining NATO’s unity. Rooted in France’s somewhat… Read More ›
France’s Indo-Pacific Ambitions Falter Amid New Caledonia’s Neocolonial Crisis By Uriel Araujo France’s strategic pivot to the Indo-Pacific, championed by Macron, is overshadowed by the ongoing New Caledonia crisis and tensions within NATO and the West. The unrest in New Caledonia… Read More ›
Why Did Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? By Andrew Korybko Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its… Read More ›