Eurasia

How Ivica Dačić got the nickname “suitcase”: A reminder of the affair from 2006 with elements of a political thriller

During his long political career, depending on the political moment, he was called “Mali Sloba”, “sugar boy”, but the nickname that has remained with him to this day is “Koferče”. We are talking about Ivica Dačić, the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the head of diplomacy and the …

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US Sees Evidence China Considering Sending Lethal Aid To Russia

The United States has seen evidence that the People’s Republic of China is considering sending lethal weapons to Russia for its use in the war in Ukraine, and has directly warned China of consequences, according to a senior State Department official. “We obviously have a reason to be concerned,” Deputy …

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Iran Says New ‘Paveh’ Long-Range Cruise Missile Operational

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force has employed a new long-range cruise missile, named ‘Paveh’, a ranking commander said. Speaking at a televised program on Friday night, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the new cruise missile has a range of 1,650 kilometers. Paveh, …

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Al-Qaeda-Iran Tactical Alliance Exposed In UN Report On Terror Group’s ‘De-Facto Leader’ Saif Al-Adel – Analysis

For two decades, the entire world was under threat from an insidious group, which at its peak claimed the lives of thousands through a series of bombings and attacks, including the events of Sept. 11, 2001, which to this day remains the deadliest terror attack in history. Al-Qaeda, once among …

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How Hope Can Rise From The Rubble – OpEd

As part of the diplomatic and emergency relief efforts since the devastating earthquake struck Turkiye and Syria, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken traveled to Adana province to oversee US assistance and pledge a further $100 million in aid. This brought the total US earthquake relief contribution to $185 million, …

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New Geopolitical Reality: Strategic Partnership Between Serbia And The UAE – Analysis

At the beginning of February in Belgrade, representatives of the Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering of the Republic of Serbia and representatives of the Financial Intelligence Service of the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on the prevention of money laundering. The signing ceremony was also attended by …

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Kremlin Planned To Absorb Belarus After Achieving Regime Change In Ukraine, New Document Shows – OpEd

The Dossier Center has obtained a Kremlin document which shows that Moscow intended to gradually absorb Belarus into the Russian Federation over the next decade after it achieved regime change in Ukraine by military means. Russia’s inability to do the latter so far has in no way changed Moscow’s plans …

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The Ukraine War, Sanctions, And The Resilient Russian Economy – Analysis

A year into the war in Ukraine and, despite the consequent worldwide economic sanctions, the Russian economy remains resilient, shrinking by a modest 2.2 percent in 2022 in stark contrast to the estimated 15 percent or greater as forecasted by the Biden administration and other western economists. According to the …

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Now for the hard part: A guide to implementing NATO’s new Strategic Concept

Last month’s NATO Summit, which featured the release of the Alliance’s new Strategic Concept, was a remarkable success. Thanks to strong leadership by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden, the Alliance remains united despite an array of new strategic challenges. The concept’s three core tasks—collective defense, crisis …

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Russia policy after the war: A new strategy of containment

As Vladimir Putin’s world-altering war against Ukraine enters its second year, any hope of reviving the post-Cold War European security order depends on defeating Russia in Ukraine. But that will only be the first step in what will be a long struggle—one that calls for an updated strategy of containment. …

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