December, 2022

• 19 December

  Are Russia and Iran expanding military ties?

  

  The US says the two allies are giving each other ‘unprecedented support’ in Ukraine. Iran is now Russia’s biggest military backer. That’s the warning from the US National Security Council. John Kirby, the national security spokesman, says the Ukraine war is pulling the two countries into what he calls a …

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• 19 December

  Russia Threatens U.S. Against Sending Patriots to Ukraine: ‘An Escalation of the Conflict’

  

  Officials in Moscow warned the U.S. would get sucked into the war in Ukraine if it sends Kyiv a new sophisticated American missile system. Russia on Thursday threatened the U.S. with new forms of military escalation if it follows through on reported plans to send Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine, …

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• 19 December

  Russians Resort to Asymmetric Tactics and Ukrainians Fiercely Fight Back

  

  As the Russian military continues to struggle on the battlefield in Ukraine, Moscow has broadened its approach by ramping up a range of asymmetric tactics, including an aggressive disinformation campaign and the use of proxies to foment instability throughout Europe. Russian forces have pounded Ukraine’s power grid to inflict pain …

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• 19 December

  Iran-Russia Drone Production Deal Draws Tehran Deeper into Ukraine War

  

  Iran and Russia have reportedly agreed to a deal which will allow Russia to produce Iran-designed armed drones for use Ukraine. Iranian leaders assess Russia’s direct production of armed drones will enable Tehran to skirt the imposition of further U.S. and European sanctions on Iran’s drone production infrastructure. The drone …

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• 19 December

  Salute Workers and People of Iran

  

  In Iran, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, believed to be beaten following her arrest by the “Morality Police” on the grounds that her hair was visible, instigated the Iranian people to flood the streets, starting with women. The demonstrations, which began with demands against the Morality …

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• 19 December

  Russia: From Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin

  

  After the Cold War 1.0 (1949−1989) emerged many new problems in the international arena of global politics as the circumstances concerning international relations drastically have been changed. One of the many problematic issues that have been facing both the USA and Europe (in fact, NATO and the EU) after 1989 …

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• 19 December

  New Era of China-Saudi Ties Riles Iran

  

  The pomp and ceremony of the recent visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia has drawn comparison with the banality and frigid atmosphere surrounding the U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the kingdom in July. However, the main difference is that the Saudis organized three separate regional summits …

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• 19 December

  Neoliberalism and Its Discontents

  

  All through the 1980s and 1990s, professorial mountebanks like James Q. Wilson and Charles Murray grew plump from best sellers about the criminal, probably innate, propensities of the “underclass,” about the pathology of poverty, the teen predators, the collapse of morals, the irresponsibility of teen moms.

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• 19 December

  Neoliberal Fascism, Cruel Violence, and the Politics of Disposability

  

  The Politics and Culture of Cruelty Cruelty has always had a special place in fascist politics. Not only did it embody a discourse of hate, bigotry, and censorship, it also initiated a practice of cruel power in order to eradicate those ideas, dissidents, and human beings considered unworthy. Legacies of …

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• 16 December

  Russian War Report: Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels promote news of TV Rain losing broadcasting license in Latvia

  

  As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains. With more than seven years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine—as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation …

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