Eurasia Press & News
The EU’s Regulation 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (henceforth “Regulation”) officially came into effect on August 17 this year. This will significantly impact battery production, supply chain construction, and trade worldwide, with China’s power battery industry and companies being the most affected. The Regulation categorizes products into automotive batteries, …
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September, 2023
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1 September
Russian Disinformation In Africa: No Door On This Barn – Analysis
In 2018, Yale scholar Timothy Snyder called Russian information operations in the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, “the most sophisticated propaganda campaign in the history of warfare.” Likewise, recent advances of Russian disinformation in Africa have resulted in some of the swiftest successes in the history of propaganda. They lie …
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1 September
How Long Will Putin Remain In Power? – OpEd
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group’s march toward Moscow on June 23 marked the beginning of the end for Putin’s regime in Russia. In exchange for stopping his troops short of Moscow, Putin promised Prigozhin he could leave for Belarus and face no charges for his rebellion. Many observers, including me, thought …
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1 September
A Change In Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations? – OpEd
On Sunday, August 20, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan, Fasihuddin Fitrah said, “Pakistan should search for their enemies on their own soil. As we have promised, no country will be harmed and no country will be attacked from the soil of Afghanistan, we adhere to this …
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1 September
India Powers G20 Summit Amid West’s Geopolitical Tensions With Russia – OpEd
India is gearing to hold the G20 in its capital Delhi, from 9-10 September, for the first time in its history. G20 members, foreign organizations and institutions have already grabbed their seats and ready for active participation in the context of the current global tensions. But Russia will skip New …
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1 September
Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region
A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq on Thursday killed three members of a Kurdish insurgent group, officials said, as Ankara’s top diplomat visited the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government. Turkish military actions against members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, hiding in northern Iraq, have intensified in …
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1 September
Clashes between US-allied Arab and Kurdish fighters in east Syria kill 3 and raise tensions
Clashes broke out Monday between two U.S.-backed groups in eastern Syria, leaving three gunmen dead and raising tensions in the region where hundreds of American troops are deployed, opposition activists said. The clashes raise concerns of more divisions between U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters in eastern Syria that borders Iraq …
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1 September
Tehran and Baghdad reach a deal to disarm and relocate Iranian dissident groups based in north Iraq
Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to disarm members of Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in northern Iraq and relocate their members from their current bases, officials from the two countries said Monday. Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a news briefing Monday that the …
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1 September
Fighting in eastern Syria between US-backed fighters and Arab tribesmen kills 10
BEIRUT (AP) — Arab tribesmen clashed with U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in several areas of eastern Syria on Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and others wounded, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The clashes are among the worst in recent years in the region along the border with Iraq …
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1 September
Ukraine Has Not Transformed EU Foreign Policy
The EU has not changed enough in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. To be effective, the bloc needs a strategic foreign and security policy.* As the EU institutions wind down for summer vacation, the war in Ukraine continues. Russia is bombing the port city of Odesa from where so …
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