How Likely Is It That Poland Gives Belarus A Fair Deal Instead Of A Lopsided One? By Andrew Korybko Belarus’ KGB chief recently claimed to have “reached an understanding of mutual interests” with Poland “in some cases” to the surprise of… Read More ›
Geopolitics
What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine?
What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare… Read More ›
The Polish Origins Of Russia’s National Unity Day Are Still Relevant
The Polish Origins Of Russia’s National Unity Day Are Still Relevant By Andrew Korybko Russia nowadays believes that Poland has been the most consistent threat to its national unity. Russia marks National Unity Day every 4 November in remembrance of the… Read More ›
Mali’s Potential Fall To Terrorists Could Result In Another French-Led Intervention
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 ›
The West Is Posing New Challenges To Russia Along Its Entire Southern Periphery
The West Is Posing New Challenges To Russia Along Its Entire Southern Periphery By Andrew Korybko The question arises of why Russia’s regional partners are going along with this in the first place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned last week that “NATO… Read More ›
From Kupyansk To Pokrovsk: Five Strategic Implications Of Ukraine’s Encirclement
From Kupyansk To Pokrovsk: Five Strategic Implications Of Ukraine’s Encirclement By Andrew Korybko Putin is once again extending an olive branch to Zelensky and Trump in his latest goodwill gesture because he truly doesn’t want the conflict to drag on nor… Read More ›
$6 Billion Icebreaker Deal: U.S.-Finland Alliance Signals Strategic Arctic Encirclement
$6 Billion Icebreaker Deal: U.S.-Finland Alliance Signals Strategic Arctic Encirclement By Uriel Araujo America signals it’s in the Arctic race to stay. The question is: in heating up tensions in the High North, does the West secure interests or court conflict… Read More ›
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War By Andrew Korybko This could be averted if Poland, which commands NATO’s third-largest army and whose new president recently didn’t rule out talking to Putin if… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe
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 ›
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure By Andrew Korybko Its real purpose is to get the US to reconsider its impending escalations against Russia by reminding it of the strategic costs that this could entail. Trump slammed Russia’s test of… Read More ›