August, 2021

• 16 August

  Identifying Reasons For Russia’s Weak Economic Presence In Africa – OpEd

  Last month, the Association of Economic Cooperation with African States (AECAS) held a special meeting of the working group on financing projects with participation of the leading Russian companies and banks. The key topic was to find an effective system of financing projects and to support investment in Africa. Lack …

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• 16 August

  Afghanistan At The Crossroads As Civil War Looms – OpEd

  Alarm is growing at the prospect of the Taliban unseating the Kabul government, but that outcome is just one of three scenarios for Afghanistan’s future amid mounting military uncertainty and an unfolding human tragedy. There is no question that momentum is with the Taliban, which have taken more territory in …

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• 16 August

  China And A New Cold War – Analysis

  In 1947, George F Keenan, an American Foreign Service officer, formulated the policy of ‘containment’. The continuity that this policy represented may be appreciated by its longevity. It was the foundation of US strategy during the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the keystone of their foreign policy. It …

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• 16 August

  Inoculations in Terror

  On August 2, 2021, one Police constable, identified as Dilawar Khan, was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a Police team guarding polio workers administering vaccinations near the Atal Sharif area of Kalachi Tehsil (revenue unit) in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The gunmen managed …

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• 16 August

  A Transformative Decade: Xi Jinping’s Rise And China’s Political Landscape – Analysis

  China has gone through major political transformations over the past decade, with the rise and consolidation of Xi Jinping’s power being a key driver. The change in leadership has been accompanied by power centralisation, governance changes, anti-corruption drives, and growing ethnic tension. This decade coincided with China’s rise in the …

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• 16 August

  LITHUANIA STEMS FLOW OF MIGRANTS LURED TO BORDER BY BELARUS IN ITS WAR WITH EU

  Lithuania appears to have stemmed the recent surge in irregular crossings by migrants cynically being sent to the border by Belarus as part of its hybrid war with the West. The problem is far from over. Lithuania, subjected to a deliberate and vengeful influx of irregular migrants coming across the …

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• 16 August

  Montenegro Criticised for Lack of Action against Migrant Smugglers

  Montenegro is failing to go after the organised crime groups preying on migrants and refugees trying to cross the country, experts say. With just four cases ending in convictions in the past five years, Montenegro is facing calls to step up prosecution of the smugglers who prey on migrants and …

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• 16 August

  POLAND FURTHER RESTRICTS MEDIA FREEDOM, ANGERS US WITH CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LAW

  Despite losing its parliamentary majority, Poland’s ruling party managed to force through a media law that could spell the end of the largest private television station in the country. After a stormy day in the Polish parliament, Law and Justice (PiS) finally managed to scrape enough support late on Wednesday …

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• 13 August

  Israel rolls out red carpet for senior Bahraini official’s third visit

  

  Visiting Israel for the third time, Bahrain’s undersecretary for international relations at the Foreign Ministry, Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, met with President Isaac Herzog, visited the Peres Center for Peace and innovation and even went diving in the Mediterranean. Visitors to the Peres Center for Peace …

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• 13 August

  Iran sending more weapons to Yemen’s Houthis amid cease-fire effort: Pentagon

  

  Pentagon allegation comes as Iranian and Saudi officials are reportedly preparing to meet in Baghdad later this month Tehran has been sending increasingly complex weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels even as Iranian officials have engaged in separate talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia about reducing tensions in the …

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