Eurasia

American and Turkish officials are still ironing out the last details on how to secure Kabul’s airport. The Taliban on Monday reiterated its demand that Turkey’s military forces leave Afghanistan along with NATO and US forces departing the country this summer. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Turkish forces would be …

Der Arbeitsmarkt verändert sich in diesen Jahren, und die Corona-Pandemie hat daran einen wesentlichen Anteil, meint Chefredakteur Gwyn Nissen. Eight days a week – Acht Tage die Woche – sangen die Beatles vor fast 60 Jahren. Doch heute wird öffentlich darüber diskutiert, die Arbeitswoche auf vier Tage zu verkürzen – …

Their fierce competition for economic power in the region might actually smooth America’s exit from the stage. Multiple cracks have recently opened in the Saudi-Emirati relationship. The UAE is resisting efforts by Saudi Arabia and Russia to convince OPEC+ members to continue to restrict oil production. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will …

Emerging details suggest that President Moïse’s assassins were Colombians hired by a security firm in Florida. Sound familiar? This weekend we found out that the Colombian men arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian president Jovenal Moïse may have been hired by a Florida private security company with Venezuelan …

The int’l community must resist calls for ‘muscular intervention’ in Haiti The legacy of foreign influence there is a grim one, especially when ‘help’ has ended up resulting in the opposite. As headlines move beyond the initial shock of Haitian (de facto) President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination, the question looms of …

The July 2 “Joint Declaration on the Future of the European Union” represents the first significant endeavor by euroskeptic parties to jointly oppose efforts by European federalists to transform the European Union into a godless multicultural superstate. The document states that the European Union requires “profound reform” because, “instead of …

Ще има ли България ново правителство? Правителство на промяната и реформите, правителство, което хем да развива и модернизира България, хем да генерира доверие сред гражданите, като ги убеди, че след края на мандата ще им остави държава каквато те биха искали да имат! Каквито и да са крайните резултати от …

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. …

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, …

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 …