January, 2022

• 27 January

  Sudanese security forces intensify media crackdown

  

  The increasing pressure, violence and prosecution faced by journalists at the hands of security forces represent a major threat to the future of press freedom in the country. The Qatari media network Al Jazeera announced in a Jan. 16 statement that the Sudanese Ministry of Culture and Information had withdrawn …

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• 27 January

  Why Turkey wants to mediate in Ukraine crisis

  

  Erdogan’s offer to mediate between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders reflects Ankara’s growing fears over the conundrums it could find itself in should war materialize. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine could be seen as a laudable peace effort or grandstanding, but the growing …

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• 27 January

  Biden’s Latest Mayhem

  

  It should not be surprising that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin believes he can invade Ukraine, a sovereign neighboring nation, and claim it as an historic part of his empire. After all, there is a shameful European history to reflect upon, combined with the most recent actions of the United States …

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• 27 January

  In a Ukrainian city near Russia, a civilian army prepares for war

  

  New paramilitary force says it is ready to defend the country in the event of a Russian ground invasion. *Only first names have been used in some instances to protect identities. Ukrainian soldiers shuffle through a sprawling post-Soviet factory. They enter a dusty auditorium, laughing as they fumble around in …

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• 27 January

  Greece receives ‘game-changer’ Rafale aircraft from France

  

  A ceremony at the Tanagra Air Force Base marked the arrival, in which a Greek priest blessed the jets and their pilots. “La bas!” – “Over there” – a French journalist broke the silence pointing at a formation of specks in the overcast sky. Greece’s newly-acquired fourth generation Rafale aircraft …

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• 27 January

  Москва гони НАТО от България? А кой ще ни пази от Турция?

  Миналата седмица руският външен министър направи груба грешка – уточни, че Москва настоява НАТО да си изтегли войските от Румъния и България. Не е някаква новина. В ултиматума, който Путин връчи на САЩ още преди месец, пише, че военните сили на НАТО трябва да се върнат, където бяха през 1997 …

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• 27 January

  Chinese Economic Engagement In Africa: Implications For US Policy – Analysis

  China may have missed the European Scramble for Africa that characterized the turn of the last century, but it has been making up for this since the 1950s. The pace of this investment has increased in the past couple of decades. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, Chinese foreign direct …

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• 27 January

  Te kit választanál?

  Az orosz–ukrán konfliktus egyre riasztóbb fejleményeit és az Egyesült Államokkal kötendő védelmi megállapodásunkat övező hisztériát figyelve időnként meg kell csípnem magam, hogy nem álmodom-e. Úgy tűnik, Szlovákia lakosságának egy része még mindig képtelen elfogadni az 1989-es rendszerváltást. E sorok írója ahhoz a generációhoz tartozik, amely megtapasztalhatta az előző rendszer, az …

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• 27 January

  The U.S. Is Competing With the Wrong China

  

  A graphic illustration of China’s prowess in building its national high-speed passenger rail network caused a minor sensation as it made the rounds on Twitter last week. Like a colorful time-lapse photograph, only employing bar graphs instead of, say, plant life, it showed a lively dance of nations contending for …

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• 27 January

  The U.S.-China Rivalry According to China

  

  Much has already been said about the recent heightening of U.S.-China tensions and its potential fallout. What gets less attention is how the U.S. and China themselves perceive the status of their relationship, and how that affects their plans for the future. An analysis of prevailing elite opinion in the …

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