Polish-German Reparations Dispute: Poland’s Military-Industrial Complex As A Strategic Claim By Andrew Korybko Germany could subsidize Poland’s military-industrial complex as a form of reparations. Poland’s “Law & Justice” (PiS) party, which is its leading (but very imperfect) conservative-nationalist force, has in… Read More ›
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From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map
From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, backed by US assurances, aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark while challenging Germany’s dominance. This underreported shift risks reviving… Read More ›
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There By Andrew Korybko The military-strategic consequences might further reduce Russia’s interest in any political compromise that allows for this to happen. The new chief of Poland’s State Treasury-owned Industrial Development… Read More ›
How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change?
How Far Will The German Elite Go In Resisting The Winds Of Change? By Andrew Korybko Banning the AfD, more “statistically conspicuous” deaths of its candidates, and even a repeat of the Romanian scenario can’t be ruled out as the nationalist… Read More ›
Tracing The Blast From Washington To Kiev: Who Sabotaged The Nord Stream Pipelines?
Tracing The Blast From Washington To Kiev: Who Sabotaged The Nord Stream Pipelines? By Uriel Araujo The arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in Rome has revived debate over the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage, long viewed as a US-led operation. Spiegel’s “Ukrainian… Read More ›
Poland’s New President Is Picking Fights With His Prime Minister, The EU, And Russia
Poland’s New President Is Picking Fights With His Prime Minister, The EU, And Russia By Andrew Korybko This is true to his character as an amateur boxer. Poland’s new president Karol Nawrocki came out swinging against Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the… Read More ›
The FSB Thwarted One Of Ukraine’s Most Dangerous Escalation Plots Against Russia
The FSB Thwarted One Of Ukraine’s Most Dangerous Escalation Plots Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They might have saved the peace process and therefore literally changed the world. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday that it thwarted Ukraine’s long-range Sapsan… Read More ›
Nawrocki’s Election Pushed Tusk To Play Hardball With Poland’s Neighbours On Illegal Immigration
Nawrocki’s Election Pushed Tusk To Play Hardball With Poland’s Neighbours On Illegal Immigration By Andrew Korybko What’s most important to him personally is retaining power by preventing the collapse of his government, but if that’s unavoidable, then he at the very… Read More ›
Critiquing Trump’s Point About Russia, The G7, And Ukraine
Critiquing Trump’s Point About Russia, The G7, And Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Trump’s point is all over the place, being sensible, incomplete, and disingenuous all in one. Trump shocked his G7 peers during their latest summit when he claimed that Russia’s special operation wouldn’t have happened… Read More ›
The “Three Seas Initiative” Will Play A Prominent Role In Post-Conflict Europe
The “Three Seas Initiative” Will Play A Prominent Role In Post-Conflict Europe By Andrew Korybko Russia considers it to be a series of military logistics projects sold to the public as economic ones. The 10th Summit of the “Three Seas Initiative” (3SI),… Read More ›