May, 2022

• 28 May

  Kazakhstan Must Modernize Its Military Quickly Given Russian Threat

  

  With Russian forces bogged down in Ukraine, ever more analysts are discussing where Putin may attack next, with many saying that Kazakhstan is likely to be the next target (glavnoe.ua/news/n357086249-vitalij-portnikov-jazykom-pohoronki), a conclusion that in turn has sparked discussions about the state of Kazakhstan’s forces. While the Kazakhstan authorities have taken …

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• 28 May

  Talk Of Expanding BRICS Ahead Of June Summit

  

  Under the rotating chairmanship of China, BRICS—an informal intergovernmental union comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—has held a series of high-level virtual meetings on existing significant regional and international issues, one of which focuses on the organization’s expansion proposed by China. BRICS is an organic association of countries …

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• 28 May

  Playing Games In NATO, Turkey Eyes Its Role In A New World Order

  

  NATO’s spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance. It’s as much about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s immediate political goals as Turkey’s positioning itself in a new 21st-century world order. On its surface, the spat is about Turkish …

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• 28 May

  Africa: A Possible Solution For Europe’s Energy Troubles

  

  Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is profoundly altering the global energy landscape. As the world’s third-largest oil producer (US $11.3 billion barrels per day) and second-largest exporter and producer of liquified natural gas (LNG), Russia supplies nearly a sixth of the global oil and gas supply. Moscow’s dominance is particularly …

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• 28 May

  The Geopolitics Of Technology: How EU Can Become A Global Player – Analysis

  

  Introduction Today’s major powers engage in comprehensive global technology politics. The weaponisation, mastering, and control of digital technologies is the new ‘Great Game’. These power dynamics are helping shape technological spheres of influence. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific – but also in central Eastern …

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• 28 May

  Syrians reject trench dug by Turkish army near Aleppo

  

  The residents of Tadef in the Aleppo countryside are rejecting a military trench being dug by the Turkish army that would cross through their city, calling on changing its course and retaking control of the areas held by the Syrian government forces inside the city. The Turkish army on May …

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• 28 May

  Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan’s energy resources ramps up

  

  The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced plans to establish a new oil company for the Kurdistan Region. Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed the 2007 oil and gas law governing …

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• 28 May

  Israeli leadership divided on Iran deal

  

  Israel’s top security and intelligence officials can’t agree on whether Israel is better off with or without an Iran nuclear deal. Israel’s top defense and security brass is engaged in a tense dispute over the handling of Iran’s nuclear program. The drama is reminiscent of the deep disagreement among Israel’s …

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• 28 May

  US, Kurdish officials call Turkish threats of military operation in Syria ‘serious’

  

  Ankara’s threats come amid a spat with NATO allies over Finland and Sweden’s request to join the Western alliance. Turkey’s National Security Council said on Thursday that Turkey’s “existing and future military operations” along its southern borders were necessary for the country’s security but that they did not target the …

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• 28 May

  Erdogan Expands Ambitions for “Safe Zone” in Northern Syria

  

  The Turkish president continues his aggressive games toward Syria, taking advantage of the current international instability caused by the war in Ukraine. He announced to the international community that his regime continues to seek the establishment of a 30 km-deep safe zone inside Syrian territory. There are preparations being made …

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