Eurasia Press & News

Ukraine and the Dangerous Rise in Military Spending Why Regional Ties Win the Day Aconstant and largely unquestioned refrain in foreign policy is that the world has globalized. Closets are full of clothes stitched in other countries; electronics and cars are often assembled far from where consumers live. U.S. investment …

Why the Giant of Africa Needs to Start Over Nigeria has always seemed like an impossibility. From the moment of its independence in 1960, observers questioned the country’s viability as a multiethnic, multireligious state. How could a country divided among two major religions and hundreds of different ethnic groups possibly …

What Happens If Putin Goes Nuclear? As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russian President Vladimir Putin has engaged in nuclear saber rattling. “Whoever tries to impede us, let alone create threats for our country and its people, must know that the Russian response will be immediate and lead to …

Дмитрий Дризе — о газовых козырях Москвы Министр экономики Германии призвал Канаду решить вопрос с оборудованием для «Северного потока-1». По словам Роберта Хабека, из-за перебоев с поставками из России его страна рискует сорвать график закачки газа в хранилища на зиму. Оттава отказывается возвращать после ремонта турбины производства Siemens по причине …

In recent years the Syrian regime, headed by Bashar Al-Assad, has been conducting a struggle against the American military presence in Syria by means of what it refers to as “popular resistance.” This resistance is expressed by blocking roads and throwing stones when convoys of the Global Coalition to Defeat …

On June 22, 2022, Al-Manar TV (Hizbullah-Lebanon) aired a report about Hizbullah’s military buildup. The report showcased Hizbullah’s rocket arsenal and described how in the 40 years since its founding, Hizbullah has turned Lebanon into a “model of powerful resistance” and deterrence. “Every New Day Is An Opportunity To Increase …

As Dominic Raab and Michael Gove rule themselves out, we look at the main contenders and the five camps they fall into within the Tory Party Boris Johnson’s resignation announcement fired the starting gun on the race to succeed him, with four senior Conservatives already having gone public with their …

Depuis l’inflexion du gouvernement de Pedro Sánchez sur la question du Sahara, la classe politique espagnole se divise sur la ligne à adopter envers Rabat. Les récents événements de Melilla ont encore aggravé cette fracture. En Espagne, la tension est toujours palpable plus d’une semaine après les incidents survenus le …

Selon plusieurs sources concordantes, l’ancien président, condamné à la prison à perpétuité dans l’affaire Sankara, doit arriver dans les prochaines heures à Ouagadougou pour y rencontrer le lieutenant-colonel Damiba. Voilà des semaines que la rumeur bruisse, d’Abidjan à Ouagadougou. Et si, huit ans après avoir été chassé du pouvoir par …

Not long after the commencement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I wrote that for China, binding itself tightly to Moscow would do harm to Beijing’s long-term interests. That is because, I wrote, an alliance between a superpower like China and a far less dynamic country like Russia, whose economy is …