September, 2023

• 1 September

  How Long Will Putin Remain In Power? – OpEd

  

  Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group’s march toward Moscow on June 23 marked the beginning of the end for Putin’s regime in Russia. In exchange for stopping his troops short of Moscow, Putin promised Prigozhin he could leave for Belarus and face no charges for his rebellion. Many observers, including me, thought …

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• 1 September

  A Change In Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations? – OpEd

  

  On Sunday, August 20, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan, Fasihuddin Fitrah said, “Pakistan should search for their enemies on their own soil. As we have promised, no country will be harmed and no country will be attacked from the soil of Afghanistan, we adhere to this …

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• 1 September

  India Powers G20 Summit Amid West’s Geopolitical Tensions With Russia – OpEd

  

  India is gearing to hold the G20 in its capital Delhi, from 9-10 September, for the first time in its history. G20 members, foreign organizations and institutions have already grabbed their seats and ready for active participation in the context of the current global tensions. But Russia will skip New …

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• 1 September

  Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region

  

  A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq on Thursday killed three members of a Kurdish insurgent group, officials said, as Ankara’s top diplomat visited the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government. Turkish military actions against members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, hiding in northern Iraq, have intensified in …

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• 1 September

  Clashes between US-allied Arab and Kurdish fighters in east Syria kill 3 and raise tensions

  

  Clashes broke out Monday between two U.S.-backed groups in eastern Syria, leaving three gunmen dead and raising tensions in the region where hundreds of American troops are deployed, opposition activists said. The clashes raise concerns of more divisions between U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters in eastern Syria that borders Iraq …

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• 1 September

  Tehran and Baghdad reach a deal to disarm and relocate Iranian dissident groups based in north Iraq

  

  Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to disarm members of Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in northern Iraq and relocate their members from their current bases, officials from the two countries said Monday. Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a news briefing Monday that the …

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• 1 September

  Fighting in eastern Syria between US-backed fighters and Arab tribesmen kills 10

  

  BEIRUT (AP) — Arab tribesmen clashed with U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in several areas of eastern Syria on Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and others wounded, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The clashes are among the worst in recent years in the region along the border with Iraq …

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• 1 September

  Ukraine Has Not Transformed EU Foreign Policy

  

  The EU has not changed enough in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. To be effective, the bloc needs a strategic foreign and security policy.* As the EU institutions wind down for summer vacation, the war in Ukraine continues. Russia is bombing the port city of Odesa from where so …

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• 1 September

  The War in Ukraine Is About Europe’s Future

  

  Europe needs to rapidly increase its military support for Ukraine to ensure victory for Kyiv. A failure to do so would threaten the EU’s security and credibility—and embolden Moscow. The Europeans cannot afford to let the war in Ukraine drag on. The longer it continues, the more casualties and destruction …

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• 1 September

  Europe’s Geoeconomic Revolution

  

  How the EU Learned to Wield Its Real Power The European Union once preached a tripartite gospel: monetary orthodoxy, fiscal austerity, and free-flowing trade and investment, with multilateral institutions watching and guiding from above. That was before its faith in the survival of the liberal economic order was shaken by …

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