April, 2022

• 13 April

  Putin Wants to Rewrite the End of the Cold War

  

  When the Soviet Union collapsed three decades ago, the European security architecture suddenly became uncertain, its future put in play. After all, much of the postwar balance of power in Europe—and the world—had rested on the icy pillars of the Cold War, pillars that in 1991 abruptly melted. It didn’t …

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• 13 April

  A War-Weakened Russia Has No Strategic Value to China

  

  Scarcely more than a week ago, Chinese social media and the country’s internet were ablaze with quick takes from both prominent commentators and ordinary folks praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s armed bid to subdue Ukraine, as well as with fervent celebrations of what many in China saw as a toothless …

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• 13 April

  The War in Ukraine Is Testing China’s New Partnership With Russia

  

  As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to draw outrage and reprisals from the international community, China is maintaining the cautious distance from Moscow it has taken since the onset of the crisis, with many observers suggesting that Beijing may have been caught unaware by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to …

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• 13 April

  Opinion: Biden won’t remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from terror list. He’s right.

  

  The Biden administration plans to reject an Iranian demand that the United States lift its designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as a condition for renewing the 2015 nuclear agreement — putting completion of the deal in jeopardy. A senior administration official told me that …

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• 13 April

  Iraq official warns of jihadist threat from Syria camp

  

  The Al-Hol camp for displaced people in Syria is a jihadist threat and should be dismantled, a senior Iraqi security official said on Saturday. Al-Hol, in the Kurdish-controlled northeast, is Syria’s largest camp for displaced people. It houses about 56,000 including displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, some of whom maintain …

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• 13 April

  Iraqi airstrikes killed 70 ISIS members in past three months

  

  Iraqi airstrikes killed at least 70 ISIS militants over the past three months, according to a top security official. Even though Iraq carries out regular airstrikes and operations against ISIS militants, the group still “pose a threat” in northern, eastern, and western provinces, including Diyala, Kirkuk, southwest Nineveh, Anbar, and …

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• 13 April

  Macron muss mehr Demut zeigen

  

  Frankreichs Präsident Macron muss in der Stichwahl beweisen, dass er in seiner Amtszeit etwas gelernt hat. Denn viele haben genug von ihm. Er muss seinen Landsleuten nun mehr anbieten: Dialog und Demut. Es ist tatsächlich fünf vor zwölf. Die Rechtspopulistin Marine Le Pen könnte die Stichwahl gewinnen. Frankreich Präsident Emmanuel …

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• 13 April

  Présidentielle : Macron – Le Pen, bloc élitaire contre bloc populaire

  

  Le danger populiste, même s’il est écarté au second tour cette fois-ci, ne fera que revenir l’élection suivante, en plus menaçant, si aucune réforme de fond n’est faite. Le politologue Jérôme Sainte-Marie l’avait prédit : le clivage gauche/droite est en train d’être supplanté par celui entre un bloc élitaire et …

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• 13 April

  Italian premier says Algeria to boost natural gas exports

  

  Italian Premier Mario Draghi secured a deal Monday for more natural gas imports across a Mediterranean pipeline from Algeria, marking the latest push by a European Union nation to reduce dependence on Russian energy following its invasion of Ukraine. After meeting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Draghi told reporters in the …

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• 13 April

  OPEC tells EU it’s not possible to replace potential Russian oil supply loss

  

  OPEC told the European Union on Monday that current and future sanctions on Russia could create one of the worst ever oil supply shocks and it would be impossible to replace those volumes, and signalled it would not pump more. European Union officials held talks in Vienna with representatives of …

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