July, 2023

• 27 July

  Don’t Let Ukraine Join NATO

  

  The Costs of Expanding the Alliance Outweigh the Benefits As the war in Ukraine grinds on, policymakers and pundits, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, are pushing for NATO to offer Ukraine what French President Emmanuel Macron calls “a path toward membership” …

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• 27 July

  Don’t Let Ukraine Join NATO

  

  The Costs of Expanding the Alliance Outweigh the Benefits As the war in Ukraine grinds on, policymakers and pundits, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, are pushing for NATO to offer Ukraine what French President Emmanuel Macron calls “a path toward membership” …

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• 27 July

  What Is NATO?

  

  The alliance is bolstering its military deterrent in Europe amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has expanded to include Finland. Introduction Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) remains the pillar of U.S.-Europe military cooperation. An expanding bloc of NATO allies has …

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• 27 July

  The Middle East: A New Arena For US-China Cold War – OpEd

  

  The cold war has never ended after the bifurcation of the former USSR rather it has taken a new shape by entering new players into the arena. The world has now converted from unipolar to multipolar world with the rising China. Along with other areas of the world the Middle …

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• 27 July

  Russian Money Flowing Illicitly Through Western Balkans

  

  New report from Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says the Western Balkans has become a key gateway for Russian cash to flow illicitly across borders thanks to the weak rule of law and high presence of orgnised crime there. A new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized …

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• 27 July

  “Unfortunately for Kurti, the truth is a little different”: Danas interlocutors on the Kosovo Prime Minister’s statement that Serbs in Kosovo live better than Serbs in Serbia

  

  Does Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti have official data that proves his statement? Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija live in a mixture of segregation and intimidation, total insecurity for their children, their property and themselves. It is about another lie and manipulation by Kurti, aimed primarily at the public in the …

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• 27 July

  The Black Sea Grain Deal: Lifeline For Global Food Security And Beacon Of Hope In Troubled World – OpEd

  

  The Black Sea grain deal was a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea despite a wartime blockade by Russia. The deal was signed in July 2022 by Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye and the UN, and expired on July 17, 2023 after Russia refused to extend …

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• 27 July

  Special Operations Forces Institution-Building: From Strategic Approach To Security Force Assistance – Analysis

  

  The Ukrainian Special Operations Command (UKRSOCOM) and its subordinate tactical units have emerged as significant contributors to the defense of Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. Conducting a full range of both conventional and special operations missions—including mobile defense, guerrilla operations, direct action, and support to resistance in …

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• 27 July

  Saudi Arabia: Bin Salman Toys With Religious Reform – Analysis

  

  For Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, religious reform has long been a question of when rather than if. Mr. Bin Salman’s potential embrace of religious, not just social and economic reform, could have far-reaching consequences for the role of religion in Saudi Arabia and religious soft power rivalry in …

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• 24 July

  Don’t Give Poland a Pass

  

  Warsaw’s Support for Ukraine Should Not Obscure Its Assault on Democracy at Home When Joe Biden campaigned for president, he called out the democratic backsliding that had taken place in eastern Europe on his predecessor’s watch. “You see what’s happened in everything from Belarus to Poland to Hungary, and the …

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