July, 2021

• 15 July

  What Russia’s National Security Strategy Has to Say About Asia

  

  The new NSS has some notable differences from the 2015 version on Russia’s approach to the Asia-Pacific – and China in particular. For the first time since 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin has updated the National Security Strategy (NSS). On July 2, Putin signed an Executive Order “On the National …

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• 15 July

  Qatar attends naval base opening in Egypt

  

  A Qatari delegation has attended the inauguration of a naval base on Egypt’s western coast near the Libyan border, in the latest sign of improving ties between Cairo and Doha. For the first time in years, Qatar took part July 3 in the inauguration of an Egyptian naval base in …

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• 15 July

  IRGC official urged Iraq militias to continue hitting US, report

  

  The IRGC intelligence chief’s visit to Iraq last week followed one by top commander Ismail Ghaani. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) encouraged local militia leaders during a recent meeting in Iraq to increase their small-scale attacks against US positions in the country, Reuters reported today. …

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• 15 July

  Turkish mobster claims AKP supporters secretly armed after putsch

  The latest bombshell by fugitive Turkish crime boss Sedat Peker has stoked calls for an investigation. Fugitive Turkish crime boss Sedat Peker has dropped a new bombshell in his tell-all vendetta against Ankara, claiming that weapons were secretly distributed to members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after …

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• 15 July

  Biden nominates Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey

  President Biden has nominated former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to be his ambassador to Turkey, the White House announced Tuesday. “Given the strategic importance of the United States’ relationship with our long-time NATO Ally, the Republic of Turkey, I am honored and humbled by the trust President Biden has placed …

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• 15 July

  Afganlar’ın çilesi bitmiyor!

  ABD’nin kurulu düzenleri yıkabilecek askerî güce sahip olmasına rağmen yeni bir düzen inşâ etme gücünden yoksun bulunduğunun son göstergelerinden birisi, Afganistan. ABD 20 yıllık işgâlin ardından Afganistan’dan çekiliyor. ABD, Taliban rejimini yıkıp sözde ‘yeni ulus inşâsı’ iddiasıyla Afganistan’ı işgal etmişti. Irak’ta da görüldüğü üzere ABD sadece “kaos” inşâ edebiliyor. Orta …

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• 15 July

  Борьба за мир окажется свирепой

  Владимир Путин написал очень полезную статью про Украину и «один народ». То есть текст страшный, но зато объясняет некоторые несложные механизмы, которые существуют в голове «российских элит» и которые доставили нас в нынешнюю позорную точку истории. По жанру сочинение представляет собой микс из студенческого реферата и исторической «объяснялки» на YouTube, …

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• 14 July

  Valdas Bartasevičius. Europietiškumo testas Lietuvai (19)

  

  Apie migrantus dabar rašo visi, net ir tie, kurie šiaip jau išvis nerašo. Tad būtų jau kone nepadoru neįkišti ir savo trigrašio į šios temos vartaliojimą, juo labiau kad ji šiuo metu Lietuvai svarbesnė net už nepasitraukusį koronavirusą. Portalai, socialiniai tinklai plyšta nuo svarstymų apie migrantų grėsmę, bet ar ką …

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• 14 July

  Die Krux mit der Viertagewoche

  

  Kürzere Arbeitszeiten bringen viele Vorteile, aber die Umsetzung ist kompliziert Von ihrem Streit mit Hans Peter Doskozil überschattet ist die Debatte, die SPÖ-Chefin Pamela Rendi-Wagner mit ihrem Vorstoß für eine breite Einführung einer Viertagewoche losgetreten hat. Sie soll dennoch unbedingt geführt werden. Kürzere Arbeitszeiten liegen im Trend unserer Zeit und …

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• 14 July

  Vor der Herkulesreform

  

  Moldaus pro-europäische Präsidentin hat die Wahlen gewonnen. Nun muss sie das korruptionsgebeutelte Land reformieren. Mit diesem fulminanten Ergebnis ihrer Partei für Aktion und Gerechtigkeit (PAS) von rund 52 Prozent dürfte selbst Moldaus pro-europäische Präsidentin Maia Sandu kaum gerechnet haben. Zweifellos: Das Votum ist eine klare Richtungsentscheidung für Europa und gegen …

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