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 ›
Russia
Putin’s Economic Envoy Helped Break The Russian-US Impasse On Ukraine
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
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
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
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
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
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 ›
Zelensky Might Have An Ace Up His Sleeve If He Decides To Run Again
Zelensky Might Have An Ace Up His Sleeve If He Decides To Run Again By Andrew Korybko The staggering scale of Ukraine’s military losses likely isn’t reflected in its voter lists, which Zelensky might thus exploit to fraudulently help him win… Read More ›
Putin’s Proposed UN Control Over Ukraine Is Well Intentioned But Will Be Tough To Implement
Putin’s Proposed UN Control Over Ukraine Is Well Intentioned But Will Be Tough To Implement By Andrew Korybko The odds of everything perfectly unfolding – the UNSC agreeing to have the UN assume control only over “rump Ukraine” and without Kiev’s… Read More ›
Five Takeaways From The Revelation That Poland Only Has Less Than Two Weeks’ Worth Of Ammo
Five Takeaways From The Revelation That Poland Only Has Less Than Two Weeks’ Worth Of Ammo By Andrew Korybko This dangerous state of affairs is entirely the fault of its ruling duopoly. Chief of Poland’s National Security Bureau Dariusz Lukowski recently revealed that… Read More ›