Poland Pushes “European Legion” With Ukrainian Veterans As Europe Rearms Against Russia By Uriel Araujo Poland is reviving its “European Legion” proposal as Europe prepares to assume a larger share of NATO’s military burden. Poland’s Sikorski now envisages Ukrainian combat veterans… Read More ›
Is Sikorski’s “European Legion” A Loophole For Deploying Polish Troops To Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Conservative President Karol Nawrocki is Poland’s Commander-in-Chief, but if the ruling liberal coalition’s Defence Minister places some Polish troops under EU control through the “European Legion”,… Read More ›
The $40 Trillion Question: Can America Still Afford Global Primacy? By Uriel Araujo The US national debt has crossed $40 trillion amid the war with Iran, rising borrowing costs, and renewed inflation concerns. At the same time, Washington faces depleted munitions,… Read More ›
The US-Approved Turkish-Ukrainian Arms Deal Shouldn’t Have Come As A Surprise To Russia By Andrew Korybko While it pragmatically retains economic and energy ties with Russia, Turkiye is still one of Russia’s oldest rivals, which Russian diplomats and experts alike would… Read More ›
What’s Behind Trump’s Unexpected Favour To Kim Jong Un? By Andrew Korybko He might be flirting with a radical policy recalibration even if he soon changes his mind. Trump unexpectedly announced that the US will “substantially reduce” its participation in the annual Ulchi Freedom… Read More ›
Eritrea Of All Countries Isn’t A “Rising Power”! By Andrew Korybko Its abject poverty, the exodus of one-fifth of its population, and its lack of any modern air, drone, missile, and naval forces testify to this. Germany’s publicly financed Deutsche Welle… Read More ›
A Pragmatically Amended 1956 Compromise Could Finally Resolve The Kuril Islands Issue By Andrew Korybko The amended 1956 compromise put forth in this piece would advance their interests and arguably also America’s as well but requires Russia to make the first… Read More ›
Why Putin Lamented The Worsening Of Russian-Japanese Relations By Andrew Korybko An escalation in their tensions might be inevitable as Japan assumes leadership of the Northeast Asian front of the “cordon sanitaire” that the US built around Russia over the past… Read More ›
The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko The US is replicating its anti-Russian regional containment model against China. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave a landmark speech in Manilla during the first… Read More ›
Japan’s New Strike Capabilities Could Tighten The Northeast Asian “Cordon Sanitaire” Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Its temporary hosting of the US’ short- and medium-range Typhon missile systems combines with its interest in Ukraine’s state-of-the-art drone technology to pose formidable threats… Read More ›