Eurasia Press & News

In a dramatic spectacle on February 15, the Russian State Duma adopted a nonbinding resolution urging President Vladimir Putin to recognize the separatist-claimed parts of eastern Ukraine as independent states. Coming amid international alarm bells about the major concentration of Russian military forces along the border with Ukraine and in …

During the last decade researchers on Ukrainian politics have been noting the increasing activity of the right and ultra-right political forces and the boost in their popularity. It is worth noting that the left flank in Ukrainian political life was totally suppressed by the Ukrainian nationalists. Rhetoric of some political …

Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on …

In the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), savings are established as the difference between disposable money income and monetary outlays. Disposable income is defined as the summation of all personal money income less tax payments to the government. Personal income includes wages and salaries, transfer payments, income from interest …

Hamas leaders are not sitting among their people in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. It is easier and safer for them to call on the Palestinians to send their children to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel while they are relaxing in the comfort of their hotel rooms, …

Mentre Usa ed Europa cercano di mettere a punto un pacchetto di sanzioni contro la Russia per la questione dell’Ucraina, Mosca ha già agito: anzitutto vietando l’esportazione dei fertilizzanti azotati. Una mossa con pesanti ripercussioni: eccole Mentre la Casa Bianca e i governi europei cercavano faticosamente di immaginare eventuali sanzioni …

Turkey’s six opposition party leaders held a critical meeting on February 12 announcing their collaboration against President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Presidential System, indicating a formation of an unprecedented opposition block. In the 2019 local elections, many metropolitan municipalities, including Istanbul and Ankara, were taken from the ruling Justice and Development Party …

A jogállamisági hajcihő legszórakoztatóbb fejezete, amikor mindenféle emberek, teljesen tudatlan külföldiek és rájuk pulzáló itthoni barátaik felváltva sikoltoznak, hogy nem kapunk pénzt, a Magyarország nevű entitás éhen hal, mert megsérti a jogállamiság szabályrendszerét. Nekem azért tetszik ez a nézet, mert tulajdonképpen másról sincs szó, mint arról, hogy a kígyó beleharap …

Premier Mateusz Morawiecki – przy aprobacie prezesa PiS Jarosława Kaczyńskiego – postanowił sprawdzić w Trybunale Sprawiedliwości UE, czy zasada “pieniądze za praworządność” jest zgodna z traktatami europejskimi. Rzadko można zobaczyć tak dojmujący przykład politycznej głupoty Głupotą jest zachowanie, gdy polityk na własne życzenie pogarsza pozycję kraju i swoją osobiście. Trudno …

A broader maritime security approach is welcome but can the interests of the shipping industry and coastal states align? For almost two decades, maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean was associated with fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia. These initiatives now need to be reformed as piracy has …