Eurasia

U.S. to Send Troops to East Europe to Counter Russia

Some 2,000 American troops will be deployed to Poland and Germany, while around 1,000 troops now based in Germany will head to Romania U.S. President Joe Biden has approved sending additional forces to Eastern Europe, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it …

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Turkey, Ukraine to sign free trade agreement

Turkish-Ukrainian trade is on the rise and Ukraine recently used Turkish combat drones against Russia-backed forces. Turkey and Ukraine will sign a free trade agreement in Kyiv tomorrow, the Turkish trade minister said today. “We will sign a New Generation Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine as the fruit of more …

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Ankara reassures Moscow on eve of Erdogan’s Ukraine visit

With its president set to visit Ukraine, Turkey has reassured Russia by reiterating its commitment for a key maritime treaty safeguarding Russia’s rights in the Black Sea. Just days before Turkey’s president is set to visit Ukraine, Ankara has reassured Moscow with a rare public display of support to a …

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The Pandemic Is Providing Cover for ‘Opportunistic Repression’

On Wednesday, Tunisia announced that it had restored its pandemic-era restrictions, imposing a 10 p.m. curfew and banning all gatherings for two weeks. According to President Kais Saied’s government, the decision was made in order to combat the recent, rapid spread of the coronavirus’s omicron variant. Yet the timing was …

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Poland’s Democratic Erosion Is as Worrying as Its Border Crisis

In September 2021, the Polish government declared a state of emergency along its border with Belarus, which is also the European Union’s eastern frontier, in response to a large influx of migrants from countries including Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. The route and timing of the migrants’ journey into Europe was …

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Колода «украинских карт»

Активизация диалога России и Запада по проблемам безопасности запустила процесс радикальной перенастройки отношений Украины со всем евроатлантическим сообществом. Главный тектонический сдвиг состоит в том, что ставка как на американский, так и на общеевропейский внешнеполитический проекты теряет для Киева прежний смысл. Вашингтон все более активно подталкивает Киев к выполнению Минских соглашений, …

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Putin Has Turned Constitution Upside Down And Thereby Threatens Russia’s Survival As A Country – OpEd

Beginning with Magna Carta, constitutions were created to limit the ability of the powers to act without the approval of the people, Lev Shlosberg says. But Vladimir Putin has not merely gutted the provisions of the Russian Constitution but reversed its meaning. For him, Russia’s basic law has become a …

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Russia Menaces And Ukrainians Heed Calls For Civil-Defense Training: There’s Just One Thing – Analysis

Weapons training, which featured a piece of pressed composite wood cut in the shape of a rifle, was going well for 18-year-old Anna Kuksa until she pivoted to her left, as ordered by her camouflaged trainer. One of her fellow students turned to the right, and they collided and tripped …

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Situation In Eastern Europe And The Changing World Order – OpEd

The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the diminishing of Moscow’s influence in Eastern Europe. The geopolitical situation of world today has presented Russia with an opportunity to again assert its primacy in Eastern Europe. The United States now is deeply divided politically and is …

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Why Die For Ukraine? – OpEd

You would think that the problems facing the United States would be enough for brain-dead Biden. With massive inflation, the economy is teetering on the brink of ruin. We face tyrannical control because of harmful vaccine mandates. Bogus propaganda about “climate change” threatens to cripple American industry. The government seeks …

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