Eurasia Press & News

Wars tend to spread, infecting parts of the world far from the frontlines and the Ukraine conflict is no exception. The global economic ripple effects of the war in Ukraine – from the world’s sharpest “hunger pains” since World War II to soaring inflation and energy crises – have been …

Many talk about the peninsula’s ethnic ties to Russia, but less so about its strategic implications. The explosions that damaged the Kerch bridge nearly two weeks ago have put the spotlight back on the strategic significance of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in March 2014. Just before …

Throughout the eight months of the Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin has stressed that his war is an existential struggle for Russia, a fight for a new world order. Now, important Western policy thinkers appear to be coming to the same conclusion: The narrative is shifting from helping Ukraine win to …

The legendary Bosnian filmmaker, who has just produced a new docu-film, discusses identity, Balkan Beats, migration – and how a near-death experience in the Bosnian war almost ended his career before it began. Bosnian filmmaker Sergej Kreso – who just came out with a new docu-film on Balkan Beats DJ …

Ursula von der Leyen stratégiája az Európai Bizottság élén eddig hatékonynak tűnik. Az uniós csúcsok előtt emeli a tétet, sokszor olyan javaslatot tár az állam- és kormányfők elé, amiről saját maga is tudja, hogy nem fogadják el, végül azonban olyan megállapodás születik, ami után mindenki győztesnek érezheti magát. Magyarország számára …

La destra ne fa uno stile, la sinistra dice Paese, un po’ tutti diciamo patria; Stato non lo dice nessuno. Fa venire in mente i bolli, le code, le tasse. Lo Stato è sempre altro rispetto a noi La parola chiave di Giorgia Meloni è nazione. «Questa nazione» ha ripetuto …

The Islamic State caliphate, which held large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, was defeated in 2018, yet analysts are seeing signs, including a growing number of attacks in northern and western Iraq, of a resurgence, a cause for concern that needs to be watched closely. “The Islamic State …

Abstract: A fragile U.N.-brokered ceasefire between the Houthis and their military opponents in Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) held from April to October 2022 but has now lapsed. The Houthis hold the key to an enduring ceasefire in Yemen, and can threaten the stability of Red Sea shipping lanes and …

What is happening? The Communist Party of China (CPC) is nearly through its twentieth Party Congress, a key event held twice per decade that signals the direction of Beijing’s domestic and foreign policies. The Congress opened on 16 October with a two-hour speech by President Xi Jinping and will run …

[W]e also know that Henry Kissinger, peddler of detente, helped prolong the evil empire’s life by providing it with easy credit and undeserved prestige. In the case of Iran, Obama and his entourage invented a false choice between “doing another Iraq”, which meant a full-scale invasion that a majority of …