Eurasia

“It’s China, Stupid!”

As the world was focused on the Winter Olympics in Beijing and the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, the White House published its Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States on February 11.[1] Purportedly, the release of the strategy was meant to coincide with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s travel …

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Turkish fintech seeks Qatari investment

The financial technology sector in Turkey has grown significantly, and is looking to Qatar for further expansion. Turkish fintech companies met with Qatari investors this week in a webinar. The Turkish presidency’s finance office organized the event along with the private Qatar Financial Center on Feb. 23-24, Turkey’s official Anadolu …

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Erdogan stuck on fence in Ukraine crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chided NATO for failing to do more for Ukraine but remains averse to antagonizing Russia. Faced with a tough balancing act, Turkey has been sending mixed signals on its position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has angered Moscow by …

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With one eye on Russia, Turkey expresses support for Ukraine

The success of Turkish-made drones in Ukraine is the most obvious sign of Ankara’s backing for Kyiv, but fear of Russian backlash is making Turkey tread lightly. Imagery of a burned-out Russian military convoy in Ukraine shared on social media over the weekend credited its destruction to Turkish-made drones. Turkish …

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Russian forces shell Ukraine’s No. 2 city and menace Kyiv

Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighborhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 17-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. The country’s embattled president said the …

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Turkey to implement pact limiting Russian warships to Black Sea

NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Kyiv had appealed to Ankara to block …

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Pflicht und Chance

Den Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine gemeinsam zu helfen, ist ein Gebot der Mitmenschlichkeit. Und auch im Sinne der EU. Es ist eine tragische, aber auch kuriose Wendung der Geschichte, dass nun ausgerechnet Polen die Hauptlast der europäischen Flüchtlingspolitik schultert. Seit Jahren weigert sich Warschau, Flüchtlinge aufzunehmen, und blockiert so gemeinsam …

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Un nouveau tournant pour l’Europe aussi

« Si le monde a changé, notre politique doit, elle aussi, changer. » C’est en ces termes que la ministre allemande des Affaires étrangères a justifié, dimanche, devant les députés réunis en session extraordinaire, la révolution copernicienne entamée par la République fédérale en révisant ses positions sur les sanctions contre …

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Batı ittifakı üyelerini konsolide etti

Putin, Donbas bölgesiyle sınırlı bir müdahale ile yetinmedi. Putin’in tarihi konuşması Ukrayna’yı yok sayan ifadeler içeriyordu. Ertesi gün ise beklentinin ötesinde bir saldırı başlattı. Ukrayna’nın birçok şehrinde stratejik noktaları bombalamaya başladı. Kiev’e yönelerek seçilmiş iktidarı devirme arzusu ise dünyanın meseleye bakışını değiştirdi. Putin’in ön görülemeyen bu tutumu Batı İttifakındaki dağınık …

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Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність за катастрофу

Дорогі російські читачі, які не цікавляться політикою (я знаю, вас тут багато). Ви розумієте, що сьогоднішнім наказом про приведення російського ядерного арсеналу в режим бойового чергування Путін поставив планету на межу світової війни? Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність …

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