“The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.” John Adams, (1735-1826) The Nuremberg Principles According to the Nuremberg Principles, the citizens of a country have a responsibility for the crimes that …
Read More »Soviet Studies of Neocolonialism
The article reviews Soviet and East German studies of neocolonialism that have been translated into Russian. A total of more than 60 monographs on Western neocolonialism have been systematically studied and finally compiled into an electronic archive in preparation for this publication. Based on the materials of Soviet studies, the …
Read More »Après la guerre, qui financera la reconstruction de la Syrie ?
La Russie et les États-Unis, la Turquie et l’Iran, la Chine et l’Union européenne : tous ont joué un rôle dans le conflit syrien. Mais vont-ils aider le pays à se reconstruire ? Le conflit qui dure depuis sept ans en Syrie n’est toujours pas résolu. Des millions de Syriens …
Read More »L’hémisphère sud rejette les pressions occidentales pour se ranger du côté de la Russie
Lors de la réunion du G20 à Bangalore, en Inde, les États-Unis sont arrivés avec un mandat simple. La secrétaire américaine au Trésor, Janet Yellen, a déclaré lors de leur sommet de février 2023 que les pays du G20 devraient condamner la Russie pour son invasion de l’Ukraine et se …
Read More »Saudi Arabia says it deposited $5B in Turkish central bank
Saudi Arabia said Monday it deposited $5 billion into the Turkish central bank, likely helping Ankara firm up its long-weakening currency, the lira, after last month’s massive earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria. The deposit provides a capstone for just how far relations have improved between the kingdom …
Read More »Blundering Into Baghdad
The Right—and Wrong—Lessons of the Iraq War “The whole horrible truth about the war is being revealed,” wrote the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in 1923, just five years after World War I had ended. “Every new book destroys some further illusion. How can we ever again believe anything?” Americans had once …
Read More »Will NATO Unity Against Russia Last?
With the Ukraine War entering its second year today, NATO’s member-states and their respective populations face disagreements over the extent to which they should take risks and make sacrifices to achieve a full liberation of Ukrainian land. Before Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago today, NATO was beset by division. …
Read More »Egypt just seized part of Libya’s maritime zone. What’s the story behind the Egyptian decree no one is talking about?
On December 13, 2022, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a presidential decree demarcating the country’s maritime borders with Libya. The presidential decree is believed to cut off thousands of square kilometers of Libya’s maritime zone. Egypt’s unilateral move was taken without prior consultation or negotiation with the Libyans, raising …
Read More »To counter the Wagner Group’s presence in Africa, the US will need to prioritize stabilizing Libya
The war in Ukraine has brought Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group to the forefront, with the United States now focusing on countering their presence beyond Ukraine, particularly in Africa. One theatre Washington is now prioritizing as part of this burgeoning effort is Libya, where Russia’s influence is mainly projected …
Read More »Quelles sont les forces qui poussent les États-Unis à une agression militaire internationale croissante ?
Introduction Depuis environ deux décennies, nous assistons à une escalade militaire des USA. Les événements qui ont mené à la guerre en Ukraine s’inscrivent dans ce cadre et en représentent une nouvelle étape qualitative. Avant cette guerre, les USA n’intervenaient que contre des pays en voie de développement ayant des …
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