September, 2022

• 30 September

  Iran’s Crisis of Legitimacy

  

  An Embattled Regime Faces Mass Protests—and an Ailing Supreme Leader Early this month, the Iranian rumor mill cranked into overdrive amid reports that Iran’s 83-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who survived prostate cancer surgery in 2014, was again gravely ill. On September 16, the New York Times reported that …

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• 29 September

  Kaasuputkien räjäytykset osoittavat, ettei Itämeri ole turvassa sodan vaikutuksilta

  

  Venäjän Ukrainassa aloittama hyökkäyssota saavutti alkuviikosta uuden ulottuvuuden, kun Itämeren pohjassa kulkevat kaasuputket alkoivat yksi toisensa perään vuotaa. Nopeasti kävi ilmi, että vuodon syynä olivat räjähdykset. Ja välittömästi asiantuntijat olivat vakuuttuneita siitä, että räjähdykset oli aiheutettu tahallisesti. Kyseessä oli siis sabotaasi. Vuodot tapahtuivat Tanskan ja Ruotsin talousalueella, ja sikäläiset viranomaiset …

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• 29 September

  Jędrzej Bielecki: Desperacja Putina

  

  Zapewne to Kreml stoi za sabotażem Nord Stream 1 i 2. Czy jeśli jednak nie spowoduje drastycznej zwyżki cen gazu, która odwiedzie Zachód od wspierania Ukrainy, Moskwie pozostanie tylko sięgnięcie po broń jądrową? I czas, i miejsce nie są przypadkowe. Władimir Putin zaliczył w ostatnich tygodniach tak wiele porażek na …

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• 29 September

  Iran’s Malign Theocracy Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes – OpEd

  

  Notorious mass murderer Ebrahim Raisi was running scared at the UN last week. As leader of the world’s foremost pariah regime, this truly evil man had plenty of time on his hands in New York, with few heads of state willing to engage with him. News outlets such as The …

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• 29 September

  Iraq Could Host New Round Of Iran-Saudi Talks

  

  Highlighting Iraq’s efforts to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Iraqi foreign minister said Baghdad is ready to host a fresh round of negotiations between Tehran and Riyadh. In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in New York on Saturday, Fuad Hussein pointed to the positive trend …

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• 29 September

  Italy: Elections Catapult National Conservatives Into Big League At EU Leaders’ Table

  

  The Sunday general elections that saw a right-wing alliance led by far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni win a resounding majority in both upper and lower houses of the Italian legislative will likely see her national conservative European political family becoming the third-largest bloc in European Council by population. The win in …

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• 29 September

  Ron Paul: Will Italy’s Election Foreshadow US Midterms? – OpEd

  

  Sunday was an historic election day for Italy. A conservative alliance with a populist flair absolutely trounced the technocrats who had been running the country into the ground for the past several years. The previous prime minister, former Goldman Sachs banker Mario Draghi, implemented one of the most restrictive – …

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• 29 September

  Women’s Rights In Focus As Protests Sweep Across Iran – Analysis

  

  Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iranians have been forced to live under a brutal theocracy, enforced by the strictest interpretation of Sharia laws. A once secular nation filled with various ethnic groups thus turned into a dogmatic society, one where the mullahs and Supreme Leader have ultimate authority in …

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• 29 September

  US Hypocrisy Knows No Limits – OpEd

  

  President Biden’s condemnation of Russia at the UN on Wednesday, where he claimed Russia had violated the UN Charter by invading Ukraine, a country he ludicrously posed “no threat” to its larger neighbor, is epic hypocrisy coming from the leader of a country that not long ago invaded and destroyed …

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• 29 September

  The Russian-Ukrainian War Triggers An Energy Revolution – Analysis

  

  As the first sounds of Russian missiles woke up people in various Ukrainian cities and towns in the early morning of February 24, 2022, they also marked a significant watershed in the history of energy. The fact that Russia started an unfair and unjustified war of aggression in the middle …

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