Five Takeaways From The Historic Prisoner Swap Between The West And Russia By Andrew Korybko This swap represents a rare example of successful New Cold War diplomacy. Russia and the West exchanged 24 prisoners on Thursday in the largest such swap… Read More ›
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The Polish-Hungarian Dispute Is Getting Nastier After Polish FM Lied About Hungarian FM
The Polish-Hungarian Dispute Is Getting Nastier After Polish FM Lied About Hungarian FM By Andrew Korybko Szijjarto nobly took the high road by refusing to stoop to Sikorski’s level with lies and smears, which would have amounted to wrestling with a… Read More ›
Belarus Wisely Chose Not To Make A Spectacle Out Of Sentencing A German Mercenary To Death
Belarus Wisely Chose Not To Make A Spectacle Out Of Sentencing A German Mercenary To Death By Andrew Korybko Candidly speaking, the “greater good” is advanced by having Belarus get Germany to discreetly pressure Poland into de-escalating their border tensions in… Read More ›
Poland’s Anti-Russian Witch Hunt Is About To Ensnare Its Former Defence Minister
Poland’s Anti-Russian Witch Hunt Is About To Ensnare Its Former Defence Minister By Andrew Korybko The reality is that it’s Germany which yields powerful behind-the-scenes influence over Poland, not Russia, though PiS was always too scared to seriously investigate this while… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The US’ Decision To Deploy Intermediate-Range Missiles In Germany
Five Takeaways From The US’ Decision To Deploy Intermediate-Range Missiles In Germany By Andrew Korybko This move will fundamentally transform the European security architecture and bury President Putin’s plans to reform it. Biden and Scholz agreed last week that the US will begin… Read More ›
Hungarian PM’s Mediation Mission In Moscow Could Set The Stage For Peace Talks By November’s G20
Hungarian PM’s Mediation Mission In Moscow Could Set The Stage For Peace Talks By November’s G20 By Andrew Korybko Orban feels so strongly about peace due to his deep pride in European civilization and associated lament at seeing it torn apart… Read More ›
Germany Is Preparing To Assume Partial Responsibility For Poland’s Eastern Border Security
Germany Is Preparing To Assume Partial Responsibility For Poland’s Eastern Border Security By Andrew Korybko This represents the unprecedented expansion of Germany military influence in the post-World War II era, which is being advanced on a false anti-Russian pretext with full… Read More ›
Next Month’s NATO Summit Might See Most Members Joining The “Military Schengen”
Next Month’s NATO Summit Might See Most Members Joining The “Military Schengen” By Andrew Korybko The importance of optimizing military logistics across Europe can’t be overestimated since increasing the efficacy of the five corridors that The Telegraph drew attention to will… Read More ›
The 80th D-Day Anniversary Combines Historical Revisionism With A Proxy War Powwow
The 80th D-Day Anniversary Combines Historical Revisionism With A Proxy War Powwow By Andrew Korybko Zelensky’s attendance has more of a practical meaning than just reinforcing historically revisionist narratives about World War II since his discussions with the American, British, French,… Read More ›
Does Poland Fear That Ukraine Might One Day Make Irredentist Claims Against It?
Does Poland Fear That Ukraine Might One Day Make Irredentist Claims Against It? By Andrew Korybko The argument can be made that the national security pretexts upon which President Duda vetoed the Sejm’s bill to make Silesian a regional language concern… Read More ›