Eurasia Press & News
The United States and its EU partners stepped up warnings of major consequences if Russia invades Ukraine as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Washington on January 5 for a meeting dominated by upcoming talks with Russia. Blinken said he and Baerbock emphasized …
Read More »Russian-Led Security Bloc To Send Peacekeeping Forces To Kazakhstan, Armenian PM Says
Peacekeepers from a Russian-led regional security alliance will be sent to Kazakhstan to help stabilize the country, the prime minister of Armenia announced on January 5 after an unprecedented wave of unrest in the oil-rich Central Asian nation that was sparked by a fuel price hike. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol …
Read More »Macron has crossed a line in his war on the unvaccinated
The new year has not started well for Emmanuel Macron. It began badly when some bright spark in the Elysée thought it would be a good idea to mark France’s six-month presidency of the European Union by unfurling the bloc’s blue and gold flag under the Arc de Triomphe. Millions …
Read More »Елбасы с газом
Глубоко анализировать всё, что происходит сейчас в Казахстане не так просто, потому что событий миллион, новостей каждый час – тьма. И мой текст через пару часов наверняка устареет. Но какие-то вещи очевидны и не зависят от новостных молний. Во-первых, удивительно, насколько плохо власти понимают народ. Народ и сам от себя, …
Read More »Вызов для Путина. Чем могут обернуться протесты в Казахстане
Путин не захочет, чтобы в соседней стране произошла очередная цветная революция Инфляция здесь была только искрой, от которой вспыхнули протесты. Я понимаю, что на самом деле в Казахстане вырвалось наверх скрытое течение разочарования из-за нехватки демократии. Ведь молодые казахи, которые получают информацию и знания в Интернете, особенно в Алматы, хотят …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine conflict: America needs a better idea than NATO expansion to keep the peace
Can it really be true, at this date in 2021, that large-scale war in Europe is again possible? Why are about 100,000 Russian troops massing near their country’s border with neighboring Ukraine — a country with which Russia shares a close history, religion, culture, and previous membership in the Soviet …
Read More »Libya’s Expanding Proxy War May Be the Ultimate Test of NATO’s Resilience
With Egypt reportedly on the brink of invading neighboring Libya, and troops from Chad said to be on their way north to join Gen. Khalifa Haftar in his fight to topple the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, what was already a complicated proxy war could soon become Africa’s first full-on …
Read More »The Global North Is Closing Its Doors to Migration
In July, British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the U.K. had agreed to pay France roughly $72 million to fund border personnel and equipment that would be used to stop asylum-seekers from crossing the English Channel. The deal came amid a dramatic rise in the number of channel crossings. …
Read More »NATO-Russia Talks Set On Moscow’s Ukraine Border Troop Buildup
NATO said Tuesday that Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has scheduled a meeting next week between Western ambassadors and Russian officials to try to defuse tensions over Moscow’s troop buildup along Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia. The NATO-Russia Council meeting is set for January 12 in Brussels, two days after U.S. and …
Read More »Warfare Evolved: Drone Swarms – Analysis
Unmanned systems with a variable degree of autonomy, generally known as ‘drones,’ have become commonplace in the world’s advanced militaries. In their various aerial, maritime, and ground forms, these vehicles are used to perform a wide spectrum of roles. Yet advances in new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, …
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