July, 2021

• 22 July

  20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit

  When a reporter in early July asked Joe Biden a question about the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. president sniped back, saying, “I want to talk about happy things, man.” Biden revealed, perhaps unintentionally, that the situation in Afghanistan is anything but a happy topic. It might have been one …

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• 22 July

  Nagyfülűek

  Nem szeretnék semmilyen sajtóhíreszteléssel foglalkozni – mondta Novák Katalin családügyi miniszter arra, foglalkozik-e a kormány a Direkt36 által vasárnap közölt lehallgatási botránnyal. Szijjártó Péter külügyminiszter nem tud semmiről, de vizsgálatot ígér.

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• 20 July

  Is Western Europe Really Turning to the Right?

  

  A large-scale and widely-noted survey, “The Conversion of Europeans to the Values of the Right,” suggests that Western Europe is trending conservative. But a close look at the survey data finds that not to be the case. In other words, the “values of the Right” mentioned in the Fondapol survey …

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• 20 July

  China Preparing to Expropriate Foreign-Held Tech Shares

  

  VIEs, as they are known, evade Chinese law, which prohibits foreign ownership of Chinese tech companies. Through a series of intricate contractual arrangements, however, these structures effectively give foreigners the economic benefits of ownership. People believe that if Beijing were to publicly declare a VIE illegal—in other words, expropriate foreign …

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• 20 July

  Editorial: Fronts

  

  Given Ankara’s revisionist (and expansionist) geopolitical stance, it is exceptionally important not to come across as split or divided and to be united in confronting Turkey’s destabilising moves. It will not be easy but it is urgent due to unfavourable developments and the provocative, grandiose celebration that Turkish President Recep …

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• 20 July

  Clima, il messaggio dell’acqua

  

  Record di pioggia. Record di morti. Record di danni. La catastrofe che ha colpito il cuore dell’Europa, un’ampia regione tra Germania, Belgio e Francia, macina primati. La conta dei morti e dei dispersi nel solo Paese di Angela Merkel supera quota mille. Ed è chiaro che la campagna elettorale per …

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• 20 July

  Senate Republicans introduce a bill to impose sanctions on Iran

  

  Senator Barrasso said that “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and new President Ebrahim Raisi both have atrocious human rights records.” A group of 17 Senate Republicans introduced a bill on Friday that seeks to impose sanctions on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ebrahim Raisi, who was elected president …

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• 20 July

  US: Iran ‘deflecting blame’ for not returning to nuclear deal

  

  Washington and Tehran have been engaged in indirect negotiations in Vienna since April to return to the JCPOA, the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers reached in 2015. Iran is trying to avoid responsibility for not returning to its nuclear deal with world powers, the US State Department said …

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• 20 July

  Gantz denies New Yorker report of pushing US to strike Iran

  

  “We should not push America to fight for us,” the defense minister said. “Iran is a regional and global problem.” Defense Minister Benny Gantz denied a report in The New Yorker on Saturday night, telling Channel 12: “I don’t know of this story and I assume this is not what …

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• 20 July

  Has Iran launched a new stealth missile boat?

  

  A new Iranian ship is one of several under construction that will be called the Shahed Soleimani class of stealth ships. Iran has launched one of its new stealthy catamaran “missile corvettes” according to open-source intelligence analyzed by expert H.I. Sutton, who runs the Cover Shores website. He noted that …

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