Strategy&Future

This report presents a strategic simulation of a future crisis centered on the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad/Królewiec and explores whether an informal regional coalition — the “Baltic Axis” of Poland, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, working closely with Ukraine and in strategic partnership with Turkey — could functionally isolate the oblast through a political-military “quarantine"...

Jacek Bartosiak and Albert Swidzinski of Strategy&Future on Królewiec (Kaliningrad) Enclave as Poland’s Hormuz

“Królewiec (Kaliningrad) Campaign: The Capacity for Asymmetric Escalation”

Jacek Bartosiak and Albert Świdziński of Strategy&Future on the future of Kaliningrad Enclave as strategic asset for Poland.

On Thursday, 8 May, the U.S. President announced via social media—a reflection of modern communication trends—that the United States and the United Kingdom concluded a trade agreement, marking the first such deal under the 47th U.S. administration...

Lose the war - win the peace? Jacob Shapiro welcomes Jacek Bartosiak of Strategy&Future onto the show to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and the evolution of the multipolar geopolitical system. Jacek makes his case that a systemic, global war has already begun – and warns the U.S. what will happen if it indulges in hubris and pushes too hard on President Trump’s “America First” rhetoric.

Nick Myers and Albert Świdziński discuss global events and the risk of Russia’s aggression against NATO [CC PL].

Nicholas Myers and Albert Świdziński discuss lessons learned from the Ukraine War, trends in warfare, and the future of US grand strategy.

The Eternal Return and Eastern Europe. The Geopolitical Tragedy that Never Ends. Part 4 of 4

THE SCALABLE WORLD WAR PROJECT. Sanctions Regime Competition&Temptation of a Limited War

The high intensity of geopolitical dynamics requires states to have a sophisticated toolkit of military instruments, including developing paramilitary and proxy military units to conduct a multilayered war. The proxies in Eastern Europe were perfect asymmetric instruments for achieving political and geopolitical goals. Still, often, they were symbols of the crisis of statehood in the countries where they operated or they caused existential threats, as in the case of Poland and Russia.

The invasion of Ukraine became a serious trigger for the development of military writings inside Russia. Since the beginning of the war, many books have been published that describe the Russian military and geopolitical mindset and conduct. These books were often published for propagandist purposes, but the old Western school of Sovietology teaches us that to win over the enemy, we must grasp his way of thinking and find his weaknesses. Without objective analysis of political and military thought, it is easy to fall into imaginary theorisation which does not correspond with reality.