Eurasia

With China opening an average of two new coal-fired power plants a week and India apparently more determined than ever to continue its development curve, as is the entire non-Western world, global CO2 emissions will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. There is not yet any available, inexpensive alternative …

Summary:The EU has been stepping up its engagement with Central Asia, including on regional cooperation, energy, and connectivity. But to gain more clout, the union must present a positive alternative to powers like China and Russia. The EU’s stakes in Central Asia—a region the union has traditionally kept at a …

Both empirical realities and existing predictions show the usefulness and potential of Bitcoin as an instrument of national power in the practice of statecraft and also as a versatile element that could serve various roles under confrontational geopolitical conditions. However, it is unclear at this point if BTC and similar …

The other day, Minister Tomislav Momirović was sent on national television to tell citizens how before Easter they can buy the cheapest malted eggs in Europe – ten pieces for 129 dinars. The regime’s idea that Momirović acts as a market barometer is peculiar. Not because the minister has the …

We want to know what we are eating. The food scandal surrounding the import of Ukrainian grain could be summed up in these few words. Slovakia does not need it, it has enough of its own, but Ukraine, which is in a state of war, has to export it as …

Militarization of society is happening today with great haste, not least reinforced by the war in Ukraine. People are caught up in the war and forced to choose sides. Speaking out against armaments is difficult, if not impossible, when there is a threatening enemy on your doorstep. But that is …

Succeeding administrations have a chronic habit of blaming their predecessors. The Biden administration has been most particular on the issue, taking every chance to attack former President Donald Trump for the ills of his tenure. But the effort to almost exclusively lay blame at Trump’s door for the US fiasco …

Western Mainstream media (MSM) are reporting the Israeli police violence against worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, token rocket responses by Palestinians, and horrendously disproportionate Israeli bombing of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. While the West rightly condemns the Russian invasion and occupation of 20% of Ukraine, it fervently supports genocidally racist …

Nakhala is set to deliver a speech at the Quds Day rallies in Baghdad on Friday. A delegation of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist movement visited Baghdad on Wednesday at the invitation of Iraqi officials. The delegation was led by the movement’s secretary-general, Ziyad al-Nakhala, and was set to meet …

The RIC said this marks a doubling of attacks and fatalities from the previous month, with four military personnel and four civilians killed. In March, ISIS carried out 20 sleeper cell attacks, five of which were claimed by the terrorist group, according to a new monthly report by the Syria-based …