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 ›
Geopolitics
Hungary’s Problems With Ukraine Were Never Just About Orban
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 ›
The EU’s Middle Corridor Plans Could Tighten The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia
The EU’s Middle Corridor Plans Could Tighten The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko Even if there’s ever a Russian-US rapprochement, Russia would still have to confront creeping European-Turkish military-strategic influence along its entire southern periphery, thus perpetuating New… Read More ›
Ukraine Might Be Plotting A False Flag Drone Attack On Southern Europe
Ukraine Might Be Plotting A False Flag Drone Attack On Southern Europe By Andrew Korybko Zelensky has an interest in implicating Russia in an attack on NATO so as to exploit the latest hysteria. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Defence… Read More ›
The Indonesian President Has A Concrete Plan For Doubling Indonesia-Russia Trade
The Indonesian President Has A Concrete Plan For Doubling Indonesia-Russia Trade By Andrew Korybko Indonesia and Russia don’t just have complementary economies; they also play complementary roles in one another’s balancing acts. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was one of Putin’s guests… Read More ›
Algeria’s Rapprochement With Mali Is Rapidly Evolving Into A Strategic Partnership
Algeria’s Rapprochement With Mali Is Rapidly Evolving Into A Strategic Partnership By Andrew Korybko The latest Malian War must first end in order for this to happen, and that likely requires its Tuareg rebels defecting from their radical Islamist allies, which… Read More ›
Russia Could Make An Energy Truce Conditional On Resuming Pipeline Exports To Europe
Russia Could Make An Energy Truce Conditional On Resuming Pipeline Exports To Europe By Andrew Korybko Restoring some of their pre-2022 complex mutual interdependence through US mediation, even if only for the wintertime, could facilitate a series of pragmatic diplomatic-military compromises… Read More ›
Belarus And Poland’s New “Snowdrop Diplomacy” Could Lead To A Thaw In The New Cold War
Belarus And Poland’s New “Snowdrop Diplomacy” Could Lead To A Thaw In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko Sikorski’s historic meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, and especially his revelation that “meetings are also taking place with other ministries and at… Read More ›
Can Europe Achieve Space Independence Amid Its Energy Crisis And Dependence On The US?
Can Europe Achieve Space Independence Amid Its Energy Crisis And Dependence On The US? By Uriel Araujo Europe is pushing for greater autonomy in outer space as tensions with the US reshape transatlantic relations. But high energy costs and industrial vulnerabilities… Read More ›
Why The Ukrainian Attack At The Benedictine Monastery Will Be Seen As An Attack On Polishness
Why The Ukrainian Attack At The Benedictine Monastery Will Be Seen As An Attack On Polishness By Andrew Korybko Catholicism is an important part of Polish identity so the optics of a Ukrainian attacking priests and nuns amount to a Ukrainian… Read More ›