Eurasia Press & News

Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates for greater openness towards the West, was elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a decisive second round of presidential elections held on 5 July 2024. He faced hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, succeeding President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash …

For Moscow, the significance of the Hungarian leader’s most recent visit had nothing to do with any peace proposal he may have put to Putin. It simply proved to the Kremlin that Russia is treading a similar path to the one it followed after 2014: from international outcast to a …

La Russie, actuellement aux prises avec des sanctions occidentales sans précédent, attend avec impatience l’arrivée de son allié de toujours, le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi. Il s’agira de la première visite de Modi en Russie depuis 2019, année où il a participé au Forum économique oriental à Vladivostok. La …

Le rédacteur en chef du Wall Street Journal, Gerry Baker, déclare : «Nous avons été «éclairés» et trompés» – pendant des années – «tout cela au nom de la «démocratie»». Cette tromperie «s’est effondrée» avec le débat présidentiel de jeudi. «Jusqu’à ce que le monde voie la vérité… [contre] la …

A NATO summit will convene July 9 in Washington with the main objective being enhancing Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian aggression. But an ancillary aim for the Atlantic Alliance will be strengthening relationships with states in the Caucasus and Central Asia in the hopes of crimping Russia’s ability …

A new far-right group, the Patriots for Europe, was formed in the European Parliament on Monday (8 July) after swallowing their predecessor, Identity and Democracy (ID), and unifying enough lawmakers on the right and far-right side to become the third-largest group. The intention to form a group of “patriotic and …

Within the span of a week, the world saw two very contrasting picture of the Iranian people and their desires. On the one hand were the first and second round of the Iranian regime’s sham presidential elections, held on June 28 and July 5, which were met with an unprecedented …

As NATO convenes in Washington, it faces internal tensions and Trump’s potential return as U.S. president. But it is the alliance’s approach to Russia that will determine the future of transatlantic security. NATO has a few worries as its leaders meet on July 9-11 in Washington for a summit marking …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 47 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel, up from 38 attacks the previous week. The intensity of the attacks increased in response to the killing of Muhammad Naama Nasser, commander of the Aziz Unit. In response to the IDF’s eliminating …

In a significant display of growing military cooperation, China and Belarus recently began conducting joint military exercises in the city of Brest, located near the Belarus-Poland border. This development marks a notable step in the strategic partnership between the two nations, both of which have been facing increasing diplomatic pressure …