In April, not long after NATO marked its 75th anniversary, during a little-noticed press conference at the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared, “if Allies face a choice between meeting NATO capability targets and providing more aid to Ukraine, my message is clear: Send more to Ukraine.” …
Read More »Europe Alone
No bloc of countries has, for the past 75 years, been as umbilically tied to the United States as Europe. First, its western half and, since the end of the Cold War, much of its eastern half have prospered under the world’s most extensive bonds in trade, finance, and investment. …
Read More »Sovereign Wealth Funds: Corruption and Other Governance Risks
To protect their assets for the long term, some countries invest resources and wealth into sovereign wealth funds, which manage a diversified portfolio. But without adequate transparency requirements, these vehicles can be ripe for corruption and other governance risks. Summary Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have existed for more than a …
Read More »Arab Dictators’ Betrayal of Palestinians, A shameful Chapter in the History of Muslims
Betrayal of Palestinians by neighbouring Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian tyrants together with United Arab Emirates , facilitates the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza to evict Palestinians and grab their land to create Greater Israel to destabilize the entire Middle East for generations to come. The barbarity unleashed on unarmed ,helpless …
Read More »Endless three days. Ukraine and Russia have entered the stage of the “war of attrition”. What does world experience say about its prospects?
The failure of the Russian offensive on Kharkov marked another positional stalemate in the war in Ukraine: neither side can move on to large-scale maneuverable combat operations; the conflict has entered the stage of a classic war of attrition. Although losses are high by modern standards, at the current pace …
Read More »A Golden Opportunity For Lasting Peace In The South Caucasus – Analysis
For more than three decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a state of war. Sometimes this has been in the form of a frozen conflict with little fighting. At other times the hostilities have been intense, costly, and bloody. Hopefully, the relationship between these two neighbors in the …
Read More »Saudi Embassy In Lebanon Urges Citizens To Leave Country Immediately
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Lebanon said on Saturday it was closely following the developments of the current events in southern Lebanon, Saudi Press Agency reported. It stressed its previous call to all Saudi citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon, and urged citizens there to leave Lebanese territory immediately. …
Read More »Ukraine Military Situation: Russian Forces Maintain Offensive Combat Operations Along Multiple Fronts – Analysis
Battlefield AssessmentRussian forces maintained offensive combat operations along multiple axes. In eastern and northeastern Ukraine, Russian units assaulted areas near Bakhmut and in the outer rings of Kharkiv, and secured marginal advances in ground attacks around Chasiv Yar and Avdiivka. In southern Ukraine, the Kremlin’s forces scaled up offensive action …
Read More »Cross-Border Assassinations As A Tool In The Implementation Of Policy – Analysis
For long, the world’s big powers have been using cross-border assassinations to advance their domestic and geopolitical interests. Increasingly, lesser powers are also resorting to it to eliminate dissidents, separatists and terrorists. Cross-border political assassinations, allegedly carried out by States, are no longer the exclusive preserve of the world’s superpowers. …
Read More »After Dagestani Attacks, Moscow Seen Increasing Repression Of Muslim Dissidents – OpEd
The terrorist attacks in Dagestan, the result of the lack of consolidation among the peoples of Russia and a clear failure by Moscow’s security services, will further “marginalize and endanger Russia’s Muslims, leading to expanded repression of Muslim dissidents, Leyla Latypova says. And what is especially worrisome, the Moscow Times …
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