Eurasia

Китай и кризис европейской системы безопасности

Если бы не было активного сближения Москвы и Пекина все последние десятилетия, не появилось бы азиатской альтернативы европейским рынкам сбыта российской нефти и газа, то не случилось бы никакое «двадцать четвёртое февраля». Является ли Китай главным выгодополучателем из европейского кризиса? Развивается ли ситуация по китайскому плану? Об этом пишет Иван …

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Conflict Trends Update

Bosnia And Herzegovina German govt promised military reinforcements for EU mission to support country’s stability, while tensions over bid for EU candidacy status flared. In first troop contribution in ten years to Operation Althea (EU-led military mission overseeing 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement), German govt 15 June approved deployment of up …

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The war in Ukraine: A no-win situation for the left

The political left is floundering over what to say about the war in Ukraine. Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro supports Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who has been his ally since 2018. Some radicals have denounced high-profile American socialists Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders for backing the United States. Fightback, the Canadian section of …

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Ukraine war: Russia’s G20 walkout heightens tensions at fractious summit as China’s rise continues

While G20 foreign ministers were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatened further escalation in his war against Ukraine, announcing to the world that “by and large, we have not started anything in earnest yet”. What he meant became quickly clear when a missile attack hit an …

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The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed?

Uber has had a controversial history since its founding in 2009, from violent conflicts among drivers to a secret software allegedly used to evade law enforcement. Now, a leak of over 124,000 documents dubbed the Uber files shows the extent to which the firm under co-founder and former CEO Travis …

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Putin Signs Decree Offering Russian Citizenship To All Ukrainians

All Ukrainians can now apply for fast-track Russian citizenship, according to a decree signed Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Previously, this option had been open only to residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, which are …

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Biden Goes To Riyadh: Realism May Not Need To Trump Principle – Analysis

At the core of a US policy debate over the merits of President Joe Biden’s pilgrimage, this week to the Middle East lies the question of how best to ensure regional stability and protect United States interests. Lost in the debate is whether the cost of maintaining stability by supporting …

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Turkey’s Erdogan Speaks With Putin, Zelenskiy About Ukrainian Grain Exports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ukrainian grain exports in separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Ukraine and its allies have pushed for the reopening of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, which Kyiv says are shut because of a Russian blockade. Western countries …

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Worsening Inflation Poses Global Challenge

For the outside world, the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on July 7 is tantamount to detonating a bomb in British politics. Yet, for the United Kingdom which pays attention to the rules of the political game and is good at it, this is not exactly something that …

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Was die EU gerade mit Litauen macht, spielt Putin in die Hände

Die EU läuft Gefahr, Litauen im Konflikt mit Russland alleine zu lassen. Das spielt dem Kreml in die Hände – der nur auf Risse in der europäischen Haltung wartet. Im Streit um den Transit sanktionierter Güter in die russische Enklave Kaliningrad stellt sich Brüssel bis heute nicht klar hinter das …

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