Eurasia

Die Probleme mit der „grünen“ Stromproduktion zeigen, dass Wunsch und Wirklichkeit weit auseinanderklaffen. Zeit, die Klimastrategie zu überdenken. In Großbritannien sperren die ersten Betriebe zu, weil die Stromkosten gerade durch die Decke gehen. In Deutschland, dem Land mit den derzeit höchsten Strompreisen Europas, ist im ersten Halbjahr die Kohle wieder …

Επικίνδυνες ατραπούς ανοίγει το τριμερές σύμφωνο ασφαλείας που ανακοίνωσαν οι ΗΠΑ, η Βρετανία και η Αυστραλία. Η συμφωνία για στρατιωτική αναβάθμιση της Αυστραλίας, η οποία με αμερικανική και βρετανική τεχνογνωσία θα μπορεί να κατασκευάσει υποβρύχια που θα κινούνται με πυρηνική ενέργεια, στρέφεται ευθέως κατά της Κίνας και απειλεί να παρασύρει …

Ein neues Bündnis im Pazifik stellt sich gegen den chinesischen Vormarsch in der Region. Australien geht auf Konfrontation, die USA liefern U-Boote – und Frankreich zahlt einen bitteren Preis. Selten hat ein Akronym die Welt verändert – dieses hier ist eine Ausnahme: Aukus setzt sich zusammen aus den Buchstabenkürzeln der …

Fighting comes as the UN’s new envoy for Yemen made his first trip to Saudi Arabia since taking office earlier this month Fighting comes as the UN’s new envoy for Yemen made his first trip to Saudi Arabia since taking office earlier this month At least 50 Houthi rebels and …

What’s new? The U.S. government is conducting a formal review of its counter-terrorism direct action operations – ie, those that involve kill or capture. But it is not clear that the review will shed light on key questions about the effectiveness of militarised counter-terrorism efforts or recommend major changes. Why does …

Senior officials from China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran reached a consensus on Thursday to step up communication and coordination on the Afghan issue, Reuters reported. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Assistant to Iranian Foreign Minister …

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum recently revealed that over the past four years, thirty-one “late-stage” terror plots were thwarted by British authorities. The Taliban victory in Afghanistan is likely to embolden UK-based Islamic extremists and McCallum warned that recent events have provided a morale boost to jihadists and their supporters. …

The Taliban has announced that its government aims to establish ties and diplomatic relations with all countries of the world, except for Israel. According to the group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen, who spoke to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik, the group will even allow relations to develop with the United …

The future of Algeria’s gas pipeline which supplies southern Spain via Morocco is shrouded in mystery as the diplomatic row between Rabat and Algiers persists and the contractual deadline for using the transit pipeline looms. Yesterday, Algeria’s state-owned oil company, Sonatrach, announced that it had increased the annual transmission capacity …