How Long Will The “Full Normalization” Of Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Last? By Andrew Korybko It’s a step in the right direction, but TRIPP’s unstated dual purpose of a NATO military logistics corridor that’ll ultimately stretch across Russia’s entire southern periphery must be… Read More ›
Why Poland Should Become the Baltic States’ Security Guarantor in NATO 3.0 By Andrew Korybko This would prevent the Western European states (primarily Germany) and Ukraine from outflanking it, ensure that Kiev doesn’t provoke a conflict with Russia that puts Poland… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Poland Won’t Deploy Troops To Ukraine By Andrew Korybko It’s unrealistic to expect Poland to commit to this specific “security guarantee” for Ukraine. Liberal Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced earlier this week that his country will host drills later… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More By Andrew Korybko The Ukrainian Conflict, the West Asian Wars, and spring 2025’s Indo-Pak clashes upended the past nearly 80 years’ worth of presumptions about strategic security with… Read More ›
Western Officials Should Listen When Trenin Of All People Warns Of Russian Escalation By Andrew Korybko He’s not a hawk in the least and actually used to be one of his country’s most well-known Western-friendly experts before the special operation led… Read More ›
Lvov’s Spontaneous Anti-Conscription Riot Poses A Serious Problem For Zelensky By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian nationalists are still adamantly opposed to the scenario of ceding Donbass to Russia, but the problem is that they themselves don’t want to fight to retain it,… Read More ›
Ukraine’s Planned Drone Plants In The Baltics Are Part Of A Plot To Outflank Poland By Andrew Korybko If Poland “loses” the Baltic States to Ukraine, then it’ll slip into geostrategic irrelevancy after the conflict ends, especially since the US would… Read More ›
Macgregor’s Zelensky Assassination Claim Fits Ukraine’s Deeper Internal Crisis By Uriel Araujo Retired colonel Douglas Macgregor claims insiders sought to assassinate President Zelensky. Whether confirmed or not, the allegation fits a broader pattern of political intrigue involving intelligence services, oligarchic rivalries,… Read More ›
Russia’s “Systematic Strikes” Are Reshaping The Ukrainian Conflict’s Strategic Dynamics By Andrew Korybko Ukraine’s dearth of air defences created a strategic opportunity for Russia to ruthlessly exploit. Russia’s latest large-scale strikes against military targets in Ukraine were incredibly successful after Ukrainian Air… Read More ›
Ukraine Is Trying To Isolate Crimea Because It Cannot Reconquer It By Uriel Araujo Power outages, rationing and attacks on key supply routes are reshaping daily life in Crimea. Ukraine’s evolving strategy seeks to make Russian control increasingly costly, yet military… Read More ›