Eurasia

The top U.S. military officer says the United States should explore ways to expand its military contacts with Russia as a way to increase trust and avoid a miscalculation. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said allowing things such as observers at each other’s combat …

Balti ühtsust on vaja kõigil rinnetel. Sel suvel avaldas Hiina Leedule majanduslikku ja diplomaatilist survet, kui Leedu otsustas avada Taipeis oma kaubandusesinduse ja oma pealinnas Vilniuses Taiwani esinduse. Vastuseks kutsus Hiina tagasi oma suursaadiku Leedus ja palus Pekingis asuval Leedu suursaadikul Hiina territooriumilt lahkuda. Selle asemel, et teha Balti riikide …

Через четыре дня немцы выберут партнера Владимиру Путину. Конечно, на выборах в бундестаг отношения с Россией не являются ключевым вопросом (хотя и обсуждаются) — но новому канцлеру придется уделять им много внимания. Тем более что для Путина Германия не просто одна из важных мировых держав: это страна, которую он знает …

Nous exportons des jeunes diplômés aux idées libérales et nous importons des familles sous-qualifiées aux mœurs rétrogrades. Ce système de vases communicants se traduira par un appauvrissement du pays. En 2019, 275 000 adultes originaires d’un pays extérieur à l’Union européenne se sont installés en France, parmi lesquels environ 50 …

With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. and its allies are becoming more assertive in their approach toward a rising China. China has bristled at …

The fallout over the AUKUS deal, as we are now seeing, has been a severe rift in relations between two historic allies, the U.S. and France. And the collateral damage may also include NATO. Only weeks after U.S. President Joe Biden courageously ended the war in Afghanistan—in the face of …

President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead not just with the example of our power but, …

The Turkish judiciary’s weakness in dealing with Islamic State suspects comes under the spotlight after a bombshell report on how a Syrian man suspected of ordering the burning to death of two Turkish soldiers in 2016 walked free from court and lived as a shopkeeper in Turkey. The first time …

On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, “a new enhanced trilateral security partnership” between these three countries. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined U.S. President Joe Biden to “preserve …

If you think elementary, middle, and high school students know too little history, geography, and government, try asking them about the corporations that command so many hours of their day, their attention, what they consume, and their personal horizons. Howard Zinn published A Young People’s History of the United States …