June, 2022

• 22 June

  Russian anger at Lithuania puts spotlight back on US troops in NATO battlegroup near Suwalki Gap

  

  Kremlin threats of retaliation against NATO ally Lithuania for instituting a transit ban over the weekend that affects Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad could have serious implications for several hundred U.S. soldiers positioned in nearby northeastern Poland. For years, security analysts have feared that in the event of a crisis with …

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• 22 June

  As Russia advances, U.S. and Europe must redouble aid to Ukraine

  Overestimated and overconfident, Russia’s armed forces floundered in the face of fierce resistance after invading Ukraine on Feb. 24. They retreated from Kyiv and other cities they had expected to take within a few days. Some of Ukraine’s supporters then made the opposite error of triumphalism — or so it …

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• 21 June

  A Permanent Shortage of Everything
  Globalists were wrong. The world isn’t flat.

  

  The world isn’t flat, it’s all too round…. That’s why Islam is once again at war with Europe, Russia is invading Ukraine, China is relaunching its empire, and the ‘flatland’ is experiencing a dimensional shift. Globalization advocates had just recreated Marxist central planning with a somewhat more flexible global model …

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• 21 June

  Russia’s Escalating Influence in Africa

  

  “Russia relies on a series of asymmetric (and often extralegal) measures for influence—mercenaries, arms-for-resource deals, opaque contracts, election interference, and disinformation.” — Joseph Siegle, Director of Research at the Brookings Institution’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies, February 2, 2022. Although trade between Russia and African countries has reportedly doubled since …

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• 21 June

  Brak statusu kandydata do UE dla Gruzji będzie historycznym błędem [OPINIA]

  

  W 2008 r. NATO nie przyznało Ukrainie i Gruzji Planu Działań na rzecz Członkostwa w NATO (tzw. MAP – Membership Action Plan). Stało się to m.in. w wyniku osobistej perswazji Władimira Putina podczas szczytu Sojuszu w Bukareszcie. Kreml odczytał odmowę NATO jako słabość Zachodu i jeszcze w tym samym roku …

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• 21 June

  Szép vagy okos?

  Minden kétséget kizáróan történelmet ír az Európai Unió: Ukrajna tagjelöltsége kérdésében rendkívüli jelentőségű döntést hozott. Hogy milyen történelmet írunk épp, az viszont a jövő zenéje. Ebben a kérdésben ugyanis nem lehet egyszerre szépnek és okosnak is lenni, az uniós döntéshozók pedig egyelőre a szépet választották. A rendkívüli helyzet kétségtelenül rendkívüli …

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• 21 June

  Second tour des législatives 2022: les fautes d’Emmanuel Macron

  

  Les Français ont sanctionné dimanche le chef de l’Etat, qui perd sa majorité absolue à l’Assemblée et devra composer avec nombre de députés Nupes et un important groupe d’extrême droite. Une claque due aussi à son rapport très vertical au pouvoir. La gifle. Les Français, en tout cas ceux qui …

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• 21 June

  Nach Wahl in Frankreich: Emmanuel Macrons Macht bröckelt

  Bei den französischen Parlamentswahlen muss Emmanuel Macron eine Schlappe hinnehmen. Warum die Franzosen den Präsidenten abstraften. Die Bilder gingen um die Welt: Frankreichs Präsident Emmanuel Macron, der mit Kanzler Olaf Scholz und Italiens Regierungschef Mario Draghi im Zug nach Kiew saß und dann den ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj umarmte. Der …

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• 21 June

  Leaders Of Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan Discuss US Regional Summit To Be Hosted By Saudi Arabia

  

  The US regional summit in Jeddah, scheduled for next month, topped the agenda of a trilateral meeting between Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and Jordan’s King Abdullah in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. US President Joe Biden will visit Jeddah on July 15-16, where he …

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• 21 June

  NATO Chief Says Ukraine War Could Last For Years

  

  Russia’s war against Ukraine could last for years, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Sunday, but he said Western allies should not curb their support for Kyiv’s forces. “We must prepare for the fact that it could take years,” Stoltenberg told the German weekly Bild am Sonntag. “We must not let …

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