December 13, 2021 Eurasia
The movement toward unification of Europe was undoubtedly a major event in the world history of twenty century, appealing to a free and united Europe through a link between States renouncing to their absolute sovereignty. After the Treaty of Rome (1957), when the common market was achieved, single market and …
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December 13, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, Pakistan, South East Asia
Sun Tzu, the pioneer of Chinese military thought and author of the famed treatise ‘The Art of War’, has influenced China’s strategy. With the objective of weakening the enemy, Sun Tzu propagated several measures to ensure the outcome of any conflict would be predetermined. “Ultimate excellence lies, not in winning …
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December 13, 2021 Middle Orient
Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi announces his resignation during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon on December 03, 2021. [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency]December 4, 2021 at 2:31 pm Saudi Prince Abdul Rahman Bin Musaid has launched an attack on the resigned Lebanese Minister of Information George Kordahi against the …
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December 13, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Israel’s ministerial committee that oversees defence procurement on Sunday approved a deal that will allow the air force to purchase Lockheed Martin’s CH-53k helicopters at a cost of $2.4 billion as part of preparations for an anticipated attack on Iran, Ynet News reported. Israel’s the Marker newspaper said the discussion …
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December 11, 2021 Eurasia
The failure of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, should have taught the US, France, Germany and the UK several lessons when it comes to dealing and negotiating with the Iranian regime. If the West wants to reach an enduring agreement with Tehran, it …
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December 11, 2021 Eurasia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stressed the need start the process of delimitation and demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as soon as possible. Lavrov made the remarks in phone talks with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan on Wednesday, December 8. Lavrov also emphasized the importance of bringing into a …
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December 11, 2021 Eurasia
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity has grown rapidly since the Lower 48 states first began exporting LNG in February 2016. In 2020, the United States became the world’s third-largest LNG exporter, behind Australia and Qatar. Once the new LNG liquefaction units, called trains, at Sabine Pass and Calcasieu …
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December 11, 2021 Eurasia
Crypto assets and associated products and services have grown rapidly in recent years. Furthermore, interlinkages with the regulated financial system are rising. Policymakers struggle to monitor risks from this evolving sector, in which many activities are unregulated. In fact, we think these financial stability risks could soon become systemic in …
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December 11, 2021 Eurasia
Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed, in their December 7 video-dialogue (see EDM, December 8), to create working groups that would address Russia’s concerns regarding Ukraine’s place in the European security order. Those concerns directly relate to Ukraine’s choice of a Western …
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December 11, 2021 Balkans
Once again, Bosnia’s Bosnjak leadership is attempting to create the multicultural, civic, unified state Washington has promised and failed to enable. It is worth remembering that “Bosnjak,” an Ottoman-era term dusted off in the 1990s, originally was meant to be the civic signifier of every citizen in the country, not …
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