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Egypt’s president met Tuesday with Libya’s parliament speaker and a powerful military commander as Cairo pushes for the withdrawal of foreign forces and the holding of elections as scheduled in December. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi received Speaker Aguila Saleh and Gen. Khalifa Hifter, commander of the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed …
Read More »Juhtkiri | Elektrit tasuta ei saa
Elektri börsihind lööb rekordeid, äärelinna pereema arvutab, et täna kooki ei küpseta ‒ ahi on majapidamise üks suurimaid elektritarbijaid. Teises majapidamises on teismelisel keelatud arvutit kasutada, sest see võtab palju elektrit. Teismeline arvutab välja, et rekordilise börsihinnaga 160,36 eurot / MWh maksab tema arvuti kasutatav elekter 50 senti kuus, kui …
Read More »« Angela Merkel voit la puissance économique comme la solution à tous les problèmes politiques »
La chancelière a fait de l’économie sa priorité, ce qui explique son succès dans ce domaine, constate le philosophe et sociologue allemand dans une tribune au « Monde ». Mais sa politique « obstructionniste, pro-américaine et néolibérale » a, selon lui, empêché une intégration européenne plus étroite et plus solidaire. …
Read More »UAE economy minister to visit Britain seeking trade deal
The United Arab Emirates’ economy minister will lead a high-level delegation to Britain this week, the ministry said on Sunday, as the Gulf state seeks to deepen trade ties. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri and the delegation will meet British ministers, officials and representatives from the private sector to discuss …
Read More »Syrian military chief makes rare visit to Jordan to discuss border security
Syria’s defence minister visited Jordan on Sunday to discuss stability on their mutual border, the first such meeting since the Syrian conflict erupted a decade ago when the two neighbours supported opposing factions, officials said. The meeting follows a major army offensive to retake the last rebel bastion in southern …
Read More »Misunderstanding Yemen
U.S. efforts to uproot al-Qaeda’s Yemeni franchise often overlooked the country’s mercurial politics. As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism the group espoused is still rife on all sides of Yemen’s war. In early 2014, I found …
Read More »Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia in a Shifting Regional Environment
This Emerging Insights paper analyses Moscow’s ambitions for its ‘pivot to the East’, assesses its progress and evaluates the impact of the Indo-Pacific concept on Russian strategy. Russia’s ‘turn to the East’ (povorot na vostok) has been underway for around a decade. Before 2014, the ‘Pivot’ was principally concerned with …
Read More »Russia and the Taliban: Prospective Partners?
Russia’s cautious accommodation of the Taliban shows it will likely combine diplomacy with deterrence in the coming months. Since Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on 15 August, Russia has cautiously accommodated the Taliban’s seizure of power. Diplomats, such as Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov and President Vladimir Putin’s …
Read More »Black Sea Energy Supply Risks Must be Countered by a Coordinated Regional Response
With Russia increasing its efforts to divert the transit of natural gas via the new TurkStream corridor, the Black Sea’s littoral states must take coordinated action to reduce energy supply risks. Ukraine’s Crimea Platform, an international platform launched last month to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence, …
Read More »Australian PM rejects Chinese criticism of nuclear sub deal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and said he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. China reacted angrily when Biden, Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used a virtual news conference …
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