Eurasia Press & News

So long as Russia and China remain the region’s dominant political and economic powers, the Central Asian heartland will remain a US and EU target for threats, bribes, and color revolutions. Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The historical Heartland – or Central Eurasia – already is, and will continue to be, the …

ISIS attacks in Syria and Iraq have declined by 68 percent and 80 percent respectively, per the US military’s own admission. So why is Washington sending, with no legal basis, an additional 6,000 troops into a region that doesn’t want them there? In a significant move that sent worrying ripples …

A Politico report said: U.S. officials have told Politico that they may have “missed a window” to push for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. “We may have missed a window to push for earlier talks,” a U.S. official told Politico on Friday, adding that U.S. Chairman of the Joint …

The Ennahda Party and the Future of Tunisia Ennahda, one of the most influential political parties in the Arab world and a major force in Tunisia’s emergence as a democracy, recently announced a historic transition. Ennahda has moved beyond its origins as an Islamist party and has fully embraced a …

In a recent deal struck between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan negotiated another lifeline in the form of a $3bn Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to survive as a country. To the present date, IMF provided loans to Pakistan twenty-two times. A lending agreement between …

Sitting on the carpet in a small, third-floor apartment of a crowded building on the edge of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, six Afghan men sip traditional green tea as they scroll through messages and videos on their phones. All of them are anxiously awaiting the same thing – an email …

Now we are used to the fact that the word “networks” is associated with social networks on the Internet. However, even social media is a broader phenomenon than internet apps. First of all, it is about social interaction among various groups of the population. It is believed that research on …

Steven Simon, ancien fonctionnaire de la Maison-Blanche, a écrit un livre sur l’influence des États-Unis au Moyen-Orient, qui offre une vision assez différente de la dynamique des relations entre les États-Unis et Israël. Un ancien haut fonctionnaire de la Maison-Blanche, Steven Simon, qui a été conseiller pour le Moyen-Orient au …

It’s tough to tell which is more important: what did or did not happen. First, what happened: On August 10, a military junta declared a new government in Niger. This came after the junta, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, seized power on July 26 from Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed …

Le coup d’État du 26 juillet au Niger, un pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, qui menace de saper la présence militaire française et américaine dans la région, a mis en lumière l’exploitation historique et les pratiques en cours de la Françafrique, le terme utilisé pour décrire l’exploitation persistante par les Français. …