The US’ Acquisition Of Greenland Could Lead To A Deal For Canada’s Arctic Islands By Andrew Korybko Trump might claim that building “Golden Dome” infrastructure there, possibly with the partial purpose of serving as a cover for deploying new offensive weapons… Read More ›
Geopolitics
How Likely Is It That Moldova (Re)Joins Romania?
How Likely Is It That Moldova (Re)Joins Romania? By Andrew Korybko Moldova already became a de facto member of NATO and those of its citizens who want to (re)join Romania already have dual citizenship so this is a moot issue by… Read More ›
Trump’s Latest Tariffs On NATO Allies Could Trigger Far‑Reaching Consequences
Trump’s Latest Tariffs On NATO Allies Could Trigger Far‑Reaching Consequences By Andrew Korybko The US might abandon its new interest in backing radical “security guarantees” for Ukraine due to worsening ties with Western Europe; increasingly Polish-led Central & Eastern Europe could… Read More ›
Eastern Flank Militarization Shatters Russia’s Vision Of A Pan‑Regional Buffer Zone
Eastern Flank Militarization Shatters Russia’s Vision Of A Pan‑Regional Buffer Zone By Andrew Korybko The “buffer zone” which Russia envisages creating “from the Arctic region through the Baltic and Black Seas” as part of the reformed European security architecture that it’s… Read More ›
How State‑Tolerated “Potemkinism” Distorts Global Perceptions Of Russian Foreign Policy
How State‑Tolerated “Potemkinism” Distorts Global Perceptions Of Russian Foreign Policy By Andrew Korybko This refers to top “Non-Russian Pro-Russian” influencers’ creation of alternative realities, such as the metanarrative that Russia leads a global network of mutual defence allies that collectively challenges… Read More ›
Ukrainian Drone Attacks On The CPC Threaten To Upend Kazakhstan And Reshape Russia’s Southern Flank
Ukrainian Drone Attacks On The CPC Threaten To Upend Kazakhstan And Reshape Russia’s Southern Flank By Andrew Korybko Continued strikes across 2026 could lead to protracted disruptions that greatly reduce Kazakhstan’s budgetary revenue and result in social spending slashes for next… Read More ›
Can Russia ‘Save’ Greenland And Europe Amid Growing American Threats?
Can Russia ‘Save’ Greenland And Europe Amid Growing American Threats? By Uriel Araujo Are we approaching a moment in which Russia could emerge as a guarantor of stability for Greenland and Europe as a whole? Until recently, even posing the question… Read More ›
Why Did The US Signal Support For NATO Troops In Ukraine?
Why Did The US Signal Support For NATO Troops In Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko It might be a negotiating tactic to pressure Russia into concessions on its maximalist goals in the conflict as a quid pro quo for not reprioritizing Russia’s… Read More ›
Greenland Is The Crown Jewel Of “Fortress America”
Greenland Is The Crown Jewel Of “Fortress America” By Andrew Korybko Building more facilities there to complement Pituffik Space Base would further the US’ “Golden Dome” missile defence plans for obtaining a strategic edge over Russia while extracting more critical minerals… Read More ›
The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran
The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran By Andrew Korybko Here’s the English version of the interview that I gave to Müstəqil’s Sahile Cabbarova about the latest US-Iranian tensions. 1. Does the U.S. administration view the current protests… Read More ›