June, 2022

• 23 June

  COMMENTAIRE. L’Ukraine dans l’antichambre de l’Union européenne

  

  Lors du sommet des 23 et 24 juin 2022, les pays membres de l’Union européenne auront à émettre un avis unanime sur la demande de l’Ukraine d’obtenir le statut de « candidat » à l’adhésion à l’UE. Un débat difficile qui demandera de surmonter nombre de réserves. L’analyse de Michel …

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• 23 June

  Jetzt kommt es auf Entschlossenheit und die Bundeswehr an

  

  Putin macht Litauen und Deutschland als Schwachpunkte der Nato aus. Doch die haben das Glück, Verbündete zu haben und ihnen vertrauen zu dürfen. Ein Kommentar. Christoph von Marschall Es kann einem Angst werden angesichts der rhetorischen Eskalation. Moskau wirft Litauen „feindselige Handlungen“ vor, weil es die EU-Sanktionen gegen Russland auf …

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• 23 June

  Great Power Competition Is Coming for the Arctic. NATO Should Prepare

  

  Since Feb. 24, the eyes of the world have been fixed on Eastern Europe. But the events unfolding in and around Ukraine portend great changes for another region: the Arctic. Commonly viewed as a “territory of dialogue,” the Arctic has over the past three decades won a reputation as a …

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• 23 June

  Reckoning With the Iraq War Would Strengthen the U.S. Hand on Russia

  

  Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine last week, comparisons to the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq have inevitably and understandably emerged. After all, at transformative moments in world history like the one we’re currently witnessing, analysts naturally draw historical analogies to make sense of …

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• 23 June

  The U.S. Failure in Afghanistan Is Not Pakistan’s Fault

  

  The anger directed by Americans at Pakistan in the wake of the disorderly end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan is understandable. After all, Pakistan really did give shelter to the Afghan Taliban, something that played a vital role in the Taliban’s eventual victory. However, the reaction in Washington is …

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• 23 June

  The U.S. Should Support Diplomacy, Not Armed Resistance, in Afghanistan

  

  After a military retreat by Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front last week in the Panjshir Valley, the group’s head of foreign relations, Ali Nazary, appeared in Washington last Friday to vow that it would continue holding out against the Taliban and to seek military assistance for doing so. Yesterday, The New …

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• 23 June

  Libya Will Put Washington’s New Peacebuilding Strategy to the Test

  

  By any definition, Libya is a so-called fragile state and a high-priority challenge for international security. Since 2011, it has been wracked by repeated cycles of internal division and proxy warfare. It is a key node of arms smuggling and human trafficking, and a feeder of violence, conflict and human …

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• 23 June

  In an Age of Proxy Wars, the U.S. Is Playing With Fire

  

  Ukraine wasn’t supposed to stand much of a chance in a military conflict with Russia. It was outgunned and outmanned. In the first months of 2022, as the threat of an invasion loomed, the Russian military was expected to quickly and decisively defeat its much weaker neighbor with ease. Many …

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• 23 June

  Arabs to Biden: Shut Down Iran’s ‘Expansionist Project’

  

  Ahead of Biden’s visit, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, in a clear message to the US administration and other Western powers, affirmed that any nuclear agreement or future negotiations with Iran must address the Iranians’ “destabilizing behavior in the region, their support for terrorist militias, and their missile program.” “Western …

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• 23 June

  Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı kaynaklı gıda krizinin çözümünde ‘kırmızı hat diplomasisi’ sonuç veriyor

  

  Gıda krizinin çözümü ve Ukrayna limanlarında bekleyen tahıl yüklü gemilerin tahliyesine yönelik Türk ve Rus askeri heyetleri arasındaki toplantı dün Moskova’da yapıldı. Gıda krizinin çözümü ve Ukrayna limanlarında bekleyen tahıl yüklü gemilerin tahliyesine yönelik Türk ve Rus askeri heyetleri arasında dün yapılan toplantıda, “Sorunun çözümüne yönelik Türkiye, Rusya, Ukrayna ve …

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