December, 2021

• 8 December

  Turkish police arrest alleged members of far-left organization

  

  Lawyers have accused Turkish authorities of unjustly detaining people for alleged Revolutionary Peoples’ Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) links. Turkish police conducted raids targeting a far-left armed group today. Police detained 25 individuals for alleged ties to the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Istanbul, Ankara and other parts of the country. …

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• 8 December

  Islamic State targets peshmerga in Iraq’s disputed Diyala and Makhmour

  

  A recent string of attacks on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region peshmerga forces have raised concern over how effective long-discussed coordination with the central government is in the country’s flashpoint disputed territories. Peshmerga forces operating in territory disputed between the central government and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) have in recent …

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• 8 December

  Can Turkey help in Ukraine crisis?

  

  Moscow is likely to welcome a Turkish mediation effort if it serves to restrain Ukraine from a military adventure. Turkey has offered to mediate in the Ukraine crisis as tensions between NATO and Russia escalate, with fears that Russia might be gearing up to invade eastern Ukraine. The proposal from …

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• 8 December

  Divesting In Crude Oil Guarantees Shortages And Inflation – OpEd

  

  Two of the fossil fuels, coal, and natural gas, are used to generate continuous uninterruptible electricity, but not crude oil, the third fossil fuel, as it is primarily used to manufacture oil derivatives that thousands of products are based upon, and the fuels for various transportation infrastructures. Crude oil gets …

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• 8 December

  Zelenskiy Holds Call With Blinken Ahead Of Biden-Putin Call

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken by phone on December 6 ahead of President Biden’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Biden is expected to issue a strong warning against a Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Agreed to continue joint & concerted action. …

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• 8 December

  Bitcoin Isn’t Any More Dangerous Than The Euro – Analysis

  

  Major representatives of the European Central Bank—including ECB president Christine Lagarde—continue to warn against bitcoin. In a recent article, addressed to the inflation-adverse German audience, the ECB representative Klaus Masuch together with the former ECB chief economist Otmar Issing has stressed five risks of bitcoin: a lack of intrinsic value, …

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• 8 December

  What Russia Wants in Ukraine

  

  In July, Putin published a 5,000-word article — “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” — in which he wrote that he was convinced that the “true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia.” “The Russian regime’s foremost interest is its own hold on power. All …

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• 8 December

  Vietnam Tacks Between Cooperation and Struggle in the South China Sea

  

  Principal Findings What’s new? Amid China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, and the deepening involvement of the United States and its allies, Vietnam is navigating a steadily thornier set of policy challenges. As the disputes intensify, the risk of armed conflict in the Sea is growing. Why does it …

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• 8 December

  Испытание рациональности

  

  Напряжение в Восточной Европе, на российско-украинской границе, можно считать знаковым для международных отношений. Удастся ли разрешить кризис или нет, зависит от готовности акторов мировой политики к кооперации и управлению глобальными процессами. Международные отношения всегда были наукой про великие державы. Именно они объявляли и вели войны, захватывали территории, заключали мирные соглашения …

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• 8 December

  Putins Säbelrasseln

  

  Die politischen Spannungen verschärfen sich wieder im Osten Europas. Wie vor einigen Monaten bereits sorgt eine ungewöhnlich hohe Ansammlung an russischen Truppen an der ukrainischen Ostgrenze nicht nur in Kiew, sondern auch in anderen europäischen Staaten für zunehmendes Unbehagen. Längst wird davor gewarnt, dass der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin Pläne …

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