October, 2021

• 3 October

  Taliban’s Rule In Afghanistan: Implications For Pakistan And India – OpEd

  The fall of Kabul was inevitable and the only surprising element was the speed of Taliban’s advance. On the part of India, it was a strategic failure and stinging humiliation. India had invested almost $3bn in construction of dams, power lines, schools, roads and training of Afghan soldiers. India even …

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• 3 October

  Azeri-Iranian Tensions A Concern For South Caucasus – OpEd

  The one-year anniversary of the start of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia passed this week. By early November of last year, Armenia was defeated by a better-trained and equipped Azerbaijani military. Baku was able to restore its internationally recognized borders and end an Armenian occupation that had …

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• 3 October

  What’s Behind Fresh Tensions On Iran-Azerbaijan Border? – Analysis

  Tensions have increased recently between Tehran and Baku over three issues: a joint military drill that Azerbaijani troops conducted alongside their Turkish and Pakistani counterparts some 500 kilometers from the Iranian border; Azerbaijani restrictions on Iranian truck drivers’ access to Armenia and the detention of two drivers; and Azerbaijani ties …

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• 3 October

  Egyptian authorities say they blocked Brotherhood financing scheme

  Egyptian authorities said on Thursday they had blocked a scheme aimed at financing the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and alleged a link to the imprisoned founder and former chairman of dairy and juice firm Juhayna (JUFO.CA), Safwan Thabet. The scheme aimed to funnel funds using Thabet’s companies into “terrorist activities”, the …

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• 3 October

  Divided UN extends its mission in Libya till after elections

  The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya until after the country’s critical presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for late December. However, the U.N.’s most powerfule body remained divided over the withdrawal of all mercenaries and foreign forces from the oil-rich North …

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• 3 October

  Iran holds military exercises near tense Azerbaijan border

  Iran’s national army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a display of military capabilities near a neighbor it is increasingly skeptical of for its ties to the West and Israel. Artillery, drones and helicopters will participate in the drills, the report said, …

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• 3 October

  America Isn’t Ready to Fight the Islamic State in Afghanistan

  The one clear advantage of the Taliban sweeping into power last month essentially unopposed was they seemed to spare Afghanistan more unnecessary bloodshed. But just as the Taliban ceased their own fighting, another brutal jihadi group began to unleash mayhem across the country. The Islamic State-Khorasan, the Islamic State’s Afghan …

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• 3 October

  Conflict Trends Update

  KOSOVO-SERBIA NATO peacekeepers stepped up patrols along the Kosovo-Serbia border amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Belgrade, which does not recognise Kosovo’s independence, is angered at Pristina’s new requirement that Serbian drivers travelling into Kosovo buy temporary licence plates. Pristina calls the regulation “reciprocity”, as cars with Kosovo registrations …

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• 2 October

  EXCLUSIVE Flouting U.N. sanctions in Africa? No one is watching after Russia move

  Russia is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR)and Mali, diplomats said on Wednesday, leaving their work in limbo. Russia is unhappy with the number of experts appointed from Western countries, …

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• 2 October

  Bromance Erdoğana i Putina, czyli czysta kalkulacja

  

  Prezydenci Turcji i Rosji spotkali się, żeby omówić najpilniejsze kwestie i załagodzić napięcia między krajami. Interesy znów mogą się okazać silniejsze i ważniejsze niż wzajemne animozje. Władimir Putin podjął swego tureckiego odpowiednika Recepa Erdoğana w środę 29 września w Soczi nad Morzem Czarnym. Dzieje się to ponad tydzień po wyborach …

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