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In What Scenario Might Mobilization Occur In Russia & How Might The EU Respond? Andrew Korybko 20 hours ago Mobilization would most likely only be declared to exploit an impending breakthrough across the front, but the EU is expected to spin any such move as an impending Russian attack in Read more
Why Might Putin Finally Decide To Bring Ukraine To Its Knees After Nearly Five Years? Andrew Korybko 11 hours ago Regardless of why Putin might have held off on this for so long, he’s now arguably motivated at least in part by the tantalizing possibility of reaching big-ticket resource deals Read more
[Editor’s note: It is important to circulate warnings of potential false flag events. If they are too widely anticipated they may be preempted. If they do occur, that they were widely expected may reduce their believeability.] Ukraine Might Be Plotting A False Flag Drone Attack On Southern Europe Andrew Korybko Read more
Why Won’t Russia Sever Its Agreements With Western Organizations? Andrew Korybko Sep 14, 2026 The world order that Russia is fighting for is one in which it’s on equal military-political terms with the West and then peacefully erodes Western economic hegemony through BRICS in order to gradually herald multipolarity. Putin’s Read more
Why Won’t China Cut Ukraine Off From Drone-Related Sales? Andrew Korybko Sep 07, 2026 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) referenced the EU’s summertime disbursement of the first €1 billion to Ukraine for drone procurement out of the €6 billion promised for this program in an article late last month about Read more
The Leipzig Incident Has All The Hallmarks Of A False Flag Andrew Korybk Germany blamed Russia for last month’s incident in Leipzig when one explosives-laden drone was found on the tarmac in proximity to Ukrainian cargo planes, another reportedly collided with a separate cargo plane as it tried to land Read more
Russia’s Security Guarantee Requests Would Have Restored Ukraine’s Full Independence Andrew Korybko Aug 29, 2026 History can’t be changed, but lessons can be learned from it, which could help Russia, China, and Iran in the future. The 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence is a timely occasion to reflect on the Read more
Is Sikorski’s “European Legion” Proposal A Way For Poland To Deploy “Peacekeepers” To Ukraine? Andrew Korybko Aug 25, 2026 Conservative President Karol Nawrocki is Poland’s Commander-in-Chief, but if the ruling liberal coalition’s Defense Minister places some Polish troops under EU control through the “European Legion”, then it’s unclear whether he Read more
A Pragmatically Amended 1956 Compromise Could Speedily Resolve The Kuril Islands Issue Andrew Korybko Aug 17, 2026 The amended 1956 compromise put forth in this piece would advance their interests and arguably also America’s as well but requires Russia to make the first move by informally floating this proposal. Putin’s Read more
Would Russia Really Cease To Exist Without Maximum Victory In The Ukrainian Conflict? Andrew Korybko Aug 10, 2026 What’s altogether most important in this thought exercise, which resembles the scenario implied by top Russian expert Vasily Kashin in late May, is that Russia keeps pace in the arms race and Read more