Poland, Germany, And New Europe: The Emergence Of A Post-NATO Security Identity By Uriel Araujo Europe’s security order faces new strain as Poland questions NATO and the US. Long a frontline ally, Warsaw now signals openness to deeper European defence integration…. Read More ›
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Reconciliation, Not Rebellion: The Only Path Forward For Mali’s Tuaregs
Reconciliation, Not Rebellion: The Only Path Forward For Mali’s Tuaregs By Andrew Korybko If the Tuareg end their rebellion, cut off their foreign patrons, and ally with the state against al-Qaeda-aligned JNIM, then elements of the Algiers Accord could be restored,… Read More ›
The West Aims To Achieve Five Goals Through Its Sponsorship Of Insurgency In Mali
The West Aims To Achieve Five Goals Through Its Sponsorship Of Insurgency In Mali By Andrew Korybko If it wasn’t for the Africa Corps’ valiant defence of their positions throughout the country, Mali probably would have already fallen, but it now… Read More ›
Fake News Alert: Russia Isn’t Plotting An Amphibious Assault In The Baltic
Fake News Alert: Russia Isn’t Plotting An Amphibious Assault In The Baltic By Andrew Korybko The Swedish defence chief’s fearmongering is nothing but the laundering of a false scenario under the guise of authority, with the end result being the further… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali
Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali By Andrew Korybko The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural… Read More ›
The Tuareg Are Once Again Discrediting Their Cause By Functioning As Foreign Proxies
The Tuareg Are Once Again Discrediting Their Cause By Functioning As Foreign Proxies By Andrew Korybko The Tuareg cause – for as legitimate as some might consider it to be – is now being exploited by the West as a cover… Read More ›
Mali’s Support Of Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Plan Will Worsen Tensions With Algeria
Mali’s Support Of Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Plan Will Worsen Tensions With Algeria By Andrew Korybko Russia might be forced to choose between its two partners if their tensions spiral out of control. The Malian Foreign Minister recently withdrew his country’s recognition of… Read More ›
American Moves In Libya Aim To Sever Russia’s Air Bridge To The Sahelian Alliance
American Moves In Libya Aim To Sever Russia’s Air Bridge To The Sahelian Alliance By Andrew Korybko This likely precedes a planned intensification of the Franco-US Hybrid War on that bloc. It was warned in February that “The US Might Make… Read More ›
Three Details That Most Observers Missed From SIPRI’s Latest International Arms Trends Report
Three Details That Most Observers Missed From SIPRI’s Latest International Arms Trends Report By Andrew Korybko What these three trends have in common is their adverse impact on Russian national security. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is regarded… Read More ›
Why Russia Created A New Day Honouring Soviet Victims Of Nazi Genocide
Why Russia Created A New Day Honouring Soviet Victims Of Nazi Genocide By Andrew Korybko That was the primary reason why it was established, though it also serves political purposes, but these are in response to the West’s “war on historical… Read More ›