Eurasia Press & News
The Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan has released a report called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan”. The report published by the Kurdish Initiative Against a Turkish Invasion in South Kurdistan and called “Avoiding a new war in South Kurdistan” exposes the “lies, disinformation and …
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November, 2020
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14 November
UN: Mercenaries in Karabakh conflict zone must be withdrawn
UN human rights experts noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained peace in the region. They are nonetheless concerned by the use of mercenaries in and around the conflict zone until this …
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14 November
Erdogan's economic model of family loyalties collapses
Some analysts say the Turkish president felt compelled to sacrifice his son-in-law to save what could be saved. The sudden resignation of Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak announced the end of the model that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to impose, which is based on replacing those who are politically …
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14 November
Appearance of Turkish peacekeepers in Karabakh could turn into a war
As we wrote earlier [November 10 – ed.], A ceasefire between Armenia, the forces of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan was reached through an agreement with Moscow. Russia immediately announced the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and deployed troops and military equipment along the conflict …
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14 November
Pompeo to visit US allies as Trump refuses to concede
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced a seven-nation tour of US allies, which have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden despite Donald Trump’s refusal to concede. Pompeo said he will leave Friday for Paris and then head to Istanbul and the former Soviet republic of Georgia before visiting Jerusalem …
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14 November
Russia leaves little room for Turkey in Azeri-Armenian truce
The terms of the Russian-sponsored deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia speak of Moscow’s reluctance to let Turkey increase its influence in the region. Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to end hostilities in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh under a Russian-sponsored deal that sidelines the United States and Europe from settlement …
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14 November
Will the Biden Team Be Warmongers or Peacemakers?
Congratulations to Joe Biden on his election as America’s next president! People all over this pandemic-infested, war-torn and poverty-stricken world were shocked by the brutality and racism of the Trump administration, and are anxiously wondering whether Biden’s presidency will open the door to the kind of international cooperation that we …
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14 November
Afterword to Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
To the memory of Noel Ignatiev. Dixi et salvavi animam meam. With these Latin words Karl Marx concludes his Critique of the Gotha Program (1875) – “I have spoken and saved my soul.” One is unaccustomed to religious expression from the great communist, unless it be sarcastic, yet here he …
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14 November
Who really won in south Caucasus?
While the conventional wisdom is that Russia allowed Turkey to soften Armenia for the kill, then swooped in and imposed its own terms, talk of Russia’s big win may be somewhat overstated. Of all Turkey’s recent foreign forays, it was the fastest and most decisive.
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13 November
Japan, U.S. start formal talks on costs to host American troops
Japan and the United States held negotiations in Washington on the cost-sharing agreement for Tokyo’s hosting of American troops, the Japanese government said Wednesday.
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