A Swedish-Polish Military Axis Could Become The Backbone Of NATO 3.0 By Andrew Korybko Their potential joint patrols along Finland and the Baltic States’ borders with Russia could become a permanent fixture of the post-war European security architecture. Sweden’s announcement in late September… Read More ›
The Pentagon Is Building NATO 3.0 Around The ‘Bergen Group’ By Andrew Korybko It’s the US preferred “small-group setting” for “driving progress toward NATO 3.0’s” European-led containment of Russia. Politico recently reported that “Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting” in… Read More ›
Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia By Uriel Araujo Trump’s growing pressure on Canada and Europe (over Greenland and now Iceland) is exposing the limits of a purely trans-Atlantic approach to Arctic governance. With Russia being a key… Read More ›
Sweden’s Finnish Border Deployment Revives Its Historic Rivalry With Russia By Andrew Korybko Sweden will help Finland patrol its land and sea borders with Russia. It was assessed in May after the Russian Ambassador’s interview with TASS that “Finland Is On… Read More ›
France’s “Forward Deterrence” Risks Triggering A Nuclear Crisis With Russia By Andrew Korybko France’s planned deployment of nuclear-armed Rafale jets armed in the Arctic, Central Europe, and possibly also the Balkans poses a qualitatively new strategic threat to Russia. The announcement in late… Read More ›
NATO’s Northern Militarization And The Growing Risk Of War With Russia By Uriel Araujo NATO’s rapid militarization of the Arctic and Baltic regions is transforming Northern Europe into one of the world’s most volatile points of contention. From Norway’s expanding strategic… Read More ›
The Nuclearization Of Europe And Russia’s Strategic Fears By Uriel Araujo Moscow’s claims about a possible European nuclear role in Ukraine are being portrayed as “propaganda” in the West, yet recent developments make the issue harder to ignore. France’s expanding deterrence… Read More ›
Norway Wants To Lead A “Viking Bloc” For Containing Russia In Northern Europe By Andrew Korybko It can simultaneously threaten Russia along the increasingly interconnected Arctic and Baltic fronts. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov gave a brief interview to TASS about bilateral… Read More ›
The UK’s New Multinational Naval Initiative Aims To Contain Russia In The Arctic And Baltic By Andrew Korybko The risk of a hot NATO-Russian war breaking out at sea as opposed to NATO’s Eastern Flank in Central & Eastern Europe is… Read More ›
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 ›