January, 2022

• 16 January

  Putin Has Turned Russia Into Autocracy’s Defender of Last Resort

  

  There’s much that remains unknown about the violent turmoil that has engulfed Kazakhstan in recent days. But one clear fact has emerged from the mayhem: Vladimir Putin’s political doctrine has a new, now openly displayed centerpiece. On Monday, as the Russian president declared Kazakhstan’s crisis essentially resolved following a military …

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• 16 January

  Nazarbayev’s Fate in Kazakhstan Is a Cautionary Tale for Putin and Xi

  

  More even than most crises, the events unfolding in Kazakhstan in recent days can be read in myriad ways. On one level, it clearly appears to have resulted in yet another opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to claw back control over domains lost by the Kremlin following the demise …

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• 16 January

  Nazarbayev’s Fate in Kazakhstan Is a Cautionary Tale for Putin and Xi

  More even than most crises, the events unfolding in Kazakhstan in recent days can be read in myriad ways. On one level, it clearly appears to have resulted in yet another opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin to claw back control over domains lost by the Kremlin following the demise …

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• 16 January

  Πληθωρισμός ανοησίας

  Τα λογιστήρια των επιχειρήσεων λιανικής πώλησης, ιδιαίτερα των σούπερ μάρκετ, έχουν πάρει φωτιά. Τις επόμενες μέρες θα πρέπει να περάσουν στους κωδικούς χιλιάδων προϊόντων πρώτης ανάγκης (κυρίως τροφίμων, που είτε είναι εισαγόμενα είτε εξαρτώνται από εισαγόμενες πρώτες ύλες) μεγάλες αυξήσεις τιμών, ακόμη και πάνω από 20%. Αλλά και τα εγχωρίως …

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• 16 January

  Az inflációt csak lassítani fogja, de közben sokaknak kárt okozhat az élelmiszerárak fixálása

  Piacgazdaságban szokatlan lépést jelentett be Orbán Viktor, pár alapvető élelmiszer árának októberi szinten való rögzítése ráadásul úgy történik, hogy azon mindenki veszít, csak az állam nem. A fogyasztók pedig nagyot nem nyernek vele. Hat alapvető élelmiszer esetében jelentette be az árak október 15-i szinten befagyasztását a miniszterelnök. Orbán Viktor közlése …

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• 16 January

  «Россия и Запад ведут информационную войну»

  Ждем письменной реакции — так министр иностранных дел Сергей Лавров прокомментировал итоги переговоров в формате Россия—США и Россия—НАТО. По его словам, после получения соответствующих документов в Кремле определят дальнейшую линию поведения в отношении Запада. При этом российская сторона особо отмечает, что по ключевым вопросам понимание так и не было достигнуто. …

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• 16 January

  ‘Bunların anlaşacağı yok’ mu dersiniz?

  Diplomasi balesi denen sanatın “posturing” denen bir figürü vardır ki, tam tercümesi “etkilemek veya yanlış yönlendirmek amacıyla yapılan davranış” veya daha kestirmeden “yapmacık tavır takınmak” diye çevirebiliriz. Bütün dünya, “ABD ile Rusya Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcıları Cenevre’de bir araya geliyorlar, Üçüncü Dünya Savaşı veya o kadar geniş olmasa da bir Karadeniz …

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• 16 January

  Jugement de Coblence: la justice internationale, enfin, montre ses dents

  C’est un jour empli d’émotion, de soulagement, mais aussi de colère et de larmes. En condamnant à une peine de perpétuité un tortionnaire syrien, le tribunal allemand de Coblence n’a pas seulement dit le droit. Il envoie aussi un message percutant aux Syriens. C’est la première fois qu’ils voient un …

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• 16 January

  The U.S. Should Compete With China and Russia—but Wisely

  

  As the Biden administration prepares to release its National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, observers are searching for clues on how those reviews will grapple with the framework of “great-power competition” that anchored the previous administration’s high-level policy documents. That framework has achieved substantial bipartisan traction in the intervening …

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• 16 January

  Russia’s ‘Return’ to Africa Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts

  

  Over the past several years, international policymakers, primarily in the West, as well as journalists and commentators have frequently called attention to Russia’s renewed interest in expanding its footprint in Africa. These discussions of “Russia’s return” to Africa are usually couched in a fearmongering, manichean framework of competition, ostensibly within …

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