Eurasia

The new Saudi pax: Riyadh also resumes relations with Assad’s Syria. “It’s a message of challenge to the US”

After Tehran , Damascus : according to Saudi state TV Al Ekhbariya , citing sources in the Foreign Ministry , the al-Saud monarchy is in the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations with Bashar Al Assad ‘s Syria , a few days after the news of a similar rapprochement between Riyadh …

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Iran’s pirate weapons industry is cloning Western military hardware for Russia

Tehran has been counterfeiting foreign weapons for decades and is said to be receiving a bonanza from Ukraine In December 2011, a US RQ-170 Sentinel drone went missing in airspace close to the Iran-Afghanistan border. The Sentinel resurfaced on Iranian TV days later, where it was paraded as a “very …

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Implications of Escalating U.S. Clashes with Iran-Backed Forces in Syria

The late March clashes between U.S. and Iran-backed militia forces in eastern Syria upended U.S. hopes that an Iran-Saudi rapprochement would usher in a period of regional stability and raised the potential for expanded U.S.-Iran hostilities.Iran’s alignment with Russia, and the willingness of the Arab Gulf states to engage with …

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Hungary has approved Finland joining NATO. But its delays raise deeper concerns.

On Monday, Hungary’s legislature approved Finland’s accession to NATO, 265 days after Helsinki signed the protocols to join. The vote moves the long-delayed process forward, but it still leaves unaddressed both when exactly Hungary will take up Sweden’s accession and why the Hungarian government has taken so long. After all, …

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“Senseless, unnecessary and anti-European”: Pro-European opposition on the initiative of the People’s Party for a referendum on the Kosovo agreement

Representatives of the pro-European opposition agree that the initiative of the People’s Party to call a referendum on the acceptance of the international agreement on Kosovo, which was recently accepted by both Serbia and Kosovo in Ohrid, is pointless, unnecessary, and that it expresses the anti-European mood of the political …

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KURTĆEHAJIĆ: Dodik behave as if the provision on additional competencies does not exist

ACADEMICIAN SUAD KURTĆEHAJIĆ: IF WE GIVE IN TO THE PRESIDENT OF RS DODIK, BIH IS ONE STEP AWAY FROM PARTITION SARAJEVO, JANUARY 5 (ONASA) – Academician Prof. Dr. Suad Kurtćehajić calls on all lawyers and politicians in the RS entity to say which provision or article and position of either …

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Iranian Drone Exports to the Balkans and Its Geopolitical Repercussions

Serbia: Iran’s Entry Point to the Balkans Iranian military activity in Europe’s neighborhood is not limited to supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine Transforming itself from a net arms importer into a burgeoning arms exporter, Tehran is engaged in opportunistic behavior across conflict zones, ranging from Ukraine to tense, fragile regions, …

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Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region

A landlocked country, Kosovo is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedoniato the south, Albania to the west, and Montenegro to the northwest Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized Kosovo’s …

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Explainer: Why Kosovo’s stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood

Fifteen years after Kosovo declared independence, 50,000 minority Serbs in the north bordering Serbia refuse to recognize state institutions, get pay and benefits from Serbia’s budget and pay no taxes either to Pristina or Belgrade Tensions rose further recently as Serbs left all state bodies in the region including the …

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Wider Europe Briefing: Will Serbia And Kosovo Finally Seal The Deal?

Brief #1: Perhaps Serbia And Kosovo Can Finally Make A Deal What You Need To Know: On February 27, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic endorsed an EU-facilitated proposal in Brussels titled, the “Agreement On The Path To Normalization Between Kosovo And Serbia.” The agreement, which …

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