What Comes Next After The US’ Withdrawal From Poland’s Rzeszow Logistics Hub For Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko This is meant to symbolize the reduction of American military aid to Kiev, not function as the first step towards a complete withdrawal from… Read More ›
Did Ukraine Really Break Through Into Russia’s Belgorod Region? By Andrew Korybko Whatever it might have achieved isn’t militarily significant enough to warrant much attention. Conflicting reports have circulated about whether or not Ukrainian forces had broken through into Russia’s Belgorod… Read More ›
The EU’s Military-Industrial Plans Could Accelerate The US’ Disengagement From NATO By Andrew Korybko Interoperability issues could make the US think twice about intervening in the EU’s support against Russia. “Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central… Read More ›
Five Details That Most Observers Missed From SIPRI’s Latest International Arms Trends Report By Andrew Korybko They’re not as significant as the fact sheet’s top takeaways, but they’re still worth knowing about. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is… Read More ›
Putin’s Economic Envoy Helped Break The Russian-US Impasse On Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Creative economic diplomacy was the key to getting their increasingly stalled talks back on track. Russian Special Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who’s also the CEO of the Russian… Read More ›
Germany’s Lithuanian Base Complicates A Grand Russian-US Deal Over European Security By Andrew Korybko No return to the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act is now possible without German agreement. Germany just opened its first permanent military base abroad since World War II amidst the competition for… Read More ›
The US Seeks To Strengthen Its Arctic Presence To Harness Extensive Polar Resources By Uriel Araujo The Arctic’s transformation into a geopolitical chessboard reflects the US/NATO Cold War reflexes, ill-suited to an emerging multipolar world. As the world fixates on the… Read More ›
NYT Exposes US And Ukrainian Officers Working “Side By Side” To Plan Kiev’s Counteroffensives By Uriel Araujo Trump’s instincts about the proxy nature of the war are grounded in reality, as the NYT exposé confirms. Yet his “cavalier” style, so to… Read More ›
Zelensky Has No Feasible Alternative To Accepting Trump’s Lopsided Resource Deal By Andrew Korybko He’d sacrifice his political career, his envisaged legacy in Ukrainians’ eyes, and part of his country’s economic sovereignty, but he’d avert a much worse scenario than if… Read More ›
Trump’s Latest Sanctions Threat Against Russia Suggests That He’s Getting Impatient For A Deal By Andrew Korybko This moment of truth could even arrive earlier than expected and thus force Putin to compromise or escalate before he’s fully made up his… Read More ›
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