June, 2022

• 30 June

  Sweden, Finland set to formally be invited into NATO after Turkey lifts objections

  

  Sweden and Finland are poised to formally be invited into NATO after breakthrough negotiations Tuesday with Turkey, paving the way for one of the most significant alliance expansions in years. Turkish opposition to the two Nordic states’ membership bids threatened to derail NATO plans, but hours before an alliance summit …

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• 30 June

  Игра в Госплан

  Идея о введении потолка цен для российской нефти, которая первоначально представлялась маргинальной и не заслуживающей серьезного обсуждения, теперь стала едва ли не главной в повестке саммита стран G7, по крайней мере в публичном поле. Насколько можно понять, главным сторонником идеи выступают США, тогда как европейские страны относятся к ней настороженно …

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• 29 June

  Saudi Religious Soft Power Diplomacy Eyes Washington And Jerusalem First And Foremost

  

  Geopolitics is written all over Saudi religious soft power efforts. Nowhere more so than when it comes to Israel and Jews because of the growing importance of security cooperation with the Jewish state and the influence of the Israeli lobby in the United States, the kingdom’s most important yet problematic …

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• 29 June

  Iran Regime Fears The Rising Power Of Dissent

  

  When the Iranian people revolted in 1979, many of them thought they would establish a democratic system of governance. The revolution in Iran was never intended to create a theocratic dictatorship ahead of an inclusive and secular government. The revolution also appeared to be a repudiation of the previous political …

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• 29 June

  Colombian Presidential Elections: A Consequential Change?

  

  On 29 May 2022, Colombia held the first round of its presidential elections, with a little over 50 percent voter turnout. Since no candidate managed to secure the required 50 percent plus one mandate in the second round, the run-off election was held on 19 June 2022. The two candidates …

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• 29 June

  Al Qaeda Leader Reappears to Revive Islamist Jihadi Ideology

  

  Despite the emergence of the November 2020 rumors about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death, the elderly Egyptian leader of Al Qaeda has recently reappeared in several videos after having tactfully remained out of sight for an extended period of time. Despite the emergence of the November 2020 rumors about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death, …

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• 29 June

  Remembering Lenin when watching Ukraine today

  

  Russia’s President Putin, in a speech on February 21, 2022, said: “Modern Ukraine was entirely created by….Communist Russia. The process began immediately after the revolution of 1917.” He then described the state as “Vladimir Ilych Lenin’s Ukraine.” Putin was harking back to the Romanov empire of the past, when Ukraine …

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• 29 June

  Iraq’s PM Visits Tehran, Meets Iranian, Saudi Senior Officials to Ease Regional Conflict

  

  Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Sunday evening, in a meeting in Tehran with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, that Iran welcomed the reopening of the Iranian and Saudi Arabian embassies in Riyadh and Tehran. Amir-Abdollahian praised the Iraqi government for its mediating role in normalization talks between Iran …

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• 29 June

  Qatar To Host Indirect Nuclear Talks Between Iran, US

  

  Qatar will host the resumption of indirect talks between Iran and the United States aimed at reviving a nuclear deal, the official Iranian Students News Agency reported on Monday, citing Mohammad Marandi, the adviser to Iran’s negotiating team for the Vienna nuclear talks. Iran chose Qatar as the host, Marandi …

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• 29 June

  Negev Summit Officials Meet in Bahrain to Cement Cooperation

  

  Senior officials from Israel, the United States, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates met on Monday in Manama, Bahrain, for the first meeting of the Negev Forum’s Steering Committee. The meeting is a follow-up to the historic two-day Negev Summit held in March in Sde Boker in Israel’s …

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