Eurasia

LEVCHENKO: “Smrt ruskom fašizmu! Sloboda demokratskoj Evropi!”

Oleksandr Levchenko: Vladimir Vladimirovič Putin je danas ono što je bio Hitler prije 80 godina, a Bahmut je današnji Staljingrad Povodom godišnjice bitke za Staljingrad (1943. g.) Putin je najavio da će se „ruska vojska opet kao i osamdeset godina prije boriti sa njemačkim tenkovima koji su došli na rusko …

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Ramić: “Deklaracija u režiji HNS-a je nedopustivo veličanje zločinačke paradržave”

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada (IGK) reagovao povodom današnje Deklaracije Hrvatskog narodnog sabora IGK reakcija je povodom tačke 2 šestog poglavlja danađnje Deklaracije XI. Zasjedanja Hrvatskoga narodnog sabora Bosne i Hercegovine. Anticivilizacijsko negiranje haške presude nevladine organizacije Hrvatskog narodnog sabora (HNS) je antibosanski čin u pravcu teritorijalne autonomije Hrvata, podjelom …

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Central Asian Leaders Face Key Energy Sector Choices

Several Central Asian states are attempting to realign their energy routes and usage in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising domestic demand. Moscow and Tehran both possess the willingness and ability to disrupt or threaten Central Asian energy export routes. China is a major market for Central Asian …

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Biden Cannot Delay Sending Tanks to Ukraine

From the outset of the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin has calculated that Western support for Ukraine would eventually wane. And, with the Russians reported to be preparing a new spring offensive, any sign of hesitancy by Washington in terms of supporting Ukraine will encourage Putin in the belief that …

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Along Ukraine-Belarus border, a war of nerves — and drones

The reconnaissance drones fly several times a day from Ukrainian positions deep inside the thick forest that marches across the border into Belarus, a close Russian ally, scouring sky and land for signs of trouble on the other side. Ukrainian units are monitoring the 1,000-kilometer (650-mile) frontier of marsh and …

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‘It’s a surveillance balloon,’ Pentagon says, dismissing China’s weather airship claim

The Pentagon on Friday rejected China’s claim a balloon floating above the central United States was a Chinese civilian weather research craft, though the Defense Department said the airship posed no threat to Americans on the ground. “The fact is we know that it’s a surveillance balloon,” Air Force Brig. …

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Managing Palestine’s Looming Leadership Transition

What’s new? President Mahmoud Abbas is approaching the conclusion of his tenure as leader of the Palestinian national movement. It is unclear who will succeed him, and by what process, which raises no small number of questions about the Palestinians’ political future. Why does it matter? Under Abbas’s presidency, the Palestinian Authority …

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Averting a New War between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The European Union is sending monitors to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, so as to lessen the danger of renewed fighting between the two countries over Nagorno-Karabakh and other issues. Brussels must give the mission the means and mandate it will need to succeed. What’s new? In January 2023, the EU announced …

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Conflict Trends Update

IRAN The government confirmed a drone attack Sunday on what it described as a defence ministry workshop in Isfahan. There were no reported injuries, and officials said the damage was minimal. In a subsequent letter to the UN Security Council, the foreign ministry pinned responsibility on Israel, whose role has …

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Biggest Gift to Iran’s Mullahs, China and Russia: Biden Administration’s Weak Leadership

Thanks to the Biden administration’s weak and vacillating leadership, Iran, Russia and China have been emboldened to levels never before seen. [T]he Biden administration has not been taking any action to deter, disincentivize or punish those who breach the sanctions. Ever since the Biden administration assumed office, in fact, Iran’s …

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