Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia By Uriel Araujo Trump’s growing pressure on Canada and Europe (over Greenland and now Iceland) is exposing the limits of a purely trans-Atlantic approach to Arctic governance. With Russia being a key… Read More ›
Russia’s New 1945 War Monument Signals The Revival Of Its Historic Rivalry With Japan By Andrew Korybko It wasn’t Russia that’s responsible for this, but the US, which refused to allow its de facto Japanese protectorate to settle their dispute over… Read More ›
Why Won’t China Cut Ukraine Off From Drone-Related Sales? By Andrew Korybko Indefinitely perpetuating the Ukrainian Conflict through these means indefinitely delays the full implementation of the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia”, can lead to Russia selling its natural… Read More ›
Norway’s Seizure Of A Russian Research Vessel Brings The New Cold War To The Arctic By Andrew Korybko Regarding the bigger picture, the artificial exacerbation of regional tensions through these means can spark closer coordination within the Viking Bloc, which refers… Read More ›
Sweden’s Finnish Border Deployment Revives Its Historic Rivalry With Russia By Andrew Korybko Sweden will help Finland patrol its land and sea borders with Russia. It was assessed in May after the Russian Ambassador’s interview with TASS that “Finland Is On… Read More ›
How Realistic Is Tusk’s Proposal For A Baltic Sub-Bloc Within NATO? By Andrew Korybko The northwestern flank of the new “cordon sanitaire” around Russia might soon harden. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk predictably opined on his country’s contemporary military-security policy during… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Wartime Consensus Frays As Europe Confronts The Limits of Sanctions By Uriel Araujo The political foundations of the Ukraine war are being challenged. EU member states are increasingly weighing the risks of sanctions and financial support, while Kiev confronts corruption… Read More ›
Turkey’s Eurasian Pivot: Balancing NATO, Russia And China By Uriel Araujo Ankara is deepening nuclear ties with Russia, and considering full SCO membership – while remaining a NATO member. Erdogan’s multi-alignment strategy also includes an expanding Turkic agenda. The result is… Read More ›
The Leipzig Incident Has All The Hallmarks Of A False Flag To Put Germany On A War Footing By Andrew Korybko It was carried out to justify the German economy’s transition to war footing, distract from the resultant problems, and legitimize… Read More ›
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment By Andrew Korybko Russia’s overarching strategy appears to be to encourage the largest number of countries to obtain stakes in the Arctic’s energy, transport, and logistics projects so as to incentivize them to… Read More ›