Posted originally on Jan 27, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |  

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda, and Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki met to commemorate the 1863 January Uprising against Russian rule. Even though 163 years have passed, politicians still believe that Russia is an enemy that could attempt to conquer their land at a moment’s notice. The Europeans simply cannot help themselves. They NEVER learn from history, and that is why history keeps repeating itself. Kyiv Post ran an article with the headline “Russia and Its Leaders Will Always be a Threat to Europe” that basically sums up the mindset that has been driving this entire conflict from day one.

“Policies backing a ‘reset’ with the Russian Federation are disappearing, but one thing remains unchanged: whether it’s Tsarist Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or Vladimir Putin’s Russia, our countries, now independent, still face the same threat from the Russian Federation,” Poland’s President Nawrocki said. He added: “The countries of central and eastern Europe were not wrong in their opinions about the Russian threat, even at a time when western Europe was still focused on climate policy or letting in illegal immigrants.”

This is the same propaganda cycle that we have seen for centuries. You demonize the opponent, you claim they are inherently aggressive, you declare that they will “never change,” and then you justify endless war spending, suppression of dissent, and total economic destruction at home. President Nawrocki admitted that Europe will always view Russia as a threat, regardless of who is in charge.

The real threat is Europe’s leadership, which is dragging the continent into an economic depression. Every time they push sanctions, weaponize trade, and centralize power in Brussels, they accelerate the capital flight and the collapse in confidence. People do not understand that wars are not just fought with weapons. They are fought with capital flows. Once confidence breaks in government, money moves. That is why gold rises when people are trying to get OUT of the system. They are trying to escape the arbitrary rule of government and the risk of confiscation, capital controls, or banking restrictions. Europe is walking right into that trap again.

And of course, once they create this narrative that “Russia will ALWAYS be a threat,” then there is no room for peace. You cannot negotiate with someone you claim is permanently evil. That is the entire point. If peace breaks out, then the excuses for authoritarian policy at home disappear. The budget scams get exposed. The censorship ends. And the public begins asking why they were sacrificed for a political agenda.

This is why I have warned that the war cycle is rising into 2026. War becomes the tool of last resort for governments that have destroyed their own economies and need an external enemy to blame. It is not about defending Ukraine. It is about preserving a system that is collapsing under sovereign debt, energy shortages, and political corruption.