Andrew Korybko

18 hours ago | korybko.substack.com | Andrew Korybko

The US might be able to replace Chinese companies’ dominant role in the DRC’s gigantic minerals industry if it plays its cards right but must avoid being dragged into a quagmire through mission creep. Reuters reported last week that Erik Prince had already reached a deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sometime before its latestcrisis to improve tax collection, reduce cross-border smuggling of minerals, and secure mines in its mineral-rich historical Katanga region.

21 hours ago | pressenza.com | Andrew Korybko

Poland is finally joining in the scramble for Ukraine after naively sitting on the sidelines all these years. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was surprisingly candid earlier this month when talking about how Poland plans to profit from Ukraine. In his words, “We will help [Ukraine] – Poland is in solidarity, we are a symbol of solidarity – but never again in a naive way. It won’t be the case that Poland will express solidarity while others profit, for example, on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

1 day ago | thealtworld.com | Andrew Korybko

The latest socio-political and security developments suggest that it relishes being a frontline state. Estonia catapulted back into international news after it recently seized an alleged vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, to which Russia had a restrained reaction for the pragmatic reasons explained here, but it’s also been stirring up trouble with Russia in other ways too.

1 day ago | korybko.substack.com | Andrew Korybko

Poland is finally joining in the scramble for Ukraine after naively sitting on the sidelines all these years. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was surprisingly candid earlier this month when talking about how Poland plans to profit from Ukraine. In his words, “We will help [Ukraine] – Poland is in solidarity, we are a symbol of solidarity – but never again in a naive way. It won’t be the case that Poland will express solidarity while others profit, for example, on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

2 days ago | thealtworld.com | Andrew Korybko

The possibility exists, but it should be centered on enduring economic interests that are less likely than political and security ones to shift with a change in government. Chairman of the Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Dragan Stanojevic told Izvestia late last month that Serbia wants to ally with Hungary and Slovakia, which preceded the signing of a new military cooperation pact between Belgrade and Budapest in early April.