Eurasia

The military chiefs of staff of Iran and Pakistan met near Islamabad and pledged to strengthen ties. Iranian and Pakistani military leaders vowed to improved cooperation and discussed Afghanistan on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, met his Pakistani counterpart Gen. Nadeem …

Tens of Kurdish residents of disputed Kirkuk were arrested and later released after celebrating the victory of Kurdish parties in the election. The heads of the Kurdistan Region and federal governments in Iraq attempted on Wednesday to defuse election tensions in the disputed city of Kirkuk.

Hezbollah blamed the Christian political party the Lebanese Forces for the attack. Several people were killed in Beirut Thursday in a shooting at a protest. A total of six people have been confirmed dead so far in addition to 32 wounded in relation to the shooting in south Beirut’s Tayouneh …

Erdogan’s revisionist foreign policy looks squeezed between the Eastern Mediterranean anvil and the Syrian hammer. Despite the longstanding alliance and close military partnership between Turkey and the United States, the relationship has always been troublesome. For some time now, pundits and Turkey experts have tended to speculate on “who lost …

Determining Factors, Future Trajectories, Implications for the United States China and Russia are perceived as major, long-term competitors with the United States. Since 2014, China and Russia have strengthened their relationship, increasing political, military, and economic cooperation. In this report, the authors seek to understand the history of cooperation between …

Unia Europejska przechodzi kryzys tożsamości i jest silnie podzielona. Widzi to Jarosław Kaczyński, który w kolejnych sprawach „przeciąga linę” i gra na przeczekanie. Wuzasadnieniu do wydanego kilka dni temu orzeczenia Trybunału Konstytucyjnego (który sama władza mylnie przedstawiała jako rozstrzygniecie o wyższości konstytucji RP nad prawem unijnym) spod prawniczego wywodu co …

Gemessen am Anlass seien in Polen zu wenige Teilnehmer auf den Straßen gewesen, kommentiert Peter Sawicki die Pro-EU-Proteste gegen das Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts. Auswanderung und politische Apathie erschwerten eine breite Mobilisierung. Der polnischen Opposition um Donald Tusk fehle es außerdem an Einigkeit. Wer auf ein starkes pro-europäisches Signal in Polen …

Five trustees of Syria and Gaza relief group Human Aid mismanaged cash sent abroad to a charity linked to Al Qaeda, a UK watchdog has found. The Charity Commission has described the trustees as “reckless” after the aid group sent more than £250,000 to a Turkish non-profit organisation, which UK …

At the 23rd EU-Ukraine Summit in Kyiv, the European Union and Ukraine reaffirmed their strong partnership and commitment to strengthening the political association and economic integration of Ukraine with the European Union. European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President, Charles Michel, and High Representative/Vice-President of the European …

У Києві минув 23 саміт “Україна – Євросоюз”. Там обговорили авіаційний безвіз та підтримку територіальної цілісності України. Далі читайте російською мовою. Высшие руководители ЕС провели переговоры с руководством Украины в Мариинском дворце. А также – подписали ряд договоров о дальнейшем сотрудничестве. Зверніть увагу Київ прагне підписати угоду про “промисловий безвіз” …