The President of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramuš Haradinaj, assessed that today’s agreement in Brussels is a great achievement and that the agreement contains Serbia’s acceptance of the de facto independence of Kosovo, reports Reporters. Haradinaj stated that the agreement on the acceptance of the European proposal …
Read More »Koha: Kurti in Brussels accompanied by the British professor Mark Weller
During today’s stay in Brussels, Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti was accompanied by a British professor, Marc Weller, reports Koh , referring to his sources. It is not known what role Weller, who was Kosovo’s adviser at the Rambouillet Conference in 1999, played during today’s negotiations in Brussels. The Briton …
Read More »Realism on China
What is clear is that, intentionally or not, China has shown America’s need to get serious about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its expansionist global aims. As the latest provocation by the CCP plays out, it gets more disturbing. The media, and even US President …
Read More »“Verbal agreement in Brussels, signing in Paris by March 15”: What is expected from the meeting between Kurti and Vučić?
The French-German proposal for resolving the Kosovo issue occupied the domestic media for months, and today it will be discussed in Brussels by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti together with EU envoys Josef Borelj and Miroslav Lajčak. Expectations from this meeting are different. And while …
Read More »Good Governance Can Make U.S. Engagement With Africa More Effective
Last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield both visited Africa as part of a larger effort to expand high-level diplomatic engagement on the continent after the recently held U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Notably missing from the agenda of both of these trips, …
Read More »After a Feelgood Summit, Biden Has to Make Good on U.S.-Africa Ties
U.S. President Joe Biden hosted 49 African heads of state and government, as well as senior leaders from the African Union, African entertainers, members of the continent’s diaspora and business, civil society and youth leaders during this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Senior Biden administration officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris, …
Read More »A Protectionist America Won’t Be a Global America
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, as the United States began devoting significant amounts of military and diplomatic resources to helping Kyiv defend itself against Russian aggression, some analysts have argued that the effort would undermine Washington’s ability to counter China. Once again, they lamented, the postponed “pivot …
Read More »The West Can Still Save the G-20 From Irrelevance
Geopolitical tensions will dominate next week’s Group of 20 summit in Bali, as leaders of the world’s major advanced and emerging economies convene for the first time since Russia’s fateful invasion of Ukraine in February. When Indonesia assumed the group’s rotating presidency last December, the G-20’s primary focus was bolstering …
Read More »To Compete With China, the U.S. Must Take Africans Seriously
Last month, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang embarked on his first overseas trip since his appointment late last year with a five-nation tour of Africa. Qin’s visit to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt continued a decades-long tradition of Chinese foreign ministers starting the year with a trip to Africa. …
Read More »U.S. Leadership on Ukraine Is Increasing European Dependence
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the U.S. has made alliance-management its top priority in Europe. The Biden administration had already devoted significant time and effort since taking office to repair the damage of the Trump years and bring the U.S. back as the leader of the West. The …
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