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This one was a decade in the making. On Wednesday, NATO released its new Strategic Concept—a sixteen-page document of dry diplomat-speak sketching out the Alliance’s future path as it takes on threats posed by Russia, China, climate change, and more. But what were the allies really saying amid all the …

Извън емоциите, като помисли човек, Русия няма нужда от посолство в България. Норвегия няма посолство, Канада няма. А в бъдеще вероятно ще внасяме повече енергийни ресурси от Норвегия. Канадската икономика е по-голяма от руската. Това коментира във “Фейсбук” Юлиан Попов. А и в Канада живеят повече българи, отколкото в Русия. …

A car bomb attack on the convoy of a Yemeni military official in the southern port city of Aden killed at least six people and wounded several others on Wednesday, military officials said. The head of security forces of Lahaj province Saleh al-Sayed survived the assassination attempt, three military officials …

Bir NATO zirvesi daha geride kaldı. Önceki gün ve dün Madrid’de gerçekleşen, NATO’ya üye 30 ülkenin devlet ya da hükümet başkanları düzeyinde temsil edildiği zirve, Finlandiya ve İsveç’in ittifaka resmen üye olmak üzere davet edildikleri, bu yönüyle NATO tarihinde özel yeri olan bir toplantı olarak hatırlanacaktır. Rusya’nın Ukrayna’yı işgal ettiği …

Part 4. Mental escalators of violence in US policy and media makers. Part 4B. A competitive, threat-orientation towards international relations: Psychological patterns described by Lakoff, Spranger, and Allport False Bias #2. Life Is Competition; the Goal Is to Beat Adversaries and Stay on Top. Let’s take a look at actual, …

JUST INThe door is back open. After weeks of tension, Turkey finally dropped its objection to Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO as the Alliance kicked off its summit in Madrid on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored a face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden and spurred …

In 2018, Syria also recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia, prompting Georgia to cut ties, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced the end of diplomatic ties between Kyiv and Damascus after Moscow ally Syria recognized the independence of eastern Ukraine’s two separatist republics. The breakaway states …

Turkey lifted its opposition to allowing Sweden and Finland to join the NATO Western alliance. Turkey’s agreement came on Tuesday, less than a day before the opening of the NATO summit in Madrid, following talks between leaders of the three countries. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called it a “historic decision.” …

Israel’s covert campaign to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program has rattled the Iranian leadership, resulting in a significant housecleaning in the intelligence division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of the armed forces. Ebrahim Jabbari, the head of the unit in charge of protecting Supreme Leader Ayatollah …

The Greatest Threats to Alliance Unity Will Come After the Madrid Summit Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO’s Madrid Summit takes place this week against the backdrop of a resurgent Western alliance. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine compels NATO to return to its founding mission of providing collective defense against …