Eurasia

Komentář Petra Fischera: Kam se ztratilo Německo? ptá se v poslední době celá Evropa, když sleduje rostoucí napětí na ukrajinsko-ruských hranicích, jehož klidnění se Němci spíše vyhýbají. Německo je pořád tady, odmítá kritiku německá vláda, vždyť ministryně zahraničí Annalena Baerbocková byla v Moskvě i v Kyjevě a spolkový kancléř Olaf …

Belgian police arrested 13 suspected members of an Islamist terror group in an operation in Antwerp on Tuesday. The suspects were detained for spreading jihadist propaganda on social media, though police said it was unclear whether they had made concrete plans to launch an attack. Around 100 police officers were …

US Central Command chief says F-22 Raptor squadron will arrive in Emirates next week The US military commander in the Middle East is planning to target Houthi missiles and drones on the ground before they are fired towards the UAE. Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie said the plan is part of …

In a January 28 interview with the Russian media about the Ukraine crisis, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said, “if it depends on the Russian Federation, there will not be a war.” He also suggested that there were “kernels of rationality” in the formal responses to Russia’s demands that …

Unless the US and Iran reach an agreement that imposes meaningful, long-term restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear activities, any deal reached in Vienna is unlikely to prove politically durable. Last week, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) took to the Senate floor to rip the Biden’s administration’s Iran policy …

A series of deadly explosions in Abu Dhabi, the normally placid capital of the United Arab Emirates, has created a strategic quandary for the UAE government. Its leaders are in the midst of a major diplomatic reinvention, seeking to develop good relations with all of their regional neighbors, including, notably, …

Negotiations to form a new government in Iraq have entered a final, decisive phase, with the process shaping up to be a dispiriting contest among several factions that unfortunately share broadly similar authoritarian characteristics. The disputes over power-sharing arrangements and government positions are complicated, and the final lineup is still …

U.S. troops could be used to help evacuate American citizens from Ukraine should Russia invade the country, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday. Kirby’s comments came as roughly 850 troops with the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., arrived in Poland in response to more than 100,000 Russian …

Strykers and combat support vehicles lined up at the Army airfield Wednesday as about 1,000 American troops prepared to head to Romania for an open-ended deployment meant to reassure allies worried about Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine. The Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldiers will remain in Romania to shore up …

The next leader of Islamic State is likely to be from a close circle of battle-hardened Iraqi jihadists who emerged in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion, two Iraqi security officials and three independent analysts said. The group of potential successors to Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, who blew himself up …