Eurasia Press & News
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday flew to Rome to meet with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, the first such meeting between an Israeli government official and Gulf minister since the signing of the Abraham Accords in September. On …
Read More »Sudan rules out force to stop Ethiopia’s second filling of Renaissance Dam
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi ruled out using force to stop Ethiopia’s second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese media reported on Friday. “The first filling of the dam was a stab in the back,” she conveyed in press remarks, noting that it caused a “massive …
Read More »EU Leaders Divided on Relations With Russia
The 27 EU leaders need to unanimously agree on restarting talks with Russia for a meeting to take place. EU leaders on Friday failed to agree on the way forward on relations with Russia, with most of them rejecting a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit with …
Read More »Is Washington Right to Leave Afghanistan?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on the impact of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take. As with previous surveys, we approached dozens of authorities with specialized expertise …
Read More »EU SETS UP JOINT CYBER UNIT TO TACKLE STEEP RISE IN CYBER-ATTACKS
Analysts have broadly welcomed the formation of a new cyber unit to coordinate responses among member states to cyber-incidents, though warn its effectiveness could be compromised by distrust toward EU bodies. The European Commission on Wednesday laid out plans to build a new Joint Cyber Unit to coordinate responses among …
Read More »Putin did not commit to renew Syria cross-border aid access -U.S. official
U.S. President Joe Biden did not secure a commitment from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday to renew a U.N. cross-border aid operation into Syria, a senior administration official said ahead of an expected showdown over the issue at the United Nations Security Council next month. Washington and several …
Read More »Предупредительные выстрелы в Черном море: что будет дальше
Россия постоянно напоминает Западу о недопустимости провокаций — но никогда еще жизнь так быстро не подтверждала наши слова. Утром в среду на Московской конференции по международной безопасности глава Генштаба Валерий Герасимов заявил, что “действия кораблей США и их союзников у российских границ носят явно провокационный характер”, и привел несколько прошлогодних …
Read More »États-Unis: une armée d’un autre genre?
C’est l’une des premières mesures prises par Joe Biden : annuler l’interdiction édictée par Donald Trump de s’engager dans l’armée sous une “identité de genre”, celle que les transgenres peuvent faire reconnaître à l’état-civil. Les soldats qui n’auraient pas passé le cap peuvent aussi, désormais, se faire opérer aux frais …
Read More »How China Sees It
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has much to lose, both domestically and internationally, if the truth comes out. A muddled debate about the origins of the virus serves China just fine. Evading accountability — and suffering no little negative fallout — for unleashing a pandemic on the world that killed …
Read More »Uus algus Venemaaga? Sellest ei saa asja
Samal ajal kui Eestis peeti võidupüha ja jaanipäeva, tegutsesid Saksamaa ja Prantsusmaa juhid diplomaatilistes ringkondades, et eile-täna Brüsselis toimuval EL-i riigipeade ja valitsusjuhtide kohtumisel võetaks teemaks EL-i ja Venemaa suhete uus strateegia. Angela Merkel ja Emmanuel Macron soovivad muu hulgas, et hakataks jälle pidama EL-i ja Vladimir Putini tippkohtumisi, millele …
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