Eurasia

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington and trigger new U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported. According to the report Washington says the S-400s pose a threat to its …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the military junta in Mali has turned to “private Russian companies” for help in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the Western African country. “This is activity which has been carried out on a legitimate basis,” Lavrov said during a press conference at the …

The party that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc pushed Monday for a quick agreement on a coalition government, but Europe’s biggest economy could still be in for weeks of uncertainty after an election that failed to set a clear direction. Olaf Scholz, the candidate of the center-left …

Los resultados de las elecciones celebradas ayer en Alemania –de creer a los habitualmente certeros sondeos a pie de urna– no han deparado grandes sorpresas, al menos, en lo que se refiere a lo que preveían tozudamente las encuestas. La CDU, imbatible desde 2005 de la mano de Angela Merkel, …

A brief Facebook exchange with a proponent and activist of a new theoretical fad to “totally re-Islamize” knowledge. I had a very interesting and engaging Facebook conversation with an academic person, Syed Farid AlAtas, in Malaysia, perhaps a university teacher of Social Studies he was, on his belief that we …

One of the problems with capitalism is that it is driving us towards disaster. Greed is good? Adam Smith (1723-1790) maintained that individual self-interest can and should be the principle guiding our economic behavior . He told the readers of his book “The Wealth of Nations”, that, as if guided …

Russian gas giant Gazprom has turned down an option to maximize gas shipments to Europe as the continent faces a looming energy crisis amid surging natural gas prices. Gazprom did not book any of the additional capacity available in transit pipelines running through Ukraine in auctions for October, the state-run …

Сегодня, 22 сентября, в Финляндии состоялась шестичасовая встреча начальников Генеральных штабов Вооруженных сил РФ и США Валерия Герасимова и Марка Милли. В российском Министерстве обороны сообщили: военачальники обсудили вопросы, представляющие взаимный интерес, включая снижение рисков возникновения инцидентов в ходе военной деятельности. Между тем, по данным американских СМИ, Марк Милли планировал …

The top U.S. military officer says the United States should explore ways to expand its military contacts with Russia as a way to increase trust and avoid a miscalculation. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said allowing things such as observers at each other’s combat …

Balti ühtsust on vaja kõigil rinnetel. Sel suvel avaldas Hiina Leedule majanduslikku ja diplomaatilist survet, kui Leedu otsustas avada Taipeis oma kaubandusesinduse ja oma pealinnas Vilniuses Taiwani esinduse. Vastuseks kutsus Hiina tagasi oma suursaadiku Leedus ja palus Pekingis asuval Leedu suursaadikul Hiina territooriumilt lahkuda. Selle asemel, et teha Balti riikide …