Eurasia

Between the 25th and 27th April 2019, the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation took place in Beijing. The leaders of 36 countries, along with 5,000 participants representing 150 nations, attended this three-day symposium. According to official sources, the Forum yielded 283 “concrete” deliverables (delineated here) and nearly …

British Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who took the position two weeks ago, has used her maiden speech to plead for more military funding by citing Russia and China as threats, following what has become a trend in the UK’s foreign policy of recent months.

Le président français Emmanuel Macron recevra la semaine prochaine le maréchal Khalifa Haftar, l’homme fort de l’Est libyen, afin de tenter de relancer le processus politique dans le pays.

Lebanese terror group says US ignores international law, follows ‘law of the jungle,’ amid escalating row between Washington and Tehran.

Over the past two weeks, the US and its regional allies demonstratively sailed through the disputed maritime territory, with six vessels including two US guided missile destroyers taking part in ‘enhanced interoperatibility’ drills last week.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week, as the two countries clash over a number of issues including Venezuela, Iran, and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Afghan officials are downplaying the significance of the United States diverting funds from its military mission in Afghanistan, as a senior American diplomat has arrived in Kabul for high-level discussions.

A Taliban attack on two aid organizations last week, the deadliest episode in a recent surge of violence against humanitarian workers in Afghanistan, is a signal to many that as peace talks falter, the insurgents are lashing out against so-called soft targets.

An Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate.

Le chef du gouvernement libyen d’union nationale (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, va entamer mardi une tournée des principales capitales européennes pour y “réunir des soutiens contre l’agression” du maréchal Khalifa Haftar, a annoncé lundi le ministère des Affaires étrangères.