France’s Plans To Deploy Troops To Ukraine Risk Sparking A Major Crisis By Andrew Korybko Putin must decide whether to reach a deal with Trump over this for escalation-management purposes or climb the escalation ladder by authorizing strikes against those troops… Read More ›
How Likely Is It That Poland Gives Belarus A Fair Deal Instead Of A Lopsided One? By Andrew Korybko Belarus’ KGB chief recently claimed to have “reached an understanding of mutual interests” with Poland “in some cases” to the surprise of… Read More ›
The Polish Origins Of Russia’s National Unity Day Are Still Relevant By Andrew Korybko Russia nowadays believes that Poland has been the most consistent threat to its national unity. Russia marks National Unity Day every 4 November in remembrance of the… Read More ›
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War By Andrew Korybko This could be averted if Poland, which commands NATO’s third-largest army and whose new president recently didn’t rule out talking to Putin if… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe By Andrew Korybko Any reciprocal nuclear test by Russia could serve as the pretext for the US approving France and/or the UK sharing their nukes with… Read More ›
Putin’s Offer To Extend The New START Is A Goodwill Gesture To Trump By Andrew Korybko Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations. Putin offered in… Read More ›
“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in south-eastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and… Read More ›
Hungary Has Good Reason To Be Enraged About Poland’s Ruling On The Nord Stream Suspect By Andrew Korybko The precedent that was established could soon be weaponized against it. Polish Judge Dariusz Lubowski ruled against extraditing a suspect in the Nord Stream attack to Germany… Read More ›
Germany Stands To Lose And Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move By Andrew Korybko Poland’s role in providing more US LNG to Central & Eastern Europe is expected to erode Germany’s influence in this region and accelerate Poland’s… Read More ›
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as… Read More ›
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