Norway Wants To Lead A “Viking Bloc” For Containing Russia In Northern Europe By Andrew Korybko It can simultaneously threaten Russia along the increasingly interconnected Arctic and Baltic fronts. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov gave a brief interview to TASS about bilateral… Read More ›
How Likely Is It That Russia’s Next Special Operation Will Be Against Latvia? By Andrew Korybko What’s much more probable is kinetic retaliation against reported Ukrainian drone teams there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned that their country’s armed forces are ready to… Read More ›
Why Is The Russian Foreign Ministry Downplaying The Likelihood Of TRIPP’s Implementation? By Andrew Korybko With all respect to Kalugin and the institution that he represents, nobody is perfect and expectations can sometimes be mistaken, such as was recently the case… Read More ›
The Triad Of The Sarmat: Decoding Russia’s Nuclear Signals To Europe And The US By Andrew Korybko The overarching one is that Sarmat deters a NATO invasion of Russia. Russia recently tested its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (known as Satan II by… Read More ›
“Project Trident” Aims To Thwart A Post-Conflict Ukrainian Crime Wave In Poland By Andrew Korybko Traumatized veterans, many of whom are ultra-nationalists, might also try to lead another Ukrainian insurgency in Poland aimed at severing the southeastern part of the country…. Read More ›
Europe Invests In Endless War While Ukraine Bets On Democrat Victory In The US By Uriel Araujo Brussels insists it wants peace in Ukraine, yet European policies continue pushing Kiev toward unrealistic expectations and prolonged confrontation. With Europe now carrying much… Read More ›
Breaking Russia? Why The Wall Street Journal Is Wrong About Putin By Andrew Korybko To be sure, self-reform is (urgently?) required for Russia to remain competitive, and it’s here where it can learn from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exhortation for his… Read More ›
Poland Is Now The Last Country Standing In The Way Of A Federalized Europe By Andrew Korybko Its conservative president is totally against this project and can veto related legislation tabled by the liberal prime minister since the latter’s ruling coalition… Read More ›
The US’ Joint Operation Against ISIS In Nigeria Sends A Message To The Sahelian Alliance By Andrew Korybko The scenario of a US-backed Nigerian anti-terrorist intervention in Mali is becoming increasingly likely. Trump announced over the weekend that the US and Nigeria carried… Read More ›
South Korea Will Remain A Key Part Of The US’ Chinese Containment Plans By Andrew Korybko The Sino-Russo Entente might evolve into a de facto alliance if South Korea and Japan join AUKUS+, the US’ de facto “Asian NATO”, but that… Read More ›
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