February, 2022

• 3 February

  Колода «украинских карт»

  Активизация диалога России и Запада по проблемам безопасности запустила процесс радикальной перенастройки отношений Украины со всем евроатлантическим сообществом. Главный тектонический сдвиг состоит в том, что ставка как на американский, так и на общеевропейский внешнеполитический проекты теряет для Киева прежний смысл. Вашингтон все более активно подталкивает Киев к выполнению Минских соглашений, …

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• 3 February

  Putin macht Orbán einen Vorzugspreis

  Ungarns Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán hat sein Land zu einem bevorzugten Partner autoritärer Regime in der EU gemacht. Das hat sich für beide Seiten ausgezahlt: für Orbán in Form von Investitionen in sein Land, für die Herrscher in Moskau und Peking dadurch, dass der Ungar die Einigkeit des Westens ihnen gegenüber …

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• 2 February

  Putin Has Turned Constitution Upside Down And Thereby Threatens Russia’s Survival As A Country – OpEd

  

  Beginning with Magna Carta, constitutions were created to limit the ability of the powers to act without the approval of the people, Lev Shlosberg says. But Vladimir Putin has not merely gutted the provisions of the Russian Constitution but reversed its meaning. For him, Russia’s basic law has become a …

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• 2 February

  Russia Menaces And Ukrainians Heed Calls For Civil-Defense Training: There’s Just One Thing – Analysis

  

  Weapons training, which featured a piece of pressed composite wood cut in the shape of a rifle, was going well for 18-year-old Anna Kuksa until she pivoted to her left, as ordered by her camouflaged trainer. One of her fellow students turned to the right, and they collided and tripped …

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• 2 February

  Situation In Eastern Europe And The Changing World Order – OpEd

  

  The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the diminishing of Moscow’s influence in Eastern Europe. The geopolitical situation of world today has presented Russia with an opportunity to again assert its primacy in Eastern Europe. The United States now is deeply divided politically and is …

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• 2 February

  Why Die For Ukraine? – OpEd

  

  You would think that the problems facing the United States would be enough for brain-dead Biden. With massive inflation, the economy is teetering on the brink of ruin. We face tyrannical control because of harmful vaccine mandates. Bogus propaganda about “climate change” threatens to cripple American industry. The government seeks …

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• 2 February

  Azerbaijan To Europe’s Rescue?

  

  As fears grow that Moscow may react to mooted western sanctions by halting gas exports to Europe, Europe and Azerbaijan are talking about how Baku may help by boosting its own gas exports westward. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, confirmed on January 30 that Brussels was in …

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• 2 February

  Will Belarus Be Springboard For Russian Incursion Into Ukraine?

  

  Fears that Russia will use Belarus to invade Ukraine are growing as Minsk announced that it was deploying troops to conduct military exercises with Moscow near the Ukrainian border. President Alexander Lukashenko said this week that he was preparing to send “a full contingent of Belarusian troops” to the nearly …

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• 2 February

  Biden’s Borders: The Threat to America and the Threat to the Free World

  

  Putin seems to understand Biden. Putin also seems to understand hollow threats and ineffective sanctions. Putin, in addition, reduced natural gas exports to Europe by 41% last month… It appears to be a “squeeze play.” Putin would appear to be choking off natural gas supplies to Europe as a wedge, …

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• 2 February

  Ruslanas Iržikevičius. Nuogas dilgėlėse dėl vertybinės užsienio politikos

  

  Gana seniai neteko matyti tokių karštų diskusijų dėl vertybinės Lietuvos užsienio politikos. Praėjo gana daug laiko nuo tada, kai Lietuvos vardas buvo taip dažnai linksniuojamas pasaulio žiniasklaidoje. Drįsčiau teigti, kad paskutinį kartą tai buvo 1991 sausio mėnesį. Ir tai taip pat buvo vertybinės politikos tema. Panašu, kad būtent šios savybės …

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