January, 2022

• 12 January

  Predicting 2022 – China’s Year of the Tiger

  

  For too long, American government and business leaders have sat quietly and allowed China and the Chinese Communist Party to run roughshod over our nation and our values. As Americans see the large number of container ships waiting off the West Coast to unload cargo, they realize that much of …

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• 12 January

  NATO–orosz viszony: Berlinben a kulcs

  

  Az egy furcsa történet, amikor a róka fenyegetve érzi magát a tyúkoktól, és ezért elővigyázatosságból inkább megenné őket – ezzel a példával írta le a helyzetet az amerikai külügyminiszter, amikor az orosz– ukrán határon kialakult helyzetről kérdezték. Anthony Blinken első alkalommal találkozott az új német külügyminiszterrel, a zöld pártból érkező …

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• 12 January

  Le tante sfide lanciate da Putin all’Europa

  

  Nemmeno nel più bello dei suoi sogni Vladimir Putin avrebbe potuto immaginare un Occidente distratto e confuso come quello di oggi. L’America è lacerata dalle sue contrapposizioni interne e ha un Presidente che non è riuscito a risalire la china dopo l’onta di Kabul. La Germania ha un nuovo governo …

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• 12 January

  Incierta semana rusa

  

  Vladimir Putin ha conseguido que su diplomacia impregne la agenda global. En apenas cuatro días Rusia se sienta junto a EEUU en Ginebra, luego visitará la OTAN en Bruselas y, antes de que acabe la semana, los emisarios del Kremlin se reunirán en la OCDE. Tal vez haya que regresar …

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• 12 January

  A World of Killer Robots?

  

  Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Fight to Contain Them Here’s a scenario to consider: a military force has purchased a million cheap, disposable flying drones each the size of a deck of cards, each capable of carrying three grams of explosives — enough to kill a single person or, …

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• 12 January

  Kazakhstan crisis heightens instability in Central Asia

  

  The political crisis in Kazakhstan, which began on January 2 with mass protests against gas price hikes, has become a focal point of geopolitical and social tensions across Central Asia. With the support of the Kremlin, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s government has cracked down on the protests with extraordinary violence, turning …

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• 12 January

  Germany’s New Government Could Spell Trouble for the Visegrad Four

  

  Germany’s new coalition government began winning glowing reviews even before it took office in early December. Its coalition agreement, released in November, satisfied many observers on a range of policy areas, both domestic and international. But one European leader wasn’t impressed. “The gloves are off!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban …

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• 12 January

  When It Comes to Strategic Rivalries, History Doesn’t Take Sides

  

  There is something clarifying about the fact that the opening of high-level U.S.-Russian talks this week to discuss the crisis Moscow has provoked over Ukraine comes just days after the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol. The two events are not directly related, but they both make …

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• 12 January

  Turkey to fight against terrorism with new concept, Akar says

  

  Turkey will eradicate terrorism at its source, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Saturday, adding that the country has no interest in the territory of other countries. The minister met with representatives of the press in the capital Ankara at the annual assessment meeting. Expressing that Turkey is working intensively in …

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• 12 January

  Recul “notable” des actes de piraterie dans le monde en 2021

  

  Les actes de piraterie et de brigandage ont reculé de manière “notable” dans le monde en 2021, alors que leur nombre était stable depuis 2016, révèle vendredi dans son bilan annuel le pôle d’expertise français dédié à la sûreté maritime MICA Center. Au total, 317 actes ont été dénombrés en …

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