February, 2022

• 24 February

  Yet Another Attempt Of ‘Assassination Of Serbia?’

  

  In the Republic of Serbia, regular presidential elections, extraordinary parliamentary elections and regular local elections for the capital of Belgrade and 12 towns and municipalities are scheduled to take place on 3 April 2022.

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• 24 February

  In many cases, our attempts to help US track civilian deaths went nowhere

  

  Airwars says it worked with the military to identify incidents, but newly classified docs show that in many cases, they were ignored. For many years during the international air campaign against the Islamic State, Airwars participated in information sharing with the U.S.-led Coalition on civilian harm incidents. The results from …

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• 24 February

  What the US should offer Russia to stave off war in Ukraine

  

  In talks with Sergei Lavrov this week, Secretary Blinken certainly has diplomatic options. The question is, will he pursue the right ones? In a sign that a diplomatic way out of this crisis is still possible, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have agreed …

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• 24 February

  Putin’s move on Donetsk, Lugansk is illegal but falls short of new ‘invasion’

  

  The next steps are critical: we must hold threat of full scale sanctions and a Ukrainian military response, unless Russia extends farther. Russia’s official recognition of the separatist Donetsk and Lugansk republics is both illegal under international law and acutely unhelpful politically, and makes a diplomatic resolution of the existing …

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• 24 February

  The Islamic State Is Capitalizing on Lebanon’s Economic Collapse

  

  A growing number of Lebanese men are deciding their best hopes lie with jihadis next door. Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis and long political stagnation have recently persuaded dozens of the country’s Sunnis that their most hopeful future involves joining the Islamic State. Over the last several months, young and unemployed …

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• 24 February

  Turkey, Iraq agree to dispel terrorism: Defense Minister Akar

  

  Turkey and Iraq have agreed to eliminate terrorism as soon as possible, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Sunday following his recent meetings with central and regional Iraqi government officials. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Akar said: “We all agree on the fight against terrorism …

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• 24 February

  Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Rusya’nın sözde Donetsk ve Luhansk’ı tanıma kararı kabul edilemez

  

  Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Rusya’nın sözde Donetsk ve Luhansk’ı tanımasına ilişkin, “Kararı kabul edilmez olarak değerlendiriyoruz. Tarafları sağduyu ve uluslararası hukuka riayete çağırıyoruz.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu. Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nden Senegal’e giderken uçakta gazetecilerin sorularını yanıtladı, gündeme ilişkin değerlendirmelerde bulundu. 20 Şubat’ta başladığı Afrika turu kapsamında resmi ziyaretlerini …

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• 24 February

  India’s Faltering Nonalignment

  

  The Ukraine Crisis Should Force New Delhi to Rethink Its Russia Policy Ever since Russia began massing troops on the Ukrainian border, the government in Kyiv has been working frenetically to shore up international support. For the most part, it has focused on its partners in Europe and North America. …

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• 24 February

  China’s Ukraine Crisis

  

  What Xi Gains—and Loses—From Backing Putin The crisis in Ukraine is exposing the limits of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy. Beijing’s global aspirations are now clashing with its desire to remain selectively ambiguous and aloof. Although Chinese leaders may not recognize it, their country’s closer alignment with Russia is …

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• 24 February

  The Price of Order

  

  Settling for Less in the Middle East There is no question that the Middle East is a mess. The usual explanations for the disarray, however, fail to capture the root cause. Sectarianism, popular discontent with unrepresentative governments, economic failure, and foreign interference are the usual suspects in most analyses, but …

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