Eurasia

Iran wants to goad Russia into Caucasus tensions – analysis

Iran wants Russia to know that it is concerned by both the presence of Israel-Azerbaijan relations as well as Turkey’s moves to open up a land corridor. Iran is worried. It sees an emerging alliance between Turkey and Azerbaijan as well as between Azerbaijan and Israel as potentially cutting it …

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Luces y sombras de la ley de Vivienda

Es obvio que España y Catalunya padecen un problema relacionado con el precio de los alquileres de la vivienda, que afecta especialmente a los más jóvenes en las grandes urbes del país y requiere una intensa atención de las administraciones públicas. Como siempre, el problema es definir correctamente cuáles son …

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Die EU verliert ihr Selbstvertrauen

Die Strategie auf dem Westbalkan bleibt von Defensive und Mutlosigkeit geprägt. Die Europäische Union lässt die Schultern hängen. Sie hat ihr Selbstvertrauen verloren. Die nun beschlossene Linie auf dem Westbalkan ist dafür symptomatisch. Zuerst, so gab es Paris vor, müsse die EU ihre inneren Probleme lösen, dann erst könne sie …

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Who has been named in the Pandora Papers?

Some of those named after secret files were leaked to a consortium of journalists that revealed offshore deals. A massive global investigation has exposed the ties between world leaders to the hidden world of offshore wealth collectively worth trillions of dollars. Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the landmark probe, published on …

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French senators arrive in Taiwan amid tensions with China

A group of French senators arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit Wednesday following a large Chinese show of force with fighter jets near the self-ruled island, and Beijing warned the trip will hurt its ties with France. The group, led by senator Alain Richard, will meet with President Tsai …

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Russian Commentators Believe That Erdogan Met Putin At The Sochi Summit With A Weak Hand

If Russia has recently regarded Turkey warily as a result of Turkey’s successful backing of Azerbaijan in its recent war with Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh, being on opposite sides in Syria and Libya, Turkey’s supply of arms to Ukraine, and Turkey’s refusal to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, in the …

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The Venture Capitalists of Terrorism

Even with its physical “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in tatters, the Islamic State is still managing to wage a global insurgency, maintaining an operational presence in at least 20 separate countries. The organization’s global diffusion recently led a group of leading terrorism experts to describe ISIS as an “adhocracy,” …

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Brazil: Economy Minister Could Use International Reserves To Pay BRICS Bank

Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes argued that the government should use some $200 million from international reserves to pay the New Development Bank (NDB), the BRICS bank. To do this, a new understanding must be reached at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) on the cap on public spending, which …

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The U.S. Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Counterterrorism and Great Power Competition

In an address to the nation in early July, President Joe Biden suggested that one of the factors leading him to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan was the “need to focus on shoring up America’s core strengths to meet the strategic competition with China and other nations that …

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Král je nahý

Andrej Babiš si jako podnikatel pořídil několik nemovitostí na Azurovém pobřeží ve Francii. „Realitní kancelář to doporučila koupit přes advokáta. Není to nic nelegálního,“ řekl včera. Má pravdu. Vlastnil tehdy obří holding Agrofert, tak proč by si nemohl pořídit cokoliv, po čem jeho srdce prahlo? Dokonce platí, že pokud se …

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