Eurasia

The unrest in Kazakhstan, the tensions around Ukraine and the need to have a credible European policy vis-à-vis Russia dominated the main event at the inauguration of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU – the press conference by French President Emmanuel Macron and Commission chief Ursula von …

Sparked by a small protest over a fuel price increase in the western oil town of Zhanaozen a few days earlier, angry crowds flooded the streets and squares of Kazakhstan’s major towns and cities on January 5, shouting their discontent with the authoritarian government’s domestic policies. Alarmed by the scale …

It may be a cliché, but Kazakhstan’s ongoing dramatic crisis recalls one of Lenin’s most famous quotes, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Kazakhstan has for many years seen neither political change nor steady economic growth, with a regime dominated by kleptocratic elite …

On December 14 two Typhoon fighter aircraft of the UK’s Royal Air Force were patrolling over Syria and Iraq, when they noticed an unidentified drone flying towards allied troops on the ground at the al-Tanf coalition base, in Syria. Deeming the drone a threat, the RAF conducted its first air-to-air …

President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has issued a stark warning to protesters in Kazakhstan that he has given security personnel a green light to “shoot to kill” even as the nation’s police forces, bolstered by a Russian-led troop contingent, appeared to be in control of most cities in Kazakhstan after dozens were …

The whispering in Moscow is that Putin will try to tempt Biden with a number of promises. These include persuading the Islamic Republic in Iran to re-endorse the Obama “nuclear deal”, which President Donald Trump denounced as a sham. Tehran’s acceptance of a new version presented by the US would …

Az egy furcsa történet, amikor a róka fenyegetve érzi magát a tyúkoktól, és ezért elővigyázatosságból inkább megenné őket – ezzel a példával írta le a helyzetet az amerikai külügyminiszter, amikor az orosz– ukrán határon kialakult helyzetről kérdezték. Anthony Blinken első alkalommal találkozott az új német külügyminiszterrel, a zöld pártból érkező …

Nemmeno nel più bello dei suoi sogni Vladimir Putin avrebbe potuto immaginare un Occidente distratto e confuso come quello di oggi. L’America è lacerata dalle sue contrapposizioni interne e ha un Presidente che non è riuscito a risalire la china dopo l’onta di Kabul. La Germania ha un nuovo governo …

Vladimir Putin ha conseguido que su diplomacia impregne la agenda global. En apenas cuatro días Rusia se sienta junto a EEUU en Ginebra, luego visitará la OTAN en Bruselas y, antes de que acabe la semana, los emisarios del Kremlin se reunirán en la OCDE. Tal vez haya que regresar …

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Fight to Contain Them Here’s a scenario to consider: a military force has purchased a million cheap, disposable flying drones each the size of a deck of cards, each capable of carrying three grams of explosives — enough to kill a single person or, …