Eurasia

There is something clarifying about the fact that the opening of high-level U.S.-Russian talks this week to discuss the crisis Moscow has provoked over Ukraine comes just days after the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol. The two events are not directly related, but they both make …

Les actes de piraterie et de brigandage ont reculé de manière “notable” dans le monde en 2021, alors que leur nombre était stable depuis 2016, révèle vendredi dans son bilan annuel le pôle d’expertise français dédié à la sûreté maritime MICA Center. Au total, 317 actes ont été dénombrés en …

An assassination attempt on a member of the Popular Mobilization Units and the massacre of his wife and children have raised questions about security in the Iraqi capital amid continuing US-Iran geopolitical tension in the region. An attempted assassination on Jan. 6 of a member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units …

Man kann dem Kasachstan-Diktator Nursultan Nasarbajew vieles vorwerfen, aber er hat stets auf eine (loyale) Distanz zu Russland geachtet. Sein früherer Außenminister und heute Präsidenten-Strohmann Kassim Tokajew sagte mir einmal in Interview, Kasachstan betrachte die „Eurasische Gemeinschaft“ unter Russlands Führung nur als Wirtschafts- und nicht als politische Union. Damit ist …

Похоже, что и вправду на волне мирных социально-политических протестов в Казахстане кто-то очень могущественный решил воспользоваться ситуацией и ввел в Алма-Ату (допустил появление в Алма-Ате) каких-то бандитов, которые учинили там погром. За ними мог стоять Назарбаев или его люди, чтобы вернуться к полноценной власти, Токаев, чтобы избавиться от Назарбаева, еще …

The speed with which Russia dispatched troops this week to help quell violent demonstrations in neighboring Kazakhstan is testimony to the Kremlin’s recurring fear of “color revolutions,” say Western diplomats and analysts. Moscow, they say, must have been horrified by how quickly the protests spread in Kazakhstan, long seen as …

NATO Foreign Ministers held an extraordinary virtual meeting on Friday (7 January 2022) to discuss Russia’s continued military build-up in and around Ukraine, and the implications for European security. Speaking following the meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “Russia’s aggressive actions seriously undermine the security order in Europe. NATO …

The United States is accusing Russia of trying to “gaslight” the world regarding tensions with Ukraine, continually seeking to portray Kyiv as the aggressor even as Moscow plans to mobilize as many as 300,000 troops for a potential invasion. The accusation came Friday from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has rejected a media report that the US is ready to propose scaling back troop deployments and military exercises in Eastern Europe next week in talks with Russia. Quoting a current Biden administration official and two former American national security officials familiar with …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has rejected a media report that the US is ready to propose scaling back troop deployments and military exercises in Eastern Europe next week in talks with Russia. Quoting a current Biden administration official and two former American national security officials familiar with …