October, 2021

• 8 October

  Burkina Faso’s Gamble on Negotiating With Jihadists Could Backfire

  

  In early June, jihadist militants in Burkina Faso raided homes and the local market in Solhan, a village close to the border with Niger. By sunrise, they had killed at least 160 civilians in what local officials said was the country’s worst terrorist attack in years. Though particularly shocking for …

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• 8 October

  Sunday’s vote in Iraq clouded by a disillusioned electorate

  Blinking under the garish lights of a hotel ballroom in southern Iraq, Wael Makhsusi argued his case to a young audience. Microphone in hand, the engineer in his 30s stood onstage in Basra with other novice candidates in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Among them were independents and hopefuls drawn from the …

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• 8 October

  Brazil: Economy Minister Could Use International Reserves To Pay BRICS Bank

  Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes argued that the government should use some $200 million from international reserves to pay the New Development Bank (NDB), the BRICS bank. To do this, a new understanding must be reached at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) on the cap on public spending, which …

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• 8 October

  Tensions In Tehran-Baku Relations And Iran’s Ideological And Revolutionary Foreign Policy – OpEd

  “Karabakh belongs to the Republic of Azerbaijan and it is part of Islam”, “Karabakh belongs to the Republic of Azerbaijan and must be returned to it”; these are just some of the comments made by Iranian Shiite clerics last year who are close to government institutions in the Iranian political …

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• 8 October

  The U.S. Doesn’t Have to Choose Between Counterterrorism and Great Power Competition

  In an address to the nation in early July, President Joe Biden suggested that one of the factors leading him to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan was the “need to focus on shoring up America’s core strengths to meet the strategic competition with China and other nations that …

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• 8 October

  Král je nahý

  Andrej Babiš si jako podnikatel pořídil několik nemovitostí na Azurovém pobřeží ve Francii. „Realitní kancelář to doporučila koupit přes advokáta. Není to nic nelegálního,“ řekl včera. Má pravdu. Vlastnil tehdy obří holding Agrofert, tak proč by si nemohl pořídit cokoliv, po čem jeho srdce prahlo? Dokonce platí, že pokud se …

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• 7 October

  Why the World’s Eyes Are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border

  

  Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant groups, while the Taliban leadership has accused Tajikistan’s government of …

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• 7 October

  Защо Европа завива наляво

  Победата на германската Социалдемократическа партия беше очаквана за всички, които следяха социологическите проучвания във федералната република. В Норвегия преди месец Партията на труда надви десните управляващи и така в скандинавските страни вече навсякъде управляват център-леви формации. Леви формации управляват в Испания и Португалия, а в Италия социал-демократите са сред важните …

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• 7 October

  Με την πολιτική του Μπαλτάκου ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης

  

  Δεν θα έπρεπε να ξαφνιάζεται κανείς με όσα συμβαίνουν αυτές τις μέρες στο ΕΠΑΛ της Σταυρούπολης. Είναι πολύς καιρός τώρα που τα υπολείμματα της ναζιστικής εγκληματικής οργάνωσης επιχειρούν να δώσουν σημεία ζωής. Επειδή μάλιστα η Χρυσή Αυγή έχει τριχοτομηθεί, σε ομάδες Μιχαλολιάκου, Λαγού και Κασιδιάρη, καθένα από τα τρία αποκόμματα …

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• 7 October

  Libya parliament adopts law on legislative polls

  

  Libya’s parliament on Monday passed a law on legislative elections, its spokesman said, ahead of a planned national vote set for December 24 under a United Nations-led peace process. The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be held …

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