Eurasia Press & News

Beijing’s Ambivalence Is Limiting Its Role The war in Ukraine continues to shape China’s foreign relations. When European leaders visited Beijing last week to discuss trade and security, the need to find a resolution to the war was one major reason why Chinese-European relations had reached an “inflection point,” according …

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for external operations,” U.N. experts said in a new report. Their report to the U.N. Security Council …

Madame Von der Leyen vient donc une nouvelle fois de trahir le continent dont elle a la charge avec un accord absolument ridicule signé avec Donald Trump et les USA. Un accord tellement grotesquement caricatural qu’il met désormais à la compréhension de tous la nature profonde de la construction « …

Nous avons parlé dans le dernier texte de ce blog de l’incroyable accord signé entre Trump et Von Der Leyen. Cet accord totalement asymétrique est tellement grotesque que même un européiste comme Bayrou a dû admettre la défaite massive de l’UE face aux USA. Mais si l’affaire fait beaucoup de …

The Hungarian prime minster has been influential in pressing the case that civil society groups use EU cash to lobby MEPs on green and other left-wing issues – claims that the groups call a smear campaign to oust liberal voices from policymaking. At home, Orban and his ruling Fidesz party …

Blagojevich hasn’t just been boosting Dodik, but also making alarmist statements about the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina – claiming that anti-American Islamists could thrive in the country’s Bosniak and Croat-led Federation entity. In the Federation entity, “Iran has developed a base of operations modelled after what it did …

Ethno-nationalism often fuels religious and far-right extremism by crafting a unifying narrative centered on identity, grievances and perceived victimhood. These narratives are frequently rooted in historical conflicts and territorial disputes. In some cases, these stories escalate into violence. However, violent extremism in the Western Balkans – whether religious or far-right …

Over a week between November and December 2024, Syria’s Assad regime disintegrated under pressure from a rebel offensive after 14 years of war. This offensive was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Salafi extremist group. Its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, …

Russia introduced new regulations for foreign citizens in the country on February 5, and started keeping a list at the Interior Ministry of foreigners who are living or staying in Russia without proper documentation, the “controlled persons registry.” The rules are aimed at migrant laborers working in Russia, many of …

The E3 (the United Kingdom, France, and Germany) reiterated that it will trigger the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) snapback mechanism to reinstate UN Security Council sanctions on Iran if Iran fails to make progress towards a nuclear deal by the end of August 2025.[1] CTP-ISW previously assessed that …