Eurasia

Kepala Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (BNPT) Komjen Pol Boy Rafli Amar mengungkapkan tantangan utama penanggulangan terorisme di masa pandemi Covid-19 kini muncul di media internet. “Selama masa pandemi grup teroris memaksimalkan aktivitas daring. Mereka aktif melakukan propaganda dan proses rekrutmen anggota bahkan soal pendanaan,” kata dia melalui keterangan tertulis yang …

The three countries gathered in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, for the 16th round of the Astana talks aimed at resolving the decadelong war. Turkey, Iran and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty and pledged to cooperate on defeating terrorism in the war-torn country, the trio said in a joint statement …

America should never again enter a war without the commitment to win. Afghanistan is another in a long series of U.S. wars without victory, including Korea, Vietnam and Iraq (“Disaster Looms in Afghanistan,” Review & Outlook, June 25). In these wars, the U.S. has chosen not to do what is …

The Taliban’s mounting pressure campaign on key cities across Afghanistan continued Wednesday as fighters battled government forces in the capital of Badghis province, the latest advance in a string of attacks on government-controlled districts since foreign forces began to withdraw in May. Clashes reached the city center Wednesday, but Afghan …

China’s controversial investment push into the Balkans has notably sidestepped Kosovo, a state it does not recognise. From Montenegro’s ‘road to ruin’ to Serbia’s Smederevo steel mill, China is all over the Balkans these days. Except in Kosovo. “In Kosovo you can find many goods from China, but no investment …

The rights of women, Roma, people with disabilities and the LGBT community barely feature in Moldova’s July 11 election. Where Moldova’s pro-European Action and Solidarity Party, PAS, devotes an entire chapter of its 45-page election manifesto to the rights of women, its chief rival in this month’s election, the pro-Russian …

Stefan Löfven und die schwedischen Sozialdemokraten retten sich erneut an die Macht. Aber ist es den Preis wert? Schweden hat wieder einen Ministerpräsidenten. Und dass der neue auch der alte ist, gibt jenen Recht, die den Sozialdemokraten Stefan Löfven mit der sprichwörtlichen Katze vergleichen: Die hat in Schweden nicht nur …

The England team of 2021 is one that simply would not exist if Priti Patel had been in charge of the Home Office a generation ago. Minutes after the full-time whistle blew in Rome on 3 July, concluding England’s 4-0 victory over Ukraine in the quarter-finals of the European Championships, …

A study on Libyan household economic vulnerability to price fluctuations and access to cash in the first five months following the devaluation of the Libyan dinar showed that there have been improvements. The study has drawn on 15 months of price data to explore other factors that might affect Libya’s …

A Greek delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Affairs, Kostas Fragogiannis, accompanied by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Economic Affairs, a member of the Greek Parliament, the Greek Ambassador to Libya and the Greek Consul in Benghazi visited Benghazi Municipality, where …