Eurasia Press & News
Silo-based missile capabilities increase the odds of survivability for China’s small arsenal and are integral to Beijing’s nuclear modernisation effort. The Chinese recently moved to build a new set of missile silos. Speculation is rife about what this new development brings. Is it to bolster the survivability of the Chinese …
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March, 2021
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13 March
Attempts For Political Change In Senegal And Republic of Congo, Army Barracks Blast In Oil-Rich Equatorial Guinea
Calm has abandoned Senegal, a country in West Africa. The young people are rising up against the “wealth hoarding” political class. In Central Africa, the Republic of Congo, the opposition is seething as the 77-year-old President seeks another term. In another Central African country, Equatorial Guinea, a series of four …
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13 March
The Middle East’s Changing Geopolitical Landscape And The United States – Analysis
The Middle East Region in 2021 presents a complicated kaleidoscope of churning of established geopolitical patterns and military alignments as the United States and Russia jostle for influence with China joining in substantively. Major regional States like Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran and Israel also reflect the same churn.
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13 March
Biden’s Afghanistan Plan: It’s Now Or Never – Analysis
The Biden administration’s plan for Afghanistan reflects the urgency with which the US is looking for a way out, without giving up on any of the gains it has painstakingly made over the years. The new Biden administration has finally declared its plan for Afghanistan and it is picking up …
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13 March
Transforming The Middle East: The Origins, Impact And Evolution Of The Abraham Accords – Analysis
The Abraham Accords constitute the beginning of a transformation of a region that has confounded many,and that will continue to be a vital battleground astride the security and economic interests of world powers. American leadership was a necessary but alone insufficient condition to the emergence of this agreement. American leadership …
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13 March
Corruption in Iraq: 300billion dollars wasted in a cash-strapped state
Iraq continues to be at the forefront of the world’s most corrupt countries, despite many factors that should have drawn him down on this list- including the deteriorating economic situation and worsening fiscal deficits. According to reports published by Transparency International, Iraq occupies a leading rank in corruption with nearly …
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13 March
P.M.F. brigades and two other Shiite factions march towards Sinjar
“We may come all of a sudden one night. This is the bottom line”. This statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not without reason, as it paves the way for a military invasion towards Sinjar – the Yazidi stronghold in Iraq – where the lines of contact are …
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13 March
DW: How to stop Iran-backed “Rogue” Militias?
A German report issued today said that the attack that took place in Erbil last week rendered reining in Iraq’s anti-US militant groups even “more urgent”. A report by “Deutsche Welle” referred to the NATO military alliance decision to increase numbers of troops in Iraq from 500 to 4,000. “The …
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13 March
New details about targeting the Global Coalition Convoy in Fallujah
Hours after the attack on US-Led Coalition convoy at the eastern entrance to the Fallujah district, east of Al-Anbar Governorate, a security source revealed details of the incident. The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The explosion caused a woman and a policeman wounded, as well as damaging one of the …
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10 March
US military denies reports of attack on Iraq’s Al-Asad airbase
The US military Monday played down reports of an attack on an Iraqi airbase hosting troops. Reports circulated that the Al-Asad airbase, which has been targeted on multiple occasions by Iran-backed militias, came under attack late Monday.
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