February 23, 2021 Middle Orient
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General said that Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement will stand by the Islamic Republic of Iran to confront the United States. Speaking in an Arab-Islamic conference entitled “Alliance against Normalization of Ties with the Zionist Regime” on Sat., Sheikh Naim Qassem emphasized that Lebanon’s Hezbollah will stand by Iran …
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February 23, 2021 Middle Orient
Several rockets have hit a US military base in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin. Three suspected Katyusha rockets slammed the Iraqi airbase of Balad, which is currently home to US forces, in the southern parts of Salahuddin and north of the capital Baghdad on Saturday evening, the al-Mayadeen television news …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly on Friday 19 February announced the launch of the full-scale development phase of the SNLE 3G programme to build France’s third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs). As part of the SNLE 3G programme, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) has signed an MoU with …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
The beautiful phrase ‘Earth Without Borders’ has been used in more than one contexts from time to time. This is often used to convey the idea that those who work with a spirit of serving humanity should not be confined merely to serving their own country. This may be particularly …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
Ecocide is the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity. That destruction of “large areas” has grown so conspicuously large, so threatening to all species, including human existence, that a group of international legal experts is working to submit a draft of a …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The U.S. administration seems intent on resuming implementation of the 2015 JCPOA to address the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program. President Biden’s team will be buffeted by tensions between those advocating engagement and those advocating confrontation with Tehran.
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
Russia and the European Union need to imagine a more realistic goal for their relationship: a model of neighborliness, in which the inevitable disagreements will be managed in order to prevent disruptive conflicts and damaging collisions.
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
As was the case in 2006 and 2010, perceptions of Iranian intransigence in the face of constructive Western overtures—which may well be forthcoming under the Biden administration—could lead to a hardening of Russia’s stance, which is ultimately underpinned by concerns of nonproliferation and the integrity of the P5+1 process. Almost …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia
The Kurds are often considered to be the largest ethnic group without a territorial boundary of a State. Today, the Kurdish population is dispersed unevenly across countries like Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria mainly. A part of the Kurdish population is also spread across Trans Caucasus and Central Asia. There …
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February 23, 2021 Eurasia, South East Asia
Japan renewed its claim on a contested island in the Sea of Japan held by South Korea at an annual event Monday, escalating tensions between the neighbors whose relations were already strained over Seoul’s demands for compensation for Japanese actions in World War II.
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