La France, ex-puissance coloniale, n’est plus en odeur de sainteté à Bamako, au Mali. Où l’accent russe commence à s’entendre. De nombreux soldats et/ou mercenaires russes sont en effet déployés dans le pays au grand dam des Européens.
Read More »Predicting 2022 – China’s Year of the Tiger
For too long, American government and business leaders have sat quietly and allowed China and the Chinese Communist Party to run roughshod over our nation and our values. As Americans see the large number of container ships waiting off the West Coast to unload cargo, they realize that much of …
Read More »NATO–orosz viszony: Berlinben a kulcs
Az egy furcsa történet, amikor a róka fenyegetve érzi magát a tyúkoktól, és ezért elővigyázatosságból inkább megenné őket – ezzel a példával írta le a helyzetet az amerikai külügyminiszter, amikor az orosz– ukrán határon kialakult helyzetről kérdezték. Anthony Blinken első alkalommal találkozott az új német külügyminiszterrel, a zöld pártból érkező …
Read More »Le tante sfide lanciate da Putin all’Europa
Nemmeno nel più bello dei suoi sogni Vladimir Putin avrebbe potuto immaginare un Occidente distratto e confuso come quello di oggi. L’America è lacerata dalle sue contrapposizioni interne e ha un Presidente che non è riuscito a risalire la china dopo l’onta di Kabul. La Germania ha un nuovo governo …
Read More »Incierta semana rusa
Vladimir Putin ha conseguido que su diplomacia impregne la agenda global. En apenas cuatro días Rusia se sienta junto a EEUU en Ginebra, luego visitará la OTAN en Bruselas y, antes de que acabe la semana, los emisarios del Kremlin se reunirán en la OCDE. Tal vez haya que regresar …
Read More »A World of Killer Robots?
Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Fight to Contain Them Here’s a scenario to consider: a military force has purchased a million cheap, disposable flying drones each the size of a deck of cards, each capable of carrying three grams of explosives — enough to kill a single person or, …
Read More »Kazakhstan crisis heightens instability in Central Asia
The political crisis in Kazakhstan, which began on January 2 with mass protests against gas price hikes, has become a focal point of geopolitical and social tensions across Central Asia. With the support of the Kremlin, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s government has cracked down on the protests with extraordinary violence, turning …
Read More »Germany’s New Government Could Spell Trouble for the Visegrad Four
Germany’s new coalition government began winning glowing reviews even before it took office in early December. Its coalition agreement, released in November, satisfied many observers on a range of policy areas, both domestic and international. But one European leader wasn’t impressed. “The gloves are off!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban …
Read More »When It Comes to Strategic Rivalries, History Doesn’t Take Sides
There is something clarifying about the fact that the opening of high-level U.S.-Russian talks this week to discuss the crisis Moscow has provoked over Ukraine comes just days after the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol. The two events are not directly related, but they both make …
Read More »Turkey to fight against terrorism with new concept, Akar says
Turkey will eradicate terrorism at its source, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Saturday, adding that the country has no interest in the territory of other countries. The minister met with representatives of the press in the capital Ankara at the annual assessment meeting. Expressing that Turkey is working intensively in …
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