Eurasia Press & News
Sazan Island served as a naval base under Albania’s communist regime and remains under the control of the Ministry of Defence. To pave the way to granting it strategic investor status, Albania’s President Bajram Begaj earlier signed an urgent decree removing a military training zone from the Armed Forces deployment …
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May, 2026
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23 May
It’s Time ‘Europe+’ Asserted Leadership and Challenged the US in Bosnia
As Christian Schmidt readies to quit as High Representative, Europe and its allies must resolutely push for a powerful successor – and forget ‘compromising’ with a United States that has radically shifted position in the region. The succession of High Representative Christian Schmidt, who on May 10 announced his aim …
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23 May
Heroes or Collaborators? How WWII Continues to Divide North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, an enduring ethnic divide extends to conflicting interpretations of what actually happened during World War II. In villages above Tetovo and Gostivar, in the hills near North Macedonia’s northwestern border with Kosovo and Albania, scattered monuments reflect starkly differing interpretations of what went on in World War …
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23 May
America’s Century of Humiliation has Begun
China’s “Century of Humiliation” began in 1839 with the First Opium War. The Qing Dynasty was in decline, and foreign powers began stealing territories and extorting trade concessions through wars and military expeditions. It was a long century that only really ended in 1949 with the establishment of the People’s …
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23 May
IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi emerges as key power broker as Iran-US talks hang in balance
As negotiations with the United States hang in the balance, a hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad over the past decades is believed to have seized a place near the center of power. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who heads Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), …
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21 May
Limited Intelligence: How Civil Society Is Trying to Take Control of AI
The break in the contract between the Pentagon and Anthropic has become one of the biggest scandals around the ethics of the use of AI technology. The more rapidly the artificial intelligence market is developing, the more acute the question of ethical limitations of digital algorithms is. Most states have …
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21 May
The future of European nuclear deterrence—and Turkey’s role in it
Europe’s security environment has undergone a profound transformation over the past decade. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have reshaped threat perceptions across the continent, while growing doubts about the reliability of US security guarantees have deepened this shift. Together, these developments …
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21 May
Hamas replaces military wing leader, IDF reports 19 Gaza ceasefire violations May 6–20
Hamas has reportedly selected longstanding member Mohammed Odeh to lead the group’s so-called military wing, the Al Qassam Brigades. The news was first reported by Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on May 18, after Israel eliminated the previous chief of Al Qassam, Izz al Din al Haddad, in a May 15 …
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21 May
BRICS, calculette & guerre sainte
Ceux qui effraient l’Empire ne sont pas les plus plus riches, mais ceux qui possèdent ce que la concurrence économique de l’Empire a perdu : une histoire qui vaut la peine de mourir pour elle. Les BRICS ont bâti une économie. L’Empire y a greffé une religion. Un seul sort …
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