July, 2022

• 4 July

  Biden says he won’t ask Saudi Arabia to pump more oil during trip

  

  President Joe Biden also downplayed his expected meetings with Saudi leaders, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. President Joe Biden said Thursday the purpose of his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia is not persuading the kingdom to boost oil output, but he has encouraged the Gulf region more broadly to …

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• 4 July

  No respite for Kurds as Turkey’s security forces ramp up repression

  

  Musicians, newlyweds, journalists, and even restaurateurs are not immune to the Turkish government’s repression of its Kurdish population. Dilan Karcik married her teenage sweetheart, Mesut, on June 12. The couple, both ethnic Kurds, celebrated their union with an exuberant bash at a wedding hall in Esenyurt, a working-class suburb of …

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• 4 July

  Sanctioning Russia is a long game. Here’s how to win.

  

  Sticking to US President Joe Biden’s public pledge to “stay the course,” the White House has made clear both publicly and privately that it intends to sustain and even intensify its support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia. While military support remains the critical pillar of Western policy, especially in …

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• 4 July

  The triumphs and question marks from this week’s NATO summit

  

  This summer blockbuster lived up to the hype. In Madrid this week, NATO allies substantially boosted their forces in Eastern Europe, struck a deal to invite Sweden and Finland into the club, and dropped a once-in-a-decade strategic concept that strove to break new ground on China and climate change. What …

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• 4 July

  Our experts decipher NATO’s new Strategic Concept

  

  This one was a decade in the making. On Wednesday, NATO released its new Strategic Concept—a sixteen-page document of dry diplomat-speak sketching out the Alliance’s future path as it takes on threats posed by Russia, China, climate change, and more. But what were the allies really saying amid all the …

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• 4 July

  Юлиан Попов: Русия няма нужда от посолство в България

  Извън емоциите, като помисли човек, Русия няма нужда от посолство в България. Норвегия няма посолство, Канада няма. А в бъдеще вероятно ще внасяме повече енергийни ресурси от Норвегия. Канадската икономика е по-голяма от руската. Това коментира във “Фейсбук” Юлиан Попов. А и в Канада живеят повече българи, отколкото в Русия. …

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• 4 July

  Car bomb kills at least six in Yemen’s Aden -officials

  A car bomb attack on the convoy of a Yemeni military official in the southern port city of Aden killed at least six people and wounded several others on Wednesday, military officials said. The head of security forces of Lahaj province Saleh al-Sayed survived the assassination attempt, three military officials …

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• 4 July

  Madrid Zirvesi öncesinde NATO’da yaşanan krizi tersinden okuduğumuzda

  Bir NATO zirvesi daha geride kaldı. Önceki gün ve dün Madrid’de gerçekleşen, NATO’ya üye 30 ülkenin devlet ya da hükümet başkanları düzeyinde temsil edildiği zirve, Finlandiya ve İsveç’in ittifaka resmen üye olmak üzere davet edildikleri, bu yönüyle NATO tarihinde özel yeri olan bir toplantı olarak hatırlanacaktır. Rusya’nın Ukrayna’yı işgal ettiği …

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• 4 July

  Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine, and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward – Part 4B

  Part 4. Mental escalators of violence in US policy and media makers. Part 4B. A competitive, threat-orientation towards international relations: Psychological patterns described by Lakoff, Spranger, and Allport False Bias #2. Life Is Competition; the Goal Is to Beat Adversaries and Stay on Top. Let’s take a look at actual, …

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• 4 July

  What Turkey won with its NATO leverage

  JUST INThe door is back open. After weeks of tension, Turkey finally dropped its objection to Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO as the Alliance kicked off its summit in Madrid on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored a face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden and spurred …

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