Eastern Flank Militarization Shatters Russia’s Vision Of A Pan‑Regional Buffer Zone By Andrew Korybko The “buffer zone” which Russia envisages creating “from the Arctic region through the Baltic and Black Seas” as part of the reformed European security architecture that it’s… Read More ›
Ukrainian Drone Attacks On The CPC Threaten To Upend Kazakhstan And Reshape Russia’s Southern Flank By Andrew Korybko Continued strikes across 2026 could lead to protracted disruptions that greatly reduce Kazakhstan’s budgetary revenue and result in social spending slashes for next… Read More ›
Why Did The US Signal Support For NATO Troops In Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko It might be a negotiating tactic to pressure Russia into concessions on its maximalist goals in the conflict as a quid pro quo for not reprioritizing Russia’s… Read More ›
Russia Fires Oreshniks Again: A Direct Answer To Three Escalatory Moves By The West By Andrew Korybko These are Ukraine’s attempted assassination of Putin right before New Year’s, France and the UK’s official plans to deploy troops to Ukraine if a… Read More ›
Five Important Details That Most Folks Missed From Zelensky’s Interview With Polish Media By Andrew Korybko If Poles reject his implied demand that they accept Ukrainian ultra-nationalist narratives, question the co-production of arms with Ukraine, and oppose its membership in the… Read More ›
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin By Andrew Korybko Tensions risk spiralling out of control if Trump isn’t disabused of the CIA’s false narrative that Ukraine’s recent large-scale drone attack against Novgorod Region wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin. Trump retweeted an… Read More ›
Why It’s No Surprise That A Ukrainian Outlet Laments The Loss Of “Zakerzonia” To Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian officials are expected to encourage the popularization of these unofficial territorial claims with clandestine German support in order to wield them as… Read More ›
Why Did Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush? By Andrew Korybko Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics… Read More ›
Declassified Bush-Putin Memos Reveal U.S. Push For “Usable” Nuclear Weapons And Roots Of Russia-West Rift By Uriel Araujo Newly declassified NSA files reveal candid Bush–Putin conversations on NATO, Ukraine, and missile defence. The documents also expose US discussions about developing smaller… Read More ›
Poland Is Expanding Its Influence Over The Baltics Through The “Via Baltica” Highway By Andrew Korybko The “EU Defence Line” that’s being built, which refers to the combination of the “Baltic Defence Line” and Poland’s “East Shield” along NATO’s eastern border,… Read More ›
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