Eurasia Press & News
Both Poland and Hungary have found themselves embroiled in various diplomatic spats with Germany, while the Czechs stress democracy with an upcoming visit to Taiwan in the teeth of fierce Chinese opposition and more support for Belarusian demonstrators.
Read More »Moldova’s Pro-Russian President in Play for Rebel Region Votes
Votes from breakaway Transnistria may prove decisive in a close-run election for Moldovan president.
Read More »Serbia-Kosovo Deals Require Joint International Monitoring
The EU has brokered dozens of deals between Serbia and Kosovo, but implementation is missing. It’s time to create a monitoring mechanism.
Read More »Hungary: A Nation of “Haves” and “Have Nots”
Budapest is suffering a housing crisis as skyrocketing real estate prices combine with a lack of municipal housing to present one of the most serious challenges for Hungarians today. Housing has also become a political battleground for the government and opposition, serving as a prelude to the 2022 election campaign.
Read More »‘No Man’s Land’: Migrants, Refugees Stranded at a Bosnian Roadside
Bosnia has run out of capacity to accommodate all the migrants and refugees trying to cross the country en route to Western Europe, leaving many to sleep on forest floors or at roadsides.
Read More »Russia steps up support for private military contractor in Libya: U.N. report
Russia has stepped up its logistic support for private military contractor Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 military cargo flights from Syria in the nine months to July 31 to aid Wagner fighters backing eastern-based Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Read More »US: Turkey-sent Syrian fighters generate backlash in Libya
A U.S. report said the presence of thousands of Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to Libya to fight on the side of the U.N.-supported government was likely to degrade security and generate backlash from the Libyan public.
Read More »Turkey: Maritime deal with Libya 'red line' for Ankara
The maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya is Ankara’s “red line” in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said Wednesday.
Read More »Iran-Russia-China alliance transforming global balance of power: Naqqash
During a televised political talk show, senior Lebanese political analyst Anees Naqqash commented on the significance of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s visit to Russia on the 21st of July, 2020, to reportedly discuss the extension of a decades-long strategic agreement between Tehran and Moscow by a further 20 …
Read More »Should the U.S. Still Try to Accommodate China?
For decades, the U.S. had tried to regularize contacts with the Chinese military…. Unfortunately, rules-of-the-road agreements have failed…. “China has routinely violated the letter and spirit of CUES,” James Fanell, a former director of Intelligence and Information Operations at the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told Gatestone. “The problem,” he wrote “is …
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