The First-Ever Polish-Swedish Joint Exercise Presages Closer Cooperation Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They have historical axes to grind against Russia after its imperial predecessor state was responsible for ending their Golden Ages as Great Powers. Poland and Sweden just carried out their… Read More ›
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Polish-German Reparations Dispute: Poland’s Military-Industrial Complex As A Strategic Claim
Polish-German Reparations Dispute: Poland’s Military-Industrial Complex As A Strategic Claim By Andrew Korybko Germany could subsidize Poland’s military-industrial complex as a form of reparations. Poland’s “Law & Justice” (PiS) party, which is its leading (but very imperfect) conservative-nationalist force, has in… Read More ›
From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map
From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, backed by US assurances, aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark while challenging Germany’s dominance. This underreported shift risks reviving… Read More ›
Poland Envisages Indirectly Expanding The EU’s “Drone Wall” Into Ukraine
Poland Envisages Indirectly Expanding The EU’s “Drone Wall” Into Ukraine By Andrew Korybko This would result in the de facto new Iron Curtain and associated NATO influence stretching up to whatever the new Russian-Ukrainian border might be by the time the… Read More ›
The EU Criticized India’s Participation In Zapad 2025 While The US Didn’t Seem To Care
The EU Criticized India’s Participation In Zapad 2025 While The US Didn’t Seem To Care By Andrew Korybko The EU wants to appeal more to its eastern vanguard states by fearmongering about Russia while the US’ lack of criticism is due… Read More ›
NATO Might Try To Down Russian Jets On The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace
NATO Might Try To Down Russian Jets On The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace By Andrew Korybko If it turns out that Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine was just him paying lip service to NATO’s goal of inflicting a strategic… Read More ›
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans
The U.S. Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Plans By Andrew Korybko Accusations of hypocrisy will abound due to its opposition to others’ reported such plans, but negative media coverage is the only consequence that’ll likely follow since Russia… Read More ›
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There
Poland’s Infrastructure Plans In Ukraine Could Revive Its Historical Rivalry With Russia There By Andrew Korybko The military-strategic consequences might further reduce Russia’s interest in any political compromise that allows for this to happen. The new chief of Poland’s State Treasury-owned Industrial Development… Read More ›
Estonia’s Airspace Violation Allegation Against Russia Is Politically Self-Serving
Estonia’s Airspace Violation Allegation Against Russia Is Politically Self-Serving By Andrew Korybko It’s difficult to believe that Russia would so brazenly provoke NATO at the risk of ruining talks with the US and consequently escalating tensions, but that’s what some want… Read More ›
The Ukrainian Ambassador To Poland Admitted That His Co-Ethnics Don’t Want To Assimilate
The Ukrainian Ambassador To Poland Admitted That His Co-Ethnics Don’t Want To Assimilate By Andrew Korybko The combination of many Ukrainians remaining adherents of Bandera’s ideology, their ultra-nationalists’ claims to parts of Poland, and their Ambassador to Poland’s confirmation that his… Read More ›