Turkey and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday declared their determination to start a “new era of cooperation” during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as they set aside years of acrimony following the brutal slaying of a Saudi columnist. The Turkish fiancée of the slain journalist meanwhile, decried …
Read More »Crises of migrants and refugees–where should homeless millions go?
The history of humankind of the past hundred years have thrown up a gamut of emotions and heart-wrenching crises. An accentuating challenge is the displacement of millions upon millions of peoples throughout the planet. People are forced to flee or migrate from their homeland or places of birth for a …
Read More »The Geopolitics of the New Cold War
From his first days in office, Joe Biden and his national security advisers seemed determined to revive America’s fading global leadership via the strategy they knew best — challenging the “revisionist powers” Russia and China with a Cold War-style aggressiveness. When it came to Beijing, the president combined the policy …
Read More »7 Priorities for the G7: Managing the Global Fallout of Russia’s War on Ukraine
Two subjects will likely preoccupy the G7 heads of state when they meet starting 26 June: the war in Ukraine and the related spikes in commodity prices worldwide. The leaders need to show that they will address the economic woes as well as other crises. What’s new? The leaders of …
Read More »Israel Boosts Southern Border Defense Facing ISIS On One End, Iran On Other
The Israeli military has devised a new southern border strategy to contend with emerging and existing threats, including those posed by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to the west and forces aligned with Iran to the east, as well as smugglers seeking to bring drugs and weapons into the …
Read More »Syria Insight: Why did Russia allow Israel to bomb Damascus Airport?
Israeli strikes put Damascus International Airport out of action last week with flights diverted to Aleppo, in Syria’s north, or grounded altogether. While Israel has launched countless attacks on Iranian arms convoys in and around the airport before, the damage to the civilian annex was unprecedented. Syrian authorities say the …
Read More »Islamic State group claims Syria bus attack that killed 13
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack on a civilian bus in northern Syria that killed 13 people and wounded three. The extremist group said in a statement late Monday that its gunmen attacked the bus with automatic rifles. It also posted photos of the attack. The …
Read More »Európa és szomszédai
A héten újabb uniós csúcstalálkozón kerül napirendre Brüsszelben, miként reagál Európa az ukrajnai háborúra, és milyen újabb problémákat készül okozni saját magának ezzel A várakozásoknak megfelelően a múlt héten bejelentette az Európai Bizottság elnöke, hogy tagjelölti státuszt ajánl Ukrajnának és Moldovának, valamint Grúziának is – igaz, utóbbinak csak bizonyos további …
Read More »Barochez – Macron fragilisé, l’Europe affolée
ÉDITO. L’essor des forces pro-Poutine en France préoccupe nos voisins quand la guerre en Ukraine requiert une détermination sans faille de l’Occident. Emmanuel Macron avait supplié les électeurs français de « ne pas ajouter un désordre français au désordre mondial ». Il va devoir affronter les deux simultanément, et il …
Read More »Zsarolás
Az alapító atyák által úri klubként megálmodott Európai Unió minden kétséget kizáróan illúziónak bizonyult. A keleti bővítéssel sáros csizmák kerültek az asztalra, és kalappal a fejükön fütyülnek egyesek a demokrácia szentélyében. Az Uniónak nincs jogi eszköze ellene, a zsarolásra csupán zsarolással tud válaszolni. Az uniós pénzek visszatartása hellyel-közzel kényszerítő erővel …
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