Russia Could Make An Energy Truce Conditional On Resuming Pipeline Exports To Europe By Andrew Korybko Restoring some of their pre-2022 complex mutual interdependence through US mediation, even if only for the wintertime, could facilitate a series of pragmatic diplomatic-military compromises… Read More ›
Poland
Belarus And Poland’s New “Snowdrop Diplomacy” Could Lead To A Thaw In The New Cold War
Belarus And Poland’s New “Snowdrop Diplomacy” Could Lead To A Thaw In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko Sikorski’s historic meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, and especially his revelation that “meetings are also taking place with other ministries and at… Read More ›
Why The Ukrainian Attack At The Benedictine Monastery Will Be Seen As An Attack On Polishness
Why The Ukrainian Attack At The Benedictine Monastery Will Be Seen As An Attack On Polishness By Andrew Korybko Catholicism is an important part of Polish identity so the optics of a Ukrainian attacking priests and nuns amount to a Ukrainian… Read More ›
Russia Officially Recognizes Poland’s Central Role In The Emerging European Cordon Sanitaire
Russia Officially Recognizes Poland’s Central Role In The Emerging European Cordon Sanitaire By Andrew Korybko Nikolai Patrushev alluded to its envisaged leadership of the Intermarium and consequent role in leading the western flank of the new “cordon sanitaire” that Trump 2.0… Read More ›
A Massive Belarusian-US Potash Deal Could Lead To Lukashenko’s Re-Embrace By The West
A Massive Belarusian-US Potash Deal Could Lead To Lukashenko’s Re-Embrace By The West By Andrew Korybko What’s most important is that Belarus coordinates all of this with Russia and that Lukashenko doesn’t pull any surprises on Putin that could inadvertently lead… Read More ›
Fico Vows to Keep Slovakia Out of War as NATO-Russia Tensions Rise
Fico Vows to Keep Slovakia Out of War as NATO-Russia Tensions Rise By Andrew Korybko Article 5 doesn’t mandate the use of military force in support of an ally, and it certainly wasn’t meant to be exploited by false flags (or… Read More ›
All Eyes Are On Belarus Ahead Of The US’ Reported European Military Drawdown
All Eyes Are On Belarus Ahead Of The US’ Reported European Military Drawdown By Andrew Korybko The potential pullback of some US forces from the Baltic States upon the completion of its force posture review could be followed by European NATO… Read More ›
Von Der Leyen’s Defence Agenda Puts Europe On The Path To War With Russia
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 ›
Germany Is Growing Frustrated That Ukraine Isn’t Buying German Weapons
Germany Is Growing Frustrated That Ukraine Isn’t Buying German Weapons By Andrew Korybko The more upset that his taxpayers become with their country’s lack of tangible returns from the billions of euros that it’s given to Ukraine, the more that support… Read More ›
Sweden’s Finnish Border Deployment Revives Its Historic Rivalry With Russia
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 ›