Eurasia

EU-Befürworter:innen, die Atomkraft ablehnen, bringt die Idee einer klimafreundlichen Atomenergie in ein Dilemma. Der Kampf muss weitergehen. Es ist ein echter Schuss vor den Bug von Grünen. Ausgerechnet die hierzulande größten Fans des europäischen Projekts müssen nun wegstecken, dass ihre geliebte Europäische Union der Atomkraft ein formidables Greenwashing verpasst. Die …

An article by Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times last July is a prime example of western intelligentsia’s limited understanding of China’s unhindered rise as a superpower. “Becoming a superpower is a complicated business. It poses a series of connected questions about capabilities, intentions and will,” Rachman wrote. To help …

Terrorist Groups Have Doubled Since the Passage of the 2001 AUMF It began more than two decades ago. On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and told a joint session of Congress (and the American people) that “the course of this conflict is not …

The Doomsday Clock has been sitting the past year at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to civilization-ending apocalypse. The United States has done little to quell doomsday apprehensions by ratcheting up tensions with China over Taiwan and its warships in the South China Sea, as …

The incident occurred in southern Yemeni terrority controlled by UAE-backed forces. Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a drone allegedly used by the United Arab Emirates for espionage today. “Our air forces, by the grace of God, were able to down a Chinese-made spy drone belonging to the Emirati air …

Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has accepted the resignation of the government after a third day of unrest in the Central Asian country touched off by a steep rise in energy prices. A presidential decree published on January 5 says Toqaev accepted the resignation of the government “in accordance with Article …

Even though the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has changed, the troops are still in a hazardous environment and retain the ability to defend themselves, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told reporters today. The mission of U.S. forces shifted from combat to advise and assist two weeks ago, …

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived in Ukraine on January 4 in a show of support for Kyiv ahead of a week of intense diplomacy over a Russian military buildup near the former Soviet republic’s border. “With Russia’s increased military build-up, I am here to show EU support for …

Un drapeau est toujours un message. Un signe de ralliement au Moyen Âge, un signe de reconnaissance codé par l’héraldique sous la monarchie. Le système actuel de couleurs est toujours porteur de messages idéologiques. Les drapeaux sont immédiatement identifiables: le drapeau rouge, symbole des luttes ouvrières, le drapeau noir de …

Getting off your high horse is never easy and it remains to be seen how deftly Moscow navigates its path in the downstream of President Vladimir Putin’s 50-minute phone conversation Thursday with his American counterpart Joe Biden. Washington highlighted that the conversation took place following Putin’s “request” — meaning, the …