Eurasia Press & News

A prerequisite of serious talks is that the country’s leadership consolidates majority national support for such a process. When President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for negotiations with Israel several weeks ago, their primary objective was to derail the Israeli onslaught against Lebanon. To an extent they …

For Lukashenko, abandoning Western internet services and embracing Russian equivalents would mean tying himself even closer to Moscow. It’s a running joke that Belarusians are a season ahead of their Russian counterparts when it comes to the TV series that is political repression in their respective countries. However, the Kremlin’s …

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Islamist groups and currents entered Syria’s political and organizational life after the fall of the former Syrian regime, following decades in which they had either been confined to a traditional religious current that avoided politics or, when they tried to enter politics or civic work outside that traditional structure, were …

Following Ursula von der Leyen’s gaffe equating Turkey to Russia and China, relations with Ankara risk deteriorating even further. Without better, more consistent diplomatic messaging, how can the EU pretend to be a geopolitical power? The importance of consistency in foreign policy has rarely been demonstrated as vividly as when …

Un cuarto de siglo después de que Hugo Chávez pusiera en marcha un polémico proceso de estatización de la industria petrolera en Venezuela, el país sudamericano acaba de dar media vuelta para abrirles los brazos (y los pozos) a muchas de esas mismas empresas internacionales que hace dos décadas fueron …

Malgré les affirmations répétées de Trump selon lesquelles l’Iran serait en train de capituler, Téhéran estime avoir les trois “M” de son côté : “ munitions, marchés et les élections de mi-mandat”. Le ministre iranien des Affaires étrangères Abbas Araghchi effectue actuellement une tournée stratégique afin de se préparer aux …

Conspiracy theories abound, but a failed opportunistic attack is likely to be closer to the truth I don’t like conspiracists or conspiracy theories. But if you do, here is a persuasive one: Donald Trump started the war against Iran with the twin aim of damaging the economies of Asia – …

Right at this moment, we are witnessing an unprecedented shift of resources from domestic investments in the United States to the military-industrial complex (aka the war machine). The only comparable period in our history was the buildup to World War II, when the United States confronted a powerful adversary in …

Hitler n’a pas mobilisé le capital, c’est le capital a propulsé Hitler. Une fois son œuvre accomplie, le capital s’est juste réinventé. Regardez Trump & Netanyahu. Mêmes intérêts & nouveaux visages. Le culte de l’homme fort On nous dit d’observer les hommes. Toujours les hommes. Trump, avec son air prétentieux …