France Might Soon Share Its Ivorian And Senegalese Bases With The US By Andrew Korybko The stage is set for the US to deploy drones to France’s Ivorian base on exaggerated anti-terrorist pretexts that really serve to keep the Sahelian Alliance/Confederation… Read More ›
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Romania Revealed The Legal Means Through Which NATO States Might Intervene In Ukraine
Romania Revealed The Legal Means Through Which NATO States Might Intervene In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko While it’s debatable whether Article 5 would extend to members’ troops in third countries like Ukraine, it would be a moot question in the scenario… Read More ›
Poland Might Be Seeking American Approval To Conventionally Intervene In Ukraine
Poland Might Be Seeking American Approval To Conventionally Intervene In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko So long as World War III doesn’t occur by miscalculation, then rump Ukraine would remain formally under its representatives’ political control regardless of whoever they may be… Read More ›
Are France And The UK Plotting A Ukrainian Power Play Right Under Germany’s Nose?
Are France And The UK Plotting A Ukrainian Power Play Right Under Germany’s Nose? By Andrew Korybko There are indeed plans for a conventional Western intervention in Ukraine despite their leaders’ denials over the past two weeks, but they’ve yet to… Read More ›
German Chancellor’s Slip Of The Tongue Spilled The Beans On Ukraine’s Worst-Kept Secret
German Chancellor’s Slip Of The Tongue Spilled The Beans On Ukraine’s Worst-Kept Secret By Andrew Korybko The worst-kept secret of this proxy war is that it’s already a hot NATO-Russian war but an undeclared and limited one where both sides still… Read More ›
Poland’s Revival Of The Weimar Triangle Facilitates Western Security Guarantees For Ukraine
Poland’s Revival Of The Weimar Triangle Facilitates Western Security Guarantees For Ukraine By Andrew Korybko To paraphrase what Brzezinski famously wrote about Russia and Ukraine, “Without Poland, Germany can never become a superpower, but with Poland suborned and then subordinated, Germany… Read More ›
Why Would France Informally Confirm That A US Patriot Missile Downed Russia’s IL-76 Last Month?
Why Would France Informally Confirm That A US Patriot Missile Downed Russia’s IL-76 Last Month? By Andrew Korybko It’s hugely embarrassing that a leading NATO member believes that a US-provided missile system was used by Ukraine to shoot down a Russian… Read More ›
Russia’s Burkinabe Deployment Is A Pretty Big Deal
Russia’s Burkinabe Deployment Is A Pretty Big Deal By Andrew Korybko Slowly but surely, a new Russian-backed pole of influence is emerging in Africa, which could eventually attract the participation of neighbouring multipolar countries like similarly military-led Guinea. The first contingent… Read More ›
France Is Reeling From The Powerful Blow That Russia Just Dealt To Its Prestige In Ukraine
France Is Reeling From The Powerful Blow That Russia Just Dealt To Its Prestige In Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Turning a blind eye to its citizens’ mercenary activity in Ukraine backfired by leading to a major loss of prestige instead of… Read More ›
Interpreting France, The US And Russia’s Latest Statements About The Djiboutian-Eritrean Dispute
Interpreting France, The US And Russia’s Latest Statements About The Djiboutian-Eritrean Dispute By Andrew Korybko Eritrea’s regional security dilemma with Ethiopia and its troubled ties with Djibouti’s Western partners arguably impede its policymakers’ ability to appreciate the strategic importance of those… Read More ›