US Troop Cuts in Europe Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns By Andrew Korybko The US is offloading most of the responsibilities for containing Russia onto Poland, the UK, France, and Germany while retaining a minimal presence along NATO’s eastern flank for… Read More ›
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The Next Phase Of Germany’s Nord Stream Investigation Might Further Worsen Ties With Poland
The Next Phase Of Germany’s Nord Stream Investigation Might Further Worsen Ties With Poland By Andrew Korybko Italy’s potential extradition of a Ukrainian suspect to Germany could lead to a highly publicized (and predictably politicized) trial that implicates Poland in this… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland
“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in south-eastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and… Read More ›
Japan Will Play A Much Greater Role In Advancing The American Agenda In Asia
Japan Will Play A Much Greater Role In Advancing The American Agenda In Asia By Andrew Korybko Japan’s place in the US’ Chinese Containment Coalition just rose as a result of the unexpected Sino-Indo rapprochement, prior to which the US wanted… Read More ›
Hungary Has Good Reason To Be Enraged About Poland’s Ruling On The Nord Stream Suspect
Hungary Has Good Reason To Be Enraged About Poland’s Ruling On The Nord Stream Suspect By Andrew Korybko The precedent that was established could soon be weaponized against it. Polish Judge Dariusz Lubowski ruled against extraditing a suspect in the Nord Stream attack to Germany… Read More ›
Germany Stands To Lose And Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move
Germany Stands To Lose And Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move By Andrew Korybko Poland’s role in providing more US LNG to Central & Eastern Europe is expected to erode Germany’s influence in this region and accelerate Poland’s… Read More ›
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as… Read More ›
Merkel’s “Heresy”: Did Poland Help Trigger Ukraine’s War?
Merkel’s “Heresy”: Did Poland Help Trigger Ukraine’s War? By Uriel Araujo Angela Merkel’s recent claim that Poland and the Baltic states bear some responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine has caused an uproar. Still, her point — rooted in realist geopolitics… Read More ›