Eurasia Press & News
The one-year anniversary of the start of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia passed this week. By early November of last year, Armenia was defeated by a better-trained and equipped Azerbaijani military. Baku was able to restore its internationally recognized borders and end an Armenian occupation that had …
Read More »What’s Behind Fresh Tensions On Iran-Azerbaijan Border? – Analysis
Tensions have increased recently between Tehran and Baku over three issues: a joint military drill that Azerbaijani troops conducted alongside their Turkish and Pakistani counterparts some 500 kilometers from the Iranian border; Azerbaijani restrictions on Iranian truck drivers’ access to Armenia and the detention of two drivers; and Azerbaijani ties …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE Flouting U.N. sanctions in Africa? No one is watching after Russia move
Russia is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR)and Mali, diplomats said on Wednesday, leaving their work in limbo. Russia is unhappy with the number of experts appointed from Western countries, …
Read More »What Might an Ecosocialist Society Look Like?
Before describing possible features of a future ecosocialism, it is worthwhile to consider why such a system is even needed. Why can’t the problems that ecosocialism would solve also be remedied within the current global capitalist system? Part I of this essay addresses that question by summarizing recent scientific reports …
Read More »US coordinates with Qatar on new Hezbollah-related sanctions
The sanctioned individuals allegedly sent tens of millions of dollars to Hezbollah via formal and informal means from Gulf states. The US government, in coordination with Qatar, sanctioned several Gulf-based individuals Wednesday for allegedly working with Hezbollah. Ali Reda Hassan al-Banai, Ali Reda al-Qassabi Lari and Abd al-Muayyid al-Banai were …
Read More »Zemmour-Mélenchon: quand l’extrémisme devient la normalité
La campagne présidentielle de 2022 est bel et bien lancée. Et pour l’heure, Eric Zemmour et Jean-Luc Mélenchon occupent une place démesurée dans l’espace médiatique. Imaginez cela : en prélude aux élections législatives belges, une chaîne de télévision en Belgique organise deux heures et demie de débat entre un néo-bolchevique …
Read More »Evergrande And Xi’s Grand Vision – Analysis
The optics of sit-in protests by irate investors in various offices of one of China’s largest realty firms, Evergrande, and clashes between demonstrators and law-enforcement gave credence to a view that this was a huge challenge to the Chinese Communist Party. Beijing may not let a good crisis go to …
Read More »On Afghanistan And China-Pakistan: Is Quad Becoming A Lost Cause? – OpEd
The Quad grouping will graduate from the last virtual meet of four leaders to the physical summit on September 24, when US President Joe Biden hosted Japanese outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Washington DC. But then Quad has …
Read More »«Всем бы эпохам так заканчиваться»
Подходит к концу 16-летний период правления канцлера ФРГ Ангелы Меркель. 26 сентября в Германии состоялись выборы в Бундестаг, теперь стране предстоит сформировать правительство и определиться с новым канцлером. Оставить свой пост Меркель сможет только после того, как в ФРГ будет сформирована новая коалиция. При этом переговоры о ее создании могут …
Read More »Τα καλύτερα πελατάκια
Καθώς η Γαλλία προσπαθεί να συνέλθει από τη ψυχρολουσία της AUKUS, ο καλύτερος πελάτης οπλικών συστημάτων τη βοηθάει να «μπαλώσει» τη χασούρα της Εν μέσω της παγκόσμιας κρίσης υγείας, η ελληνική κυβέρνηση αποφάσισε να «μπαλώσει» την χασούρα της «φίλης και συμμάχου» Γαλλίας από την συμφωνία AUKUS. Υπενθυμίζουμε πως η πρόσφατη …
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