Each of them is capable of keeping Americans’ cost of living high at MAGA’s expense in 2028 unless Trump reaches a series of mutual compromises with them that advance some of their most sensitive interests in a foreign policy revolution that would fundamentally reshape the emerging world order. The bloodbath […]
Author: Andrew KORYBKO
Zakharova Made A Surprisingly Good Point About Poland
One can oppose both Polish meddling in Ukraine and EU meddling in Poland since what’s happening in Poland is no less consequential than what happened in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova published a detailed post about Poland on Telegram that’s worth reading. It’s surprisingly informative considering that she […]
Poland’s Attempted Judicial Coup Will Shape The Post-War European Order
Poland’s German-backed liberal premier wants to hamstring the US-backed conservative president’s efforts to lead the EU’s reform into a union of nation-states if his allies return to power next fall, which would save it from becoming a German-dominated federation and turn Poland into a regional power. Liberal Polish Prime Minister […]
Russia Is Africa’s Most Reliable Partner Because It Doesn’t Need Its Countries’ Resources
This fact combines with Russia’s positive reputation in their eyes to explain why so many of the continent’s countries are nowadays eagerly expanding cooperation with it despite Western pressure. Moscow hosted the third Russia-Africa Summit this week, which has been held every couple of years since the inaugural one in […]
Finland & Norway Just Broke Mainstream European NATO’s Political Isolation Of Russia
This development is incredibly important since it could set into motion a sequence of US-mediated events for alleviating military-security tensions between E-NATO and Russia after the end of the Ukrainian Conflict per a grand deal between all parties. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store called […]
Five Reasons Why Trump Is More Serious Than Ever About Cutting Deals With Putin
Putin is more serious than ever about this too for absolutely different reasons The surprise Russian-US diesel deal in early October represented the first bilateral agreement between them since 2022 and importantly didn’t include any terms related to Ukraine either. This in turn convinced observers, both adversarial and friendly alike, […]
The Musk-Trump Duo’s Leverage Of Starlink/Starshield Is The Key To Peace In Ukraine
After Musk and Trump already demonstrated that Ukraine’s use of Starlink/Starshield can be throttled in an instant, therefore risking the collapse of the entire front line if taken to the extreme of a full-scale shutdown, Zelensky might be more pliable to a peace deal with Putin. SpaceX founder Elon Musk […]
How Likely Is It That China Agrees To Trilateral Arms Control Talks With The US & Russia?
Xi reasonably doesn’t want to freeze the gap between China and the US, but unless he does so, a nuclear arms race with the likely participation of several middle powers like Japan is possible. The White House’s fact sheet that was published after Xi’s visit to the US in September […]
What Trade-Off Could Trump’s Grand Deal Between Putin & Zelensky Realistically Entail?
The conflict could freeze along the frontlines if the US coerces the EU and Ukraine into agreeing to the resumption of Russian energy imports through partially US-controlled pipelines while convincing Russia to agree to the deployment of European forces to Ukraine without the US’ Article 5 protection. Zelensky said that […]
Creative Energy Diplomacy Can Lead To The US Getting The EU To Unfreeze Russia’s Assets
Russia could legally transfer ownership of its frozen assets to the US, which would then be returned to Russia in exchange for US stakes in its energy industry that could also deter Ukrainian attacks against it, but Trump will first have to obtain what would then be the US’ frozen […]






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