August, 2021

• 1 August

  Reflection On Tigray’s Maneuver Action Plan That Routed Abiy’s Allied Forces – Analysis

  The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, promulgated in 1995, was supposed to resolve ethnic conflict and enhance self- and shared-rule. But, contrary to expectations, Ethiopia became heavily embroiled in inter-ethnic skirmishes starting in 2018. Demand for self-rule and ethnic fighting has been brewing in a number of …

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• 1 August

  Переворот у Тунісі – удар по міфу Заходу, що “арабська весна” принесла більше блага, ніж хаосу

  У Тунісі відбувся конституційний переворот. Президент країни Каїс Саїд фактично захопив владу. Уночі він оголосив про припинення роботи парламенту, звільнення прем’єр-міністра, взяття на себе його повноважень і зняття недоторканності з депутатів. У столицю було введено війська. По суті, це ва-банк. Кульмінація політичної кризи, яка тягнеться вже понад рік через конфлікт …

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• 1 August

  The Dangerous Expansion of Ethiopia’s Tigray War

  A rapidly escalating conflict has pushed Africa’s second most populous country to the edge. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert William Davison explains why the main protagonists urgently need to strike a deal to avert a downward spiral toward state collapse. Who is involved in the expanding fighting in Ethiopia? …

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• 1 August

  Conflict Trends Update

  LEBANON Parliament Monday nominated Najib al-Miqati to head a new government. The country has had only a caretaker cabinet since August 2020, when Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned with his ministers following the catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port. Miqati is a billionaire businessman who has been premier twice before. He …

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• 1 August

  Hardened US And Iranian Positions Question Efficacy Of Parties’ Negotiating Tactics – Analysis

  The United States and Iran seem to be hardening their positions in advance of a resumption of negotiations to revive a 2015 international nuclear agreement once Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi takes office in early August. Concern among supporters of the agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program which former US President …

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• 1 August

  Iran’s Water Crisis Threatens The Regime – OpEd

  Despite more than forty years of living under a rigid and repressive theocratic regime, Iranians are not people to take government failure or flagrant abuse of power lying down. Time and again they have demonstrated a willingness to stand up and be counted, defying the determined efforts of the state’s …

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• 1 August

  Repeating Same Mistake In Afghanistan Is Not In Best Interest Of Pakistan – OpEd

  General Qamar Javed Bajwa the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, according to some media reports, has recently said to a group of some Pakistani parliamentarians that the [Pakistan] army would be “the first” to recognise the Taliban should they come to power. His stand was later on supported by …

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• 1 August

  Reframing Russia’s Afghanistan Policy – Analysis

  As the deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms, the Taliban has gone on the offensive, capturing over fifty additional districts in the country since May 2021. Several hundred Afghan soldiers have fled the country crossing to its neighbours to the north, with several thousand civilians reportedly applying for …

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• 1 August

  Trial Evidence Contradicts Claims In Bosnian Serbs’ Srebrenica Report – Analysis

  A report by a Bosnian Serb-funded commission has claimed the Srebrenica massacres were not genocide and most victims were not civilians – but some of its controversial assertions are contradicted by evidence heard at trials at international courts. A report published last week by a commission to scrutinise events in …

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• 1 August

  «Недоречно поєднувати два саміти» — політтехнологиня про саміт Зеленської

  Вперше в історії Україна організовує Київський саміт дружин та чоловіків лідерів держав, запланований на 23 серпня. На цю ж дату заплановане проведення саміту «Кримської платформи». Проте поєднувати такі події – недоречно. Таку думку висловила в етері Громадського радіо політтехнологиня Катерина Одарченко. «Адже «Кримська платформа» має чітку мету – це деокупація …

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