Europe’s Migrant “Return Hub” Plans In Central Asia Could Create New Risks For Russia By Uriel Araujo The EU is considering return hubs in third countries. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have emerged as possible locations, despite official denials. The proposal could extend… Read More ›
Iran’s Ambassador To Russia Clarified Tehran’s Views On Moscow And Regional Security By Andrew Korybko Although Jalali didn’t explicitly describe the Islamic NATO as a threat, he ominously said that “The presence of non-regional powers has led to the current situation”,… Read More ›
Moldova’s Independence Day Parade Sent A Clear Euro-Atlantic Signal By Uriel Araujo The absence of Soviet-era symbolism from Moldova’s 2026 Independence Day parade was as striking as the presence of Western weapons, and NATO and Ukrainian personnel. With EU integration and… Read More ›
Russia Made It Clear That Nuclear War Would Follow Any Serious Aggression Against Kaliningrad By Andrew Korybko Neither Poland nor Lithuania dares to blockade, let alone invade, this Russian exclave. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski proposed in mid-September that Poland should “exercise so… Read More ›
The Pentagon Is Building NATO 3.0 Around The ‘Bergen Group’ By Andrew Korybko It’s the US preferred “small-group setting” for “driving progress toward NATO 3.0’s” European-led containment of Russia. Politico recently reported that “Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting” in… Read More ›
The US’ Phased Regime Change Strategy Could Turn Sudan Into Another Libya By Andrew Korybko The US’ motive is to “keep Russian influence away from the Red Sea” according to a respected expert. A top advisor to Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah… Read More ›
All Stakeholders In The Yemeni War Should Consider Russia’s Mediation By Andrew Korybko Where Saudi and STC interests align is in stopping the Houthis, the most effective way of which is arguably a bold political decision to recognize their statelet in… Read More ›
Lukashenko’s Belarus-Russia-US Fertilizer Proposal Could Help Thaw The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko It could set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that meaningfully de-escalates New Cold War tensions provided that Trump agrees to participate in this project as… Read More ›
European NATO Fears That The US Won’t Rush To Its Rescue If It Provokes A War With Russia By Andrew Korybko The EU’s planned creation of an Article 4-like mechanism suggests that European NATO suspects that the bloc’s American leader might… Read More ›
Hungary’s Problems With Ukraine Were Never Just About Orban By Uriel Araujo Péter Magyar’s rise was expected to bring a new chapter to Hungary-Ukraine relations, but recent disputes suggest otherwise. From the Carpathian Eight and oil-storage plans to Kiev’s EU accession… Read More ›