Eurasia

The deal to resume diplomatic ties was brokered by China and follows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Beijing. Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to resume bilateral relations, in a rare breakthrough brokered by China. The two countries will also reopen their embassies after years of diplomatic freeze. The …

In response to the noble initiative of His Excellency President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, of China’s support for developing good neighborly relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran; And based on the agreement between His Excellency President Xi Jinping …

The reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia is going to endow the regional and Muslim nations with enormous capacities, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said. In a post on his Twitter account on Friday, the top Iranian diplomat referred to the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh, saying, “The return to …

The Saudi-Iranian agreement achieved with Chinese mediation is a significant development in regional geopolitics, containing an unprecedented commitment from the Iranian side of respect for sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs and restoring security cooperation. If Tehran keeps its end of the bargain this could be a true game-changer, heralding an …

The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives has begun its investigation into America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mike McCaul, best summed up the logic behind the investigation: “What happened in Afghanistan was a systemic breakdown of the federal government at …

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become adept at walking tightropes. Mr. Bin Salman’s latest balancing act may be among his most challenging. In a surprise development, Saudi Arabia and Iran, together with China, announced that the two Middle Eastern nations were reestablishing diplomatic relations. The Saudi Iranian agreement …

News reports emerging from Germany and the United States claim that a pro-Ukrainian group was behind the blowing up of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022. German daily newspaper Die Zeit, public broadcasters ARD and SWR, and the ARD political magazine Kontraste reported in …

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 …

Ukraine war: Viral conspiracy theories falsely claim the war is fake The first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to a spike in false claims about the war on social media, with some posts gaining millions of engagements. A number of US right-wing accounts with large followings …

Wider Europe Briefing Plus: How The EU Sanctions On Yanukovych Fell Apart 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 …