Eurasia

Zemmour-Mélenchon: quand l’extrémisme devient la normalité

La campagne présidentielle de 2022 est bel et bien lancée. Et pour l’heure, Eric Zemmour et Jean-Luc Mélenchon occupent une place démesurée dans l’espace médiatique. Imaginez cela : en prélude aux élections législatives belges, une chaîne de télévision en Belgique organise deux heures et demie de débat entre un néo-bolchevique …

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Evergrande And Xi’s Grand Vision – Analysis

The optics of sit-in protests by irate investors in various offices of one of China’s largest realty firms, Evergrande, and clashes between demonstrators and law-enforcement gave credence to a view that this was a huge challenge to the Chinese Communist Party. Beijing may not let a good crisis go to …

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On Afghanistan And China-Pakistan: Is Quad Becoming A Lost Cause? – OpEd

The Quad grouping will graduate from the last virtual meet of four leaders to the physical summit on September 24, when US President Joe Biden hosted Japanese outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Washington DC. But then Quad has …

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«Всем бы эпохам так заканчиваться»

Подходит к концу 16-летний период правления канцлера ФРГ Ангелы Меркель. 26 сентября в Германии состоялись выборы в Бундестаг, теперь стране предстоит сформировать правительство и определиться с новым канцлером. Оставить свой пост Меркель сможет только после того, как в ФРГ будет сформирована новая коалиция. При этом переговоры о ее создании могут …

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Τα καλύτερα πελατάκια

Καθώς η Γαλλία προσπαθεί να συνέλθει από τη ψυχρολουσία της AUKUS, ο καλύτερος πελάτης οπλικών συστημάτων τη βοηθάει να «μπαλώσει» τη χασούρα της Εν μέσω της παγκόσμιας κρίσης υγείας, η ελληνική κυβέρνηση αποφάσισε να «μπαλώσει» την χασούρα της «φίλης και συμμάχου» Γαλλίας από την συμφωνία AUKUS. Υπενθυμίζουμε πως η πρόσφατη …

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Scholz term in Germany: how will Turkey policy change?

Olaf Scholz, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), won the elections held on September 26 in Germany. Until a year ago, German social democrats were considered to disappear from the political scene, and it was forecasted that the election would be between Christian Democratic candidate Armin Laschet and …

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Germania, la tentazione tedesca (ed europea): diventare la Svizzera del mondo

Le elezioni tedesche sono arrivate al termine di un’estate che ci ha messo di fronte ad alcune realtà di solito ignorate o rimosse da noi europei: le rivalità geopolitiche, gli assestamenti tellurici nella seconda economia del pianeta di cui il crac di Evergrande è solo un sintomo. E i segni …

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Країна невизначеності: Німеччина без Меркель

«Ви ще побачите Україну без Кучми», – ця саркастична фраза другого українського президента, зрозуміло, мала на увазі, що того політичного устрою, який спостерігався у країні обидва терміни правління Леоніда Кучми і пов’язувався хоча б із відносною стабільністю, заснованою на вмінні Кучми бути третейським суддею у кланових інтересах, ми вже більше …

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Cash Camps: Financing Detainee Activities in Al-Hol and Roj Camps

Over two years since the fall of Baghouz, entities managing the detention facilities holding Islamic State-affiliated adults and minors in northeastern Syria face overwhelming challenges in securing this population, particularly alongside people displaced by conflict in the region. Often characterized as wastelands inhabited by a volatile population living in squalid …

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The Irish Times view on shortages in Britain: living with the costs of Brexit

The decision to limit immigration at a time of severe market shortages of drivers has escalated a squeeze into a crisis The army has been put on standby to make petrol deliveries. Appeals have gone out to retired drivers to return to work. Five thousand short-term visas are being issued …

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