The Pentagon Is Building NATO 3.0 Around The ‘Bergen Group’ By Andrew Korybko It’s the US preferred “small-group setting” for “driving progress toward NATO 3.0’s” European-led containment of Russia. Politico recently reported that “Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting” in… Read More ›
Von Der Leyen’s Defence Agenda Puts Europe On The Path To War With Russia By Andrew Korybko The only thing that might avert the Third World War that looks increasingly inevitable is if Russia decisively restores deterrence. European Commission President Ursula… Read More ›
Norway’s Military Build-Up Near Russia Raises The Stakes In The Arctic By Andrew Korybko It began to take shape before the large-scale phase of the Ukrainian Conflict broke out in early 2022. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov shared an update on his… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
The Arctic And Baltic Fronts Of The NATO-Russian New Cold War Are Dangerously Merging By Andrew Korybko This trend poses a significant threat to Russia, but it also poses an equally significant one to the EU too if it leads to… Read More ›
NATO’s Northern Militarization And The Growing Risk Of War With Russia By Uriel Araujo NATO’s rapid militarization of the Arctic and Baltic regions is transforming Northern Europe into one of the world’s most volatile points of contention. From Norway’s expanding strategic… Read More ›
Norway Wants To Lead A “Viking Bloc” For Containing Russia In Northern Europe By Andrew Korybko It can simultaneously threaten Russia along the increasingly interconnected Arctic and Baltic fronts. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov gave a brief interview to TASS about bilateral… Read More ›
The UK’s New Multinational Naval Initiative Aims To Contain Russia In The Arctic And Baltic By Andrew Korybko The risk of a hot NATO-Russian war breaking out at sea as opposed to NATO’s Eastern Flank in Central & Eastern Europe is… Read More ›
Trump’s Latest Tariffs On NATO Allies Could Trigger Far‑Reaching Consequences By Andrew Korybko The US might abandon its new interest in backing radical “security guarantees” for Ukraine due to worsening ties with Western Europe; increasingly Polish-led Central & Eastern Europe could… Read More ›