Japan And The Philippines Are Poised To Play Greater Roles In Containing China By Andrew Korybko Japanese-Philippine military ties are slated to become even more significant in this context once Japan begins exporting military equipment to the Philippines after recently easing… Read More ›
Will Poland Let The E3 Exclude It From Talks With Russia? By Andrew Korybko Poland can either accept being excluded; boldly engage Russia (and Belarus) on its own; or rally the “Viking Bloc” and the “Three Seas Initiative” states around the… Read More ›
Are There Any Merits To The EU Mediating Between Russia And Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Subordination to the West is unthinkable since Putin would never approve of that, nor would the state and society go along with it, so the only… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Glorification Of The OUN Is Reopening Poland’s Oldest Wounds By Uriel Araujo The Ukrainian state reburial of Nazi collaborator Andriy Melnyk has triggered outrage in Poland and Israel. The controversy is reviving difficult questions about nationalism, historical memory, and Ukraine’s… Read More ›
The Guardian’s Eight Tips For Defeating Putin Are Misguided By Andrew Korybko Continuing to falsely conflate Europe’s interests with Ukraine’s will only accelerate its growing irrelevance as the US exploits its misguided priorities to institutionalize the EU’s vassalage as a captive… Read More ›
France’s “Forward Deterrence” Risks Triggering A Nuclear Crisis With Russia By Andrew Korybko France’s planned deployment of nuclear-armed Rafale jets armed in the Arctic, Central Europe, and possibly also the Balkans poses a qualitatively new strategic threat to Russia. The announcement in late… Read More ›
The Lithuanian Foreign Minister’s Scandalous Interview Revealed Much More Than His Kaliningrad Threat By Andrew Korybko His claim that “NATO has the means to raze” that region to the ground was by far the most scandalous part, but he also championed… Read More ›
A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable By Andrew Korybko Russia’s consequent focus on the western front might embolden US-backed NATO member Turkiye to accelerate its power play in the south at the risk of sparking another regional crisis after Ukraine. Russian… Read More ›
Russia’s “1941” Warning: Europe’s Militarization And The Risk Of Strategic Miscalculation By Uriel Araujo As Germany deepens military cooperation with Ukraine and NATO expands in the Baltic and Arctic, Moscow increasingly warns of encirclement. The continent’s push for militarization comes at… Read More ›
Five Ways Pashinyan Undermined Russia’s Position In The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan is by far the most anti-Russian leader to emerge from the former Soviet Union behind Zelensky and Saakashvili. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu recently confirmed that… Read More ›
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