April, 2023

• 8 April

  Vučić on elections: Belgrade elections when Đilas calls for them

  

  The elections will take place when they ask me to, said the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, answering the question of when the elections will be held in Serbia. Vučić pointed out that Dragan Đilas will win the holding of the Belgrade elections and not only him, but others who …

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• 8 April

  America and China Need to Talk

  

  A Lack of Dialogue, Visits, and Exchanges Is Raising the Risk of Conflict Relations between the United States and China have fallen to their darkest depths since the early 1970s, when U.S. President Richard Nixon met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong (and Nixon’s national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, met with …

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• 8 April

  Russia Is Winning in Georgia

  

  America Needs to Get Tough on Tbilisi As the United States and its NATO allies are focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, Russia’s efforts to bring another country into its orbit has gone largely unnoticed. Like many countries that were once part of the Soviet Union, Georgia …

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• 8 April

  CIA’s Nord Stream Story Absurd: Seymour Hersh

  

  According to veteran journalist Seymour Hersh, the mainstream media’s yarn about a pro-Ukrainian group that chartered a yacht named Andromeda to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines was so absurd and childish that one would suspect it was made intentionally to reinforce the truth. On April 5, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour …

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• 8 April

  China’s emergence as Saudi-Iran broker signals multipolar diplomacy in Middle East

  

  As China hosts on Thursday the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers in Beijing, the Gulf states have an opportunity to capitalize on its growing role. In a world where superpowers vie for influence, the recent China-mediated reconciliation deal last month restoring diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and Thursday’s …

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• 8 April

  China’s CICC plans UAE, Saudi expansion as Xi builds Middle East ties

  

  CICC has about five to six people in its Middle East offices serving the entire region with a mix of Chinese and regional staff. China International Capital Corporation (CICC) plans to expand its reach in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, as China’s ties with the Middle East …

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• 8 April

  Iran media hails thaw with Saudi Arabia as top diplomats meet in China

  

  Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers met in Beijing on Thursday as China’s role expands in the Middle East. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Beijing on Thursday as constructive, in their bid to find a path toward reconciliation following …

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• 8 April

  Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon, Gaza following rocket attacks

  

  In the most serious escalation since 2006, Israel has carried out airstrikes inside Lebanon following a barrage of rockets that was launched from southern Lebanon earlier in the day. Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza on Thursday night following a barrage of rockets that was fired from both …

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• 8 April

  Tunisia, Migration, and Media Coverage

  

  Coverage of the Tunisian president’s recent racist remarks reveals a double standard in Western media. In February, President Kais Saied sparked outrage after making racist and xenophobic remarks, which alleged that the presence of undocumented Sub-Saharan migrants is part of a “criminal plan to change Tunisia’s demography.” He also asked …

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• 8 April

  How Border Peripheries are Changing the Nature of Arab States

  

  Summary: By declaring the end of SykesPicot, the Islamic State was positioning itself as a force that was reuniting the region under the banner of Islam—symbolism that could resonate with many across the Arab world. Introduction In 2014, Islamic State fghters stationed at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria …

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