January, 2022

• 5 January

  Ukraine: Will Zelenskiy’s Presidency Last the Full Term?

  

  Ukraine’s President Volodimir Zelenskiy has recently ‘crossed the equator’ of his five-year presidential term. In April 2019, in the second run-off, a complete political novice Zelenskiy defeated a seasoned politician, an incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, with an overwhelming 73 per cent of votes in his favour. The results reflected a …

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• 5 January

  Drone Flight Trials In Poland Bring EU-Wide Urban Air Mobility A Step Closer

  

  An initial series of test flights with drones has been launched in Poland as part of the EU-funded Uspace4UAM project. The first of these trials is now underway in Rzeszów, a city of close to 200 000 people. The test flights are being carried out by three Uspace4UAM consortium members: …

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• 5 January

  Iran In 2022: Predictions And Possibilities

  

  As most people around the world prepare to say farewell to 2021 and herald the arrival of 2022 with optimism for a prosperous year ahead, it is worth looking into a few predictions and possibilities regarding Iran. Economy If you suppose the proposed budget bill of Ebrahim Raisi’s government could …

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• 5 January

  The Tactical Defense Becomes Dominant Again – Analysis

  

  It has become widely accepted that the convergence of technological advances is leading to a revolution in military affairs or perhaps even a military revolution.1 One of the unanswered questions concerning this shift is whether it will lead to continued dominance by the offense or a period of defensive dominance. …

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• 5 January

  American Traitors: Academics Working for China

  

  China’s regime has bought America’s academic community and turned it against America. “This case is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what needs to be done by the U.S. government to penetrate and prosecute China’s co-option of America’s academia.” — Kerry Gershaneck, the author of Political Warfare: …

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• 5 January

  Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation Has Major Regional And Global Implications – Analysis

  

  The Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation Programme, signed in March in Tehran, was paid little attention by the mainstream media. The vague and broad text of the leaked draft agreement from the year prior and the absence of attention made it look like every other agreement for cultural cooperation between two countries. …

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• 5 January

  US-China Relations: ‘Situational Engagement’ – OpEd

  

  This July, as the COVID-19 pandemic pressed on for a second year, Xi Jinping had a clear message to deliver to the world in his speech honoring the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding. “We will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or subjugate us,” China’s …

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• 5 January

  Kremlin Says ‘Pleased’ With Biden-Putin Talks, But Warns Against ‘Colossal’ Mistake

  

  Moscow is pleased with the results of the new phone talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, Putin’s aide has said. Putin has, however, warned the US against escalating Russia sanctions policy. In a statement released after the phone talks between the Russian leader and his …

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• 5 January

  The Biden Administration And The Future Of ‘No First Use’ – Analysis

  

  Will the United States (US) adopt the No First Use (NFU) policy? Those who had followed the Presidential/election campaign of Joe Biden and who generally read the formal and rhetorical statements of the leaders as truth, seemed optimistic. However, a closer scrutiny matched with the harsher reality or dynamics of …

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• 5 January

  Germany’s New Government: Business as Usual with China

  

  Olaf Scholz, who succeeded Angela Merkel as chancellor on December 8, pledged [in a telephone call with China’s President Xi Jinping] to strengthen economic ties with China, but he failed to mention human rights or the destruction of democracy in Hong Kong. The telephone call will disappoint those who had …

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