Eurasia Press & News
“If there were a moral to be drawn from the Crimean War which might apply to the present it would be this: in a war between Russia and the West, it is the powers which keep out who will be the the real gainers…” AJP Taylor, February 1951 The issue …
Read More »Це тільки початок — “слуга народу” про саміт Кримської платформи
Євгенія Кравчук розповіла про важливі моменти Кримської платформи як майданчика для переговорів Саміт Кримської платформи — це тільки початок постійного проєкту. Про це розповіла в ефірі програми “Сьогодні День” на телеканалі “Україна 24” народна депутатка від “Слуги народу” Євгенія Кравчук. "Передусім, розглядати Кримську платформу потрібно не як подію, один саміт, …
Read More »Turkey cannot be the refugee gatekeeper of the EU
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told the German paper Bild on July 25 that those fleeing Afghanistan should go to “neighboring” countries such as Turkey, rather than European Union countries, to seek asylum. It’s a shameful statement because of trying to humiliate refugees and Turkey that he puts into a position …
Read More »‘They’re Police’: Hapless Albanian Drug Couriers and a Minister’s Muscle
After a brief, inauspicious career ferrying drugs across the Adriatic, two hapless Albanian speedboat drivers decided to come clean, exposing the powerful connections and police support that traffickers enjoy. Early on the morning of August 4, 2016, two Albanians disembarked from a speedboat and ordered coffee at a bar near …
Read More »Pegasus: A Spy Story Turning into a Nightmare
The surveillance scandal and subsequent lack of government action is a national scandal that threatens Hungarian democracy. he spyware and the covert surveillance used against journalists, civilians and an opposition mayor could be the most severe abuse of power in Hungary since the democratic transition three decades ago. “Shocking”, “unbelievable”, …
Read More »Afghanistan Pull-Out Allows Balkan Countries to Use Savings Elsewhere
The war-torn state was an important proving ground for Balkan militaries for almost 20 years – but it came at a considerable expense, and that money can now be usefully redirected. After the United States and NATO earlier this year finally ended the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, Balkan NATO …
Read More »Afghan Government Facing ‘Existential Crisis’
The Afghan government in Kabul will be fighting for its life and could well fall to the Taliban after the United States completes its military withdrawal from the country in August, according to a U.S. government watchdog charged with monitoring events on the ground. Despite a series of cautiously optimistic …
Read More »« La démocratie tunisienne, entre panne passagère et coup d’arrêt durable »
Si le président Kaïs Saïed a bénéficié du soutien populaire, son incapacité à répondre aux demandes sociales qu’il a encouragées pourrait l’entraîner vers une dérive autoritaire, analyse l’historienne et politiste Sophie Bessis dans une tribune au « Monde ». Est-ce dû à la centralité de l’idée constitutionnelle dans son histoire …
Read More »The Evolution of the Global Jihadist Movement from a One-Headed Monster to a Hydra
When Osama Bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed orchestrated the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the United States homeland on 9/11, it was a watershed moment for the global jihadist movement. The attacks catapulted al-Qaeda to the forefront of the West’s security agenda, monopolizing Western security policy for the better part …
Read More »Iraq Policy Revolves Around Iran
On July 26, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi made his second visit to Washington to discuss the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq as part of the fourth and final round of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue series. President Biden and Prime Minister Kadhimi announced that the U.S.-Iraq combat mission in …
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