Eurasia

Diplomacy In The Time Of Cyber Conflict

The emergence of cyberspace as a domain of strategic competition has made it more complicated for the Philippines to leverage the advantages of the information revolution. The Philippines is currently strengthening its network readiness by building critical information infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and implementing policies to manage the impact of new …

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Dollar Dominance And The Rise Of Nontraditional Reserve Currencies

The US dollar has long played an outsized role in global markets. It continues to do so even as the American economy has been producing a shrinking share of global output over the last two decades. But although the currency’s presence in global trade, international debt, and non-bank borrowing still …

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Natural Gas Production In US’ Permian Basin Reached Annual High In 2021

Marketed natural gas production from the Permian Basin in western Texas and eastern New Mexico reached a new annual high of 16.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2021. Annual marketed natural gas production in the Permian Basin has been rising steadily since 2012. The Permian Basin is the …

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Ile kosztuje suwerenność?

Więc ma być tak – szefowa Komisji Europejskiej Ursula von der Leyen przyjedzie do Warszawy i ogłosi odblokowanie unijnych funduszy w ramach Krajowego Planu Odbudowy. Bagatela – 35 miliardów euro. W zamian ma dostać ustawę likwidującą Izbę Dyscyplinarną Sądu Najwyższego. Tak oto kończy się wielka batalia, która prowadzili Jarosław Kaczyński …

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Ohne Ungarn ist die EU stärker

Viktor Orbán und Recep Tayyip Erdogan gehen vielen Europäern mächtig auf die Nerven. Sie torpedieren die Einigkeit gegen Wladimir Putins Krieg. Der türkische Präsident blockiert die Aufnahme Finnlands und Schwedens in die Nato. Der ungarische Premier das sechste Sanktionspaket der EU. Nach der vermeintlichen Einigung beim EU-Gipfel zum Ölembargo legt …

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Iraq: Stabilising the Contested District of Sinjar

What’s new? In October 2020, Baghdad and Erbil signed an agreement intended to build stability in Iraq’s Sinjar district through a new administration and security structure that would let displaced people return. The deal is only partly fulfilled, however. Turkey is intensifying bombardment of the PKK and its affiliates in the …

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Kremlin: Russian Troops ‘Protecting’ Separatist-Controlled Areas Of Eastern Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday Russian troops have succeeded in their main stated task of “protecting civilians” in the separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine. He added that Russian forces have “liberated” parts of Ukraine and “this work will continue until all the goals of the special military operation are …

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Russia-Turkey Talks Crucial To Return Of Grain Supplies

As diplomatic moves continue to shape the future of grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea and Russia’s Sea of Azov ports as a result of Moscow’s aggression, the outcome of attempts to “rewire” worldwide grain transport logistics is complicating the international geoeconomic environment by inducing food security problems. The conflict …

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Russia-Ukraine War To Change Central Asia’s Trade And Transition – Analysis

The Russia-Ukraine war is upending global supply chains. In the case of Central Asia (the five republics plus Afghanistan) this impact reinforces the need for redundant transport routes and options for the landlocked states of Central Asia. These states still rely on Soviet-era transport links that connect them to markets. …

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Tesla’s China Game

It has not been a great spring for Tesla. As the American electric vehicle manufacturer’s stock led the recent market nosedive and its provocative CEO Elon Musk obsessed over his bid to buy Twitter, his beefs with the Biden administration and an allegation of misconduct by a private jet flight …

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