September 11, 2022 Eurasia
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the U.S. Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Senior Advisor on Caucasian Negotiations Philip Reeker on Saturday, September 10 to discuss a number of issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Pashinyan emphasized the important role of the U.S. in the process of settlement of …
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September 11, 2022 Eurasia, South East Asia
As the new UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss intends to designate China as a ‘threat’ rather than simply a ‘systemic competitor’. Her designation is consistent with the latest United Kingdom defence review, which calls China ‘the biggest state-based threat’ to the country’s economic security. There have been actions to match …
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September 11, 2022 Eurasia, South East Asia
Politically, everything seems to be going smoothly for Xi Jinping in his bid for an unprecedented third term at the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress which will begin on October 16. However, even as politics remains at the forefront in China, the country is besieged by a sea of …
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September 11, 2022 Balkans, Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
TÜRKIYE-GREECE President Erdoğan accused Athens of militarising what should be demilitarised Eastern Aegean islands, threatened to “do what was necessary”, and warned of a “heavy price” should Greece harass Turkish F-16 fighter jets. The latter warning follows Ankara’s accusation that Greece in August used the Russian-supplied S300 air defence system …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia
In 2011, the German Baltic Sea Nature Conservation Foundation was established as a result of an agreement between three of Germany’s leading environmental organizations – WWF, BUND and NABU – and the company Nord Stream, which is a subsidiary of the government of Vladimir Putin. These environmental organizations were, moreover, …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Hezbollah and its patrons in Tehran have done nothing to help end the disastrous economic crisis in Lebanon, where nearly 80% of the people live below the poverty line. The World Bank has warned that the crisis ranks as one of the three most severe the world has seen since …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia, South East Asia
As the USS Tripoli docks in Singapore, while China’s warships remain active near Japan. The latest amphibious assault ship of the US Navy, the USS Tripoli (LHA-7), recently arrived at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore days after navigating the waters of the South China Sea. Tripoli is the second …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia, South East Asia
How Hubris and Paranoia Threaten China’s Future Not long ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping was riding high. He had consolidated power within the Chinese Communist Party. He had elevated himself to the same official status as the CCP’s iconic leader, Mao Zedong, and done away with presidential term limits, freeing …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia
United Nations Counter-Terrorism week in June 2021, stated that the Covid-19 pandemic increased the potential for terrorist organisations to obtain money through online sources. At a time when the world is going through digital evolution, with currencies too being traded in the form of cryptocurrency, this has led to a …
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September 10, 2022 Eurasia
Europe is struggling with energy crisis. Reports by media including AP and ABC News said: Europe is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession. The primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the …
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