Turkiye’s Maritime Security Pledge To Ukraine Threatens Russia’s Black Sea Interests By Andrew Korybko Its newfound commitment to ensuring Ukraine’s maritime security poses a serious threat to Russia. Turkish Foreign Minister and former spy chief Hakan Fidan confirmed during a joint… Read More ›
Why Poland Should Become the Baltic States’ Security Guarantor in NATO 3.0 By Andrew Korybko This would prevent the Western European states (primarily Germany) and Ukraine from outflanking it, ensure that Kiev doesn’t provoke a conflict with Russia that puts Poland… Read More ›
Slovakia’s And Hungary’s De-Russified Gas Industries Will Be Dominated By The US And Azerbaijan By Andrew Korybko Poland and Turkiye will expand their influence in Central & Eastern Europe via these pipelines. Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba declared during a visit to… Read More ›
Turkiye’s Reportedly Proposed Military Pipeline To Romania Will Worsen Tensions With Russia By Andrew Korybko The Polish-led “cordon sanitaire” that’s taking shape along Russia’s western borders will connect with the Turkish-led one that’s poised to emerge along its southern borders, thus… Read More ›
Poland’s Anxiety Grows Over The Future Of U.S. Troops On Its Soil By Andrew Korybko Policymakers fear that Trump might agree to reduce or even fully withdraw US troops from NATO’s Eastern Flank as part of a deal with Putin, which… Read More ›
How Likely Is It That Moldova (Re)Joins Romania? By Andrew Korybko Moldova already became a de facto member of NATO and those of its citizens who want to (re)join Romania already have dual citizenship so this is a moot issue by… Read More ›
What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like? By Andrew Korybko Awareness of the threats that NATO poses along these three fronts and the division of labour between the top five states therein – Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania,… Read More ›
US Troop Cuts in Europe Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns By Andrew Korybko The US is offloading most of the responsibilities for containing Russia onto Poland, the UK, France, and Germany while retaining a minimal presence along NATO’s eastern flank for… Read More ›
Ukraine Is At The Centre Of Three Interlocking Triangles For Containing Russia By Andrew Korybko These are the 2020 Lublin Triangle (Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania), the 2022 de facto alliance between Ukraine, Poland, and the UK, and early August’s Odessa Triangle… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Romanian-Moldovan Flank Might Soon Be Used By NATO Against Russia By Andrew Korybko It can invade Transnistria, occupy neighbouring Odessa, and threaten nearby Crimea from there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned in mid-July that “NATO Is Turning Moldova Into… Read More ›