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Putyin már a NATO feloszlatását követeli – Orbán Viktornak is döntenie kell, ki mellé áll

Lényegében a NATO feloszlatásával, Közép-Európa, s benne Magyarország szuverenitásának csorbításával egyenértékű az Oroszország által decemberben előterjesztett két szerződéstervezet. Noha mind az Egyesült Államok, mind a NATO elutasította az orosz ultimátumot, a hétvégén Genfben tárgyalások kezdődnek, amelyen az Ukrajna megtámadásával fenyegető Moszkva jelentős engedményeket akar kicsikarni Washingtontól. Ebben a környezetben kerül …

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Kazakistan’da Rus askerleri

Kazakistan’da LPG’ye yapılan astronomik zammı protesto olarak başlayan ve hızla büyüyen, yayılan, şiddetlenen, ayaklanmaya dönüşen nümayişler o zammın geri alınmasına, hatta hükümetin istifa etmesine, üstelik protestocuların “İhtiyar, git!” sloganında kastedilen Nursultan Nazarbayev’in Milli Güvenlik Konseyi Başkanlığından alınmasına rağmen devam ediyor. Demek ki, onca yer altı zenginliğine (petrol, doğalgaz, uranyum) rağmen …

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«Касым-Жомарт Токаев стал полноправным президентом Казахстана»

Президент Казахстана Касым-Жомарт Токаев поручил новому правительству ограничить доступ олигархов к экономике. Кабинету министров, в частности, предстоит остановить необоснованный вывоз капитала. Выступая перед парламентом, глава республики впервые с начала протестов упомянул Нурсултана Назарбаева. При нем в Казахстане появились очень богатые люди, и теперь пришло время поделиться с рядовыми гражданами. Токаев …

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Sahel violence threatens West African coastal states

Concerns grow that violence that has long crippled countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over further south. Benin, a small coastal country in West Africa, has been relatively unscathed from a security crisis that has wreaked havoc in its northern neighbours across the Sahel region for …

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Iraq Is One Step Closer to Forming a New Government

Negotiations to form a new government in Iraq have entered a final, decisive phase, with the process shaping up to be a dispiriting contest among several factions that unfortunately share broadly similar authoritarian characteristics. The disputes over power-sharing arrangements and government positions are complicated, and the final lineup is still …

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The U.S.-China Rivalry According to China

Much has already been said about the recent heightening of U.S.-China tensions and its potential fallout. What gets less attention is how the U.S. and China themselves perceive the status of their relationship, and how that affects their plans for the future. An analysis of prevailing elite opinion in the …

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From the Jaws of Retreat

The history of the United States in the postwar era is replete with American efforts to change other nations. These projects often failed to achieve their goals, but few so completely as the recent one in Afghanistan. After 20 years, a great many lives lost, and untold billions spent, the …

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A More Just Drone War Is Within Reach

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this past August brought an end to a 20-year war. But as a series of recent investigations by The New York Times has underscored, it also marked the beginning of postmortems about what the United States did right and, in some cases, did wrong. Drawing …

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