Archive for the ‘Eurasia Press’ Category
THE POST-“CALIPHATE” TERRORISM: A MORE COMPLEX THREAT FOR EUROPE
Monday, November 26, 2018 Comments Off on THE POST-“CALIPHATE” TERRORISM: A MORE COMPLEX THREAT FOR EUROPEThe release from prison, in London, on October 19, of radical preacher Anjem Choudary, jailed in 2016 for inviting support for Daesh, brought to the attention the persistence of the terrorist risks faced by Europe, but also the fact that those risks became more complex, in the context of the evolution of Daesh and the […]
BACK TO FOUR FLAGS … AND MORE?
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Comments Off on BACK TO FOUR FLAGS … AND MORE?The Kurds: POST-DAESH and beyond Not long ago, developments in the Middle East seemed to bring closer to reality the idea of a Kurdish state entity, with Kurdish influence increasing due to their military successes against Daesh and in the context of the prolonged conflicts in Iraq and Syria. However, the Middle East is […]
SAUDI ARABIA: BEYOND THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Comments Off on SAUDI ARABIA: BEYOND THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORMThe recent visit in the United Kingdom and the USA of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman brought to the attention the complex recent evolution of Saudi Arabia, especially the economic and social reforms that are bound to influence not only the country itself, but also the region and the world. Mohammed bin Salman […]
NIGERIA: THREAT ASSESSMENT 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018 Comments Off on NIGERIA: THREAT ASSESSMENT 2018Nearly four years after the Chibok attack, from which an estimated 112 of the abducted students are still held hostage, the February 2018 attack against the Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School in the town of Dapchi (Yobe state) by Boko Haram brought again to the attention the situation and the security threats confronting […]
King departs for working visit to Moscow
Thursday, February 15, 2018 Comments Off on King departs for working visit to MoscowHis Majesty King Abdullah II on Wednesday, left for a working visit to Moscow during which he will hold a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the meeting, the King will discuss with the Russian president relations between Jordan and Russia as well as the latest regional and international developments.
THE GAZA STRIP: FROM “SINGAPORE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN” TO A PALESTINIAN STATE?
Monday, February 5, 2018 Comments Off on THE GAZA STRIP: FROM “SINGAPORE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN” TO A PALESTINIAN STATE?The recent developments that brought to the attention the Palestinian question[1] also made the analysts consider the geopolitical shifts and the new issues confronting the Gaza Strip, the small parcel of land near the Mediterranean that has increasing chances of becoming, if not the “Singapore of the Mediterranean”[2], the core of a new Palestinian State. […]
THE WEST BANK: STATEHOOD OR STATU QUO?
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Comments Off on THE WEST BANK: STATEHOOD OR STATU QUO?Several events that took place at the end of 2017 and the beginning of this year brought to the attention the complex situation in the West Bank and the still not solved Palestinian problem. Some of these developments indicate a significant shift in the approach of the issue by the United States of America, until […]
LATIN AMERICA AND THE IMF – PAST AND PROSPECTS (Case studies: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela)
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Comments Off on LATIN AMERICA AND THE IMF – PAST AND PROSPECTS (Case studies: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela)The recent economic and social developments in Latin America and especially the prospect of an electoral year for nearly all of the countries in the region are closely watched by analysts who see that, while currently in all of these countries pragmatic and moderate candidates are dominating the polls, there is a high risk of […]
THE BALKAN ROUTE: FROM WARLORDS TO MIGRANTS AND JIHADISTS
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Comments Off on THE BALKAN ROUTE: FROM WARLORDS TO MIGRANTS AND JIHADISTSSeveral developments and incidents are bringing again to the analysts’ attention the area in the Balkan Peninsula traditionally known as “the Balkan Route”. In this geopolitical region of Southeast Europe, an area of 550,000 km², about 55 million people live together, with different identities, and sometimes in adversarial ethnic, cultural and political relations. After the […]
Middle east events and news
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Comments Off on Middle east events and newsEditorial In Al-Naba Weekly Exhorts ISIS Members To Honor Their Oath Of Allegiance To Al-Baghdadi The September 15, 2017 editorial of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) Al-Naba weekly, posted on the Nasher News Agency Telegram page and elsewhere, urges ISIS members to adhere to their oath of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Issue 6 […]
Middle east events and news
Monday, July 24, 2017 Comments Off on Middle east events and newsAl-Wafa’ Media Organization Warns ISIS Supporters About Imposters Attempting To Spread False InformationOn July 17, 20127, the Al-Wafa’ media organization, which is identified with the Islamic State (ISIS), published an article by ISIS supporter Abi Amina titled “Methods Used By Rumormongers To Infiltrate [ISIS’s] Support [System].” Tech-Savvy Pro-ISIS Telegram Channel Instructs Followers To Use TextPlus […]
Middle east events and news
Monday, July 24, 2017 Comments Off on Middle east events and newsAll Palestinian Factions Call For Day Of Rage To Defend Al-AqsaPalestinian elements from all the organizations called for a day of rage for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa today, July 21, 2017. This call was in protest against the Israeli police’s installation of metal detectors at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, following the July 14 […]
Middle east news
Thursday, June 8, 2017 Comments Off on Middle east newsMarwan Kanafani, Former Advisor To Arafat: Palestine Cause No Longer The Most Serious Arab Issue, There Are More Syrian Refugees In a recent TV interview, Marwan Kanafani, former advisor to Yasser Arafat, blamed the Palestinian leaderships and political parties for the “regression” in the Palestinian cause, saying that the negotiations to bring about reconciliation between […]
IRGC Using ‘Mahan Air’ Civilian Airliners To Hide Transfer Of Weapons And Fighters To Syria, Yemen
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Comments Off on IRGC Using ‘Mahan Air’ Civilian Airliners To Hide Transfer Of Weapons And Fighters To Syria, YemenOn February 25, 2017, the Iranian reformist website Amad News reported, citing a source in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), that the IRGC is using civilian passenger jets operated by the Iranian airline Mahan Air to transfer weapons to Syria and Yemen and also to bring back the bodies of fallen fighters as well […]
THE MOJAHEDINE E-KHALQ (MKO) (CASE STUDY)
Sunday, February 19, 2017 Comments Off on THE MOJAHEDINE E-KHALQ (MKO) (CASE STUDY)Several events in the last few months, especially in the context of the process of re-examining some major topics of Washington’s foreign policy – including the relationship with Iran – brought to the attention the Mojahedine e-Khalq (MKO)[1], a controversial anti-Tehran regime group with a complex history dating from the ‘970s. Recent developments The annual […]
THE EU ENLARGEMENT AFTER BREXIT Case Study: the Western Balkans
Monday, August 15, 2016 Comments Off on THE EU ENLARGEMENT AFTER BREXIT Case Study: the Western BalkansAmong the complex consequences of United Kingdom’s recent decision to withdraw from the European Union (Brexit), one of the main problems for the Union’s leaders – indeed, a component of the EU’s future – is the EU enlargement process, notably the accession of the six countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, […]
THE “INTERMARIUM”: A CENTURY-OLD SECURITY DOCTRINE REVISITED
Thursday, February 18, 2016 Comments Off on THE “INTERMARIUM”: A CENTURY-OLD SECURITY DOCTRINE REVISITEDRecent developments a) On February 2, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter unveiled plans to add more heavy weapons and armored vehicles to prepositioned stocks in Eastern Europe in order to give the Pentagon two brigade sets worth of heavy equipment on NATO’s eastern frontier. The White House plans to pay for the additional weapons and […]
FROM SYKES-PICOT TO OBAMA-PUTIN: POWER ACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Saturday, October 31, 2015 Comments Off on FROM SYKES-PICOT TO OBAMA-PUTIN: POWER ACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICACase Study: The migration wave and the Schengen agreement Most of the observers of the Middle East have become used to the talk about a new Middle East. They did so after the Camp David accords, the Oslo Agreements and most recently the Arab Spring. In the end, it resulted in the same old Middle […]
“NEW” EUROPE(S?): FACING AN “OLD-STYLE” RUSSIA
Saturday, March 28, 2015 Comments Off on “NEW” EUROPE(S?): FACING AN “OLD-STYLE” RUSSIAThe recent evolutions in Europe are marked by the political crisis generated by the development in Ukraine, and by the economic crisis (itself turned into a political one) that affects most visibly Greece, but also other European states. Analysts see them as indicators of a geopolitical shift generated by what they call “the return of […]
THE DIGITAL (COMING OF) AGE
Saturday, January 10, 2015 Comments Off on THE DIGITAL (COMING OF) AGEThe growing number of political victories obtained with the help of the social media, as well as the revelations about the complex manipulation processes for which they might be used, the launching of the “digital citizenship” and the extending use of the Bitcoin, the year-end crisis generated by the cyber attack against Sony Pictures which […]
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE: A NEW “VALEV PLAN”?
Saturday, December 15, 2012 Comments Off on THE FUTURE OF EUROPE: A NEW “VALEV PLAN”?Following last autumn’s “state of the Union” speech, that outlined a vision for a federal Europe[1], the “Blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union”, unveiled recently by José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, to be submitted at the December 2012 European Union Summit and debated until the European Parliament elections […]
EUROSCEPTICISM: TRIGGERING EUROPE’S TRANSFORMATION
Monday, October 1, 2012 Comments Off on EUROSCEPTICISM: TRIGGERING EUROPE’S TRANSFORMATIONThe recent violent manifestations in Greece, Spain and Portugal, as well as the developments of the Euro zone crisis indicate a clear increase of the Euroscepticism, as well as a disturbing trend towards the politisation of the economic problems that several European countries are currently facing. Analysts are currently assessing the possibilities that growing Euroscepticism […]
EULEX Seeks Regional Help in Organ Trafficking Probe
Friday, September 21, 2012 Comments Off on EULEX Seeks Regional Help in Organ Trafficking ProbeDuring his visit to Montenegro, Clint Williamson, head of the EULEX task force in charge of the Kosovo organ trafficking case, has called for regional cooperation in the investigation.Williamson met the Montenegrin interior minister, Ivan Brajovic, on Thursday. He presented the efforts of his team, which was formed in October 2011, with the aim of […]
Serbian Leader to Address UN This Month
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Comments Off on Serbian Leader to Address UN This MonthSerbian President Tomislav Nikolic will be among the first speakers to address the UN General Assembly at the opening ceremony later in September.President Nikolic is flying to New York at the end of September to address the United Nations General Assembly. Vuk Jeremic, the former foreign minister and the new chairman of the UN General […]
“ANTI-SYSTEM” ON A RISING TREND – PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPE
Monday, September 3, 2012 Comments Off on “ANTI-SYSTEM” ON A RISING TREND – PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPERecent developments in Europe, where the economic crisis continues to affect the political and social life, are showing a worrying rise of the “traditional” extreme – both right and left – parties, as well as of the newer “anti-system” or “fringe” movements that oppose the existing institutions (especially the global and European ones), as well […]
TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS VS. NATIONAL STATES: LOST BATTLE?!
Monday, September 3, 2012 Comments Off on TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS VS. NATIONAL STATES: LOST BATTLE?!The worldwide economic evolution and many political developments in Europe and the world are showing to most analysts a worrying trend consisting in a balance of power shifting from national states towards transnational economic actors, corporate (the big multinational and transnational companies) as well as institutional (the international financial institutions such as the International Monetary […]
“ANTI-SYSTEM” ON A RISING TREND – PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPE
Monday, June 18, 2012 Comments Off on “ANTI-SYSTEM” ON A RISING TREND – PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPERecent developments in Europe, where the economic crisis continues to affect the political and social life, are showing a worrying rise of the “traditional” extreme – both right and left – parties, as well as of the newer “anti-system” or “fringe” movements that oppose the existing institutions (especially the global and European ones), as well […]
Bulgaria PM Urges Greens to Shift Protest
Friday, June 15, 2012 Comments Off on Bulgaria PM Urges Greens to Shift ProtestOpponents of changes to Bulgaria’s Forestry Act, which make life easier for developers, are gearing up for a third mass rally on Friday.Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has asked the protesters to refrain from blocking a key road junction in Sofia and to choose another place for their rallies.
EU investments and grants for the Western Balkan countries (Talking points)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Comments Off on EU investments and grants for the Western Balkan countries (Talking points)The EU policies in favor of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) began to develop in 2000, when the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western Balkans, in Regulation (EC) No […]
Bosnia: Still no government, no progress, no EU softening of stance
Monday, July 25, 2011 Comments Off on Bosnia: Still no government, no progress, no EU softening of stanceAuthor: Anes Alic for ISA Intel. Six Bosnian political parties who won the majority of votes in October 2010 elections and are eligible to form the new government issued a total of 1,373 campaign promises, most of which will remained unfulfilled and forgotten. With 432 elections promises, the main Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) […]
Bosnia: Republika Srpska Vows to Hold Referendum on War Crimes Cooperation; How will the International Community Respond?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Comments Off on Bosnia: Republika Srpska Vows to Hold Referendum on War Crimes Cooperation; How will the International Community Respond?by Anes Alic The parliament of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska decided on Wednesday to call for a referendum on whether Bosnian Serbs should continue to cooperate with the country’s war crimes court, citing the court’s alleged anti-Serb bias. Out of the 75 lawmakers present, 66 voted for the proposal presented by Bosnian Serb […]
Trends in Balkan Organized Crime Activities
Monday, April 11, 2011 Comments Off on Trends in Balkan Organized Crime Activitieswritten by: Ioannis Michaletos The perennial issue of the existence of strong organized crime structures in the Balkan region is of great concern for the whole of Europe, due to the importance of this region as a main geo-economic hub between the European Union, Turkey and the Middle East, and Russia. The United Nations International […]
Bosnia’s Federation Entity Names New Government, But Instability Will Govern
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Comments Off on Bosnia’s Federation Entity Names New Government, But Instability Will GovernBy Anes Alic After five months of back-and-forth negotiations following October 2010 general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the new parliament and government have been named in the Bosniak and Croat-dominated Federation entity. There has been an inability to reach a consensus at the highest levels for the distribution of ministries and key posts, and the appointment […]
Serbia: An outlook of Regional Cooperation and Border Issues Networks
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Comments Off on Serbia: An outlook of Regional Cooperation and Border Issues Networkswritten by: Ioannis Michaletos, Source: worldsecuritynetwork.com The outlook of Serbia in the field of regional cooperation and border issues, reveals that the country seem eager to implement regional cooperation policies aimed at the so-called “asymmetrical threats” of organized crime, international terrorism, illegal immigration, environmental pollution, money laundering and extremism. Most of its structures can be […]
Albania: The Wider Implications of a Political Crisis-Turned Violent
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Comments Off on Albania: The Wider Implications of a Political Crisis-Turned ViolentBy IsaIntel A fourth protester has died as a result of a gunshot wound during 21 January protest rallies outside the Albanian Prime Minister’s Office, bringing the death toll to four. At the same time, protesters, led by Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, have vowed to stage another round of demonstrations this Friday, and continue […]