From Kupyansk To Pokrovsk: Five Strategic Implications Of Ukraine’s Encirclement By Andrew Korybko Putin is once again extending an olive branch to Zelensky and Trump in his latest goodwill gesture because he truly doesn’t want the conflict to drag on nor… Read More ›
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NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War
NATO’s Three-Pronged Response To The Latest Russian Scare Raises The Risk Of A Larger War By Andrew Korybko This could be averted if Poland, which commands NATO’s third-largest army and whose new president recently didn’t rule out talking to Putin if… Read More ›
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe
Trump’s Nuclear Test Plans Might Be Meant To Manipulate Russia Into An Escalation With Europe By Andrew Korybko Any reciprocal nuclear test by Russia could serve as the pretext for the US approving France and/or the UK sharing their nukes with… Read More ›
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure
Russia’s Burevestnik Missile Test Was Actually A De-Escalation Measure By Andrew Korybko Its real purpose is to get the US to reconsider its impending escalations against Russia by reminding it of the strategic costs that this could entail. Trump slammed Russia’s test of… Read More ›
Kiev Wants The Land, Not The People: Former US Adviser Exposes Ukraine’s Ethnopolitical Blind Spot
Kiev Wants The Land, Not The People: Former US Adviser Exposes Ukraine’s Ethnopolitical Blind Spot By Uriel Araujo Former US State Department adviser James Carden highlights how Ukraine seeks control of Donbass territory while marginalizing its ethnic Russian population. Kiev’s post-2014… Read More ›
Putin’s Offer To Extend The New START Is A Goodwill Gesture To Trump
Putin’s Offer To Extend The New START Is A Goodwill Gesture To Trump By Andrew Korybko Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations. Putin offered in… Read More ›
“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland
“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in south-eastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Trump Is Once Again Escalating Against Russia
Five Reasons Why Trump Is Once Again Escalating Against Russia By Andrew Korybko They’re all primarily due to his belief (however possibly mistaken) that Putin won’t risk tensions spiralling out of control in response. It was earlier assessed that “The Next… Read More ›
Merkel Is Half-Right And Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict
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 ›
Why Didn’t The Polish Judge Extradite The Nord Stream Suspect To Germany?
Why Didn’t The Polish Judge Extradite The Nord Stream Suspect To Germany? By Andrew Korybko This importantly doesn’t equate to endorsing his controversial logic, which observers should in any case try to understand even if they disagree with it since his… Read More ›