Poland’s Defence Ministry is reportedly preparing to buy about 250 M1 Abrams tanks from the United States, two months after it announced plans to buy 24 Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones. Two sources close to the deal told Polish news site Gazeta.pl that the ministry is negotiating the potential contract terms. …
Read More »Algérie : « Le soutien de la France au gouvernement est aussi une forme d’ingérence »
Dans un entretien à JA, Laurence Rossignol, vice-présidente du Sénat regrette le silence des autorités françaises face à la répression en Algérie. «Monsieur le ministre, que pouvons-nous faire pour garantir [les libertés fondamentales] en Algérie ?». Le 26 mai dernier, la sénatrice française Laurence Rossignol a interpellé Jean-Yves Le Drian, …
Read More »EU and Russia’s Fraught Relationship – A Timeline
Russia and Europe share strong historical and cultural ties from time immemorial. But these ties did not translate into amicable trade relations between the two. The Russian Federation and the European Union both came into existence in the early 1990’s. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the …
Read More »Houthis unmoved so far by US diplomacy to end Yemen war
State Department spokesperson says Biden Administration ‘beyond fed up’ with Houthi attacks. Six months have gone by since the arrival of the US administration under President Joe Biden, which made ending the Yemen war a top priority. Upon his first weeks in office, Biden took critical decisions concerning Yemen in …
Read More »Cairo cracks down on Salafist preachers
The Egyptian state and its institutions have been waging a fierce campaign against the preachers of Egypt’s Salafi movement over ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian government and pro-state media have launched campaigns against well-known Salafi sheikhs. Meanwhile, a series of decisions banning them from preaching at mosques have …
Read More »Turkey’s anti-PKK assault leaves Kurds more divided
Turkey’s unremitting assault against the PKK is destabilizing Iraqi Kurdistan, weakening the rebels on the one hand while bolstering support for them among disaffected locals on the other. On Nov. 16, 2013, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan presided over a mass wedding in the Kurds’ informal capital, Diyarbakir, amid piercing …
Read More »King Abdullah to be first Arab head of state to meet with Biden
King Abdullah will visit Washington for the first time in two years and is to meet with US President Joe Biden on July 19. US President Joe Biden will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on July 19 as the king faces increasing domestic pressures at home. …
Read More »“Мутри, вън!” работи, но “Мутри, вътре!” е по-важно
Един успешен лозунг може да свърши по-бързо и повече работа от хиляди речи. Преди близо година президентът Румен Радев каза “Мутри, вън!”. Тогава мутрите се чувстваха достатъчно силни, за да извършат назидателна акция в президентството, защото владееха трите власти – законодателна, изпълнителна и съдебна. Бонус им беше и “четвъртата власт” …
Read More »Afghanistan, Iran And USA
Introduction On July 7, 2021 Iran hosted talks between the Afghan Government and Taliban (the Taliban delegation was led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai). The same day, the Taliban attacked the Badghis provincial capital Qalat-i-Naw. Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif emphatically stated that the Afghan people should decide their own …
Read More »Das unterschätzte Ziel der Geldwertstabilität
Eine unabhängige Zentralbank darf sich nicht anmaßen, Politik in Feldern zu betreiben, die zum Terrain gewählter Politiker gehören. Mit ihrer neuen Strategie begibt sich die EZB in Gefahr, ihr Mandat zu überdehnen. Die Europäische Zentralbank hat ein seit ihrer Gründung unverändertes Mandat, das als vorrangiges Ziel die Sicherung der Preisstabilität …
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