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July 9, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested a number of foreign nationals, including the British deputy ambassador in Tehran, for espionage activities in deserts at restricted areas or near the sites of missile exercises. A video shot by Iranian drones and released by the IRGC’s intelligence …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
In the Socratic dialogue ‘Republic’, Plato famously wrote: “Our need will be the real creator” which over the ages has developed into a well-known English proverb; ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ meaning that the primary driving force for most new inventions is a Need. Global oil politics have been …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia
The biggest question analysts will be asking with the June jobs report is whether wage growth is continuing to moderate. Wage growth has already slowed sharply from its annual pace of more than 6.0 percent last fall to a 4.4 percent rate in more recent months. This slower pace of …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia
Живеем в заложни времена. Путин залага, че помощта на Запада няма да е достатъчна, за да върне духа на украинците след серията загуби. И е хвърлил всички сили да превземе целия Донбас, след което да прехвърли войските към Херсон с план да завладее Одеса и да затвори Украйна по суша. …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia
Kadri Simson, európai energiaügyi biztos elismerte végre azt, amit minden európai energiahelyzetet ismerő szakértő a háború kitörésének pillanatától kezdve állított: nincs a világban elégséges mennyiségű alternatív forrásból származó gáz az orosz szállítások teljes kiváltásához. Egészen meglepő fordulat ez, hiszen az Európai Bizottság eddig több nyilatkozatával is azt a látszatot kívánta …
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July 9, 2022 Balkans
The Western Balkan six – five of the former Yugoslavia’s successor states plus Albania – remain outside the EU as war wounds fester and reform efforts stumble. Brussels should find means short of promising accession to help guide these countries back onto the right track. What’s new? Twenty-plus years after the …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Defense Minister Gantz tells reporters that since the Abraham Accords were signed, Israeli security officials held about 150 meetings with their regional counterparts and that ‘deals worth over $3 billion have been signed with countries in the region’
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia
With all due respect to the commentary about Saudi oil production, there may be other reasons behind Biden’s Middle East trip next week, at a time when he has so many problems at home Ostensibly, U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel next week doesn’t make sense. …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient
An unprecedented meeting could happen as soon as this month, according to a report citing one of Mohammed bin Salman’s advisors as U.S. President Biden is slated to arrive in Israel In a possible sign that Saudi Arabia may be willing to publicly acknowledge its warming under-the-table ties with Israel, …
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July 9, 2022 Eurasia
The flood of ministerial resignations from UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s government in recent days started with Rishi Sunak’s resignation as UK chancellor of the exchequer on July 5 2022, alongside health secretary Sajid Javid’s. His resignation letter cited differences of opinion over the economy, saying that a “low-tax, high-growth …
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