February 19, 2023 Eurasia
In recent years, the Eastern European countries that have become members of NATO have shown excessive zeal in promoting Atlanticism, becoming more pro-American than the old guard from Western Europe. The logic can be explained not only by the desire to please the patron from Washington, but also by Halford …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia
By one account, nearly three dozen Russian tanks and armored vehicles were reduced to smoldering rubble. By another, as many as 500 Russian troops may have been killed. Relatives of soldiers from one unit are frantically trading text messages and social-media posts trying to locate their loved ones. More than …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia
Ukraine’s Western allies who can deliver battle tanks to Ukraine should do so right away, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday (17 February), cementing Berlin’s recent U-turn on the issue, but dampened Kyiv’s hopes for fighter jets or long-range missiles. “We will continue to strike a balance between providing …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long seen Central Asia as Russia’s “most stable region.” He has regularly exerted influence and political pressure over its leaders. However, after decades of stability, the last year has seen Russia’s influence in Central Asia deteriorate at an unprecedented pace. Putin’s view of Central Asia …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The US Congress urgently needs to pass legislation introduced by the Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that will “prohibit the Biden administration from waiving Congressional sanctions that prohibit cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program.”It is stunning that the Biden Administration is offering Iran’s mullahs sanction waivers for their nuclear program while the …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia
Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is now the “uncontested” leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organisation. Al Qaeda has not formally named a …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
What does Iran want from its intelligence agencies? What are their primary objectives? The primary mission of Iran’s intelligence agencies is to keep the Islamic regime in power. The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization are the main intelligence agencies. Their …
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February 19, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Saif al-Adel, who is wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, has been identified by many countries as the new “de facto and uncontested” leader of al-Qaeda, according to a report by U.N. experts. Many U.N. member states also …
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February 19, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia, Serbia
Bizarno – tako sastanak kosovskog premijera Aljbina Kurtija i predsednika „Republikanske stranke – Republikánus Párt“, stranke mađarske nacionalne manjine, Nikole Sandulovića jednom rečju karakteriše za Danas politikolog Ognjen Gogić, dok za prištinskog analitičara Fadila Ljepaju ovaj političar predstavlja „budućnost evropske Srbije“. Sandulović se sa Kurtijem sastao nakon obeležavanja Dana nezavisnosti …
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February 19, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia, Serbia
Samo manjiski deo Srba još uvek živi u urbanim sredinama na Kosovu, uključujući oko 30.000 u severnom delu Kosovske Mitrovice, a na prste obe ruke mogu se nabrojati oni koji su nastanjeni u Prištini, Prizrenu ili Peći, preneo je francuski list „Figaro“ u opširnoj reportaži o Srbima na Kosovu. Ostali …
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