Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as… Read More ›
The Baltics
Merkel’s “Heresy”: Did Poland Help Trigger Ukraine’s War?
Merkel’s “Heresy”: Did Poland Help Trigger Ukraine’s War? By Uriel Araujo Angela Merkel’s recent claim that Poland and the Baltic states bear some responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine has caused an uproar. Still, her point — rooted in realist geopolitics… Read More ›
Beyond Ukraine: Norway Becomes The West’s Silent Front In Arctic Tensions With Russia
Beyond Ukraine: Norway Becomes The West’s Silent Front In Arctic Tensions With Russia By Uriel Araujo As NATO conducts exercises off Norway’s coast and Washington deploys spy aircraft, Arctic tensions are reaching a breaking point. Moscow’s Arctic strategy, once centred on… Read More ›
Was Scandinavia’s Russian Drone Scare A False Flag To Crack Down On Russia’s Shadow Fleet?
Was Scandinavia’s Russian Drone Scare A False Flag To Crack Down On Russia’s Shadow Fleet? By Andrew Korybko It’s highly suspicious that Zelensky just claimed without any evidence that they were launched by Russian tankers and subsequently demanded that Europe close… Read More ›
The First-Ever Polish-Swedish Joint Exercise Presages Closer Cooperation Against Russia
The First-Ever Polish-Swedish Joint Exercise Presages Closer Cooperation Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They have historical axes to grind against Russia after its imperial predecessor state was responsible for ending their Golden Ages as Great Powers. Poland and Sweden just carried out their… Read More ›
Poland Envisages Indirectly Expanding The EU’s “Drone Wall” Into Ukraine
Poland Envisages Indirectly Expanding The EU’s “Drone Wall” Into Ukraine By Andrew Korybko This would result in the de facto new Iron Curtain and associated NATO influence stretching up to whatever the new Russian-Ukrainian border might be by the time the… Read More ›
NATO Might Try To Down Russian Jets On The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace
NATO Might Try To Down Russian Jets On The False Pretext That They Violated Its Airspace By Andrew Korybko If it turns out that Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine was just him paying lip service to NATO’s goal of inflicting a strategic… Read More ›
The UK Aims To Entrench Its Influence In Estonia In Order To Lead The Arctic-Baltic Front
The UK Aims To Entrench Its Influence In Estonia In Order To Lead The Arctic-Baltic Front By Andrew Korybko The possible deployment of nuclear-capable F-35As there, which could be equipped with US air-to-ground nukes since the UK no longer has its… Read More ›
Estonia’s Russophobic Policies: A Maidan-style Crisis In the Making?
Estonia’s Russophobic Policies: A Maidan-style Crisis In the Making? By Uriel Araujo Estonia’s 2025 voting ban, affecting 80,000 Russians, plus Estonian-only education and Orthodox Church restrictions, sparks Russophobia concerns. Soviet monument demolitions and Waffen-SS glorification risk Baltic instability, echoing Ukraine’s Maidan…. Read More ›
Estonia Might Become Europe’s Next Trouble Spot
Estonia Might Become Europe’s Next Trouble Spot By Andrew Korybko The latest socio-political and security developments suggest that it relishes being a frontline state. Estonia catapulted back into international news after it recently seized an alleged vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow… Read More ›