Eurasia Press & News

The only credible military force in Europe is the US army, and the essential decisions for the defense of Europe are taken in Washington, DC. Cyberattacks from Russia affected hundreds of American companies during 2021, but elicited virtually no reaction from the Biden administration apart from more concessions to Russia, …

I slutet av februari skänkte EU 500 miljoner euro för inköp av vapen till den ukrainska militären. Beslutet var historiskt, men summan bleknar i jämförelse med vad EU:s länder betalar Ryssland för dess olja och gas. Tidigare har det handlat om omkring 350 miljoner euro – per dag. Men de …

The United States on Tuesday reiterated its support for a Moroccan plan for autonomy in the Western Sahara to settle the kingdom’s decades-old conflict with the Polisario independence movement. “We continue to view Morocco’s autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic,” US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said during …

Russian oligarchs and their families have been buying property, paying for private schools and enjoying luxury lifestyles in the UK for years despite being on international sanctions lists, the Bureau can reveal. The US and other powers including European Union and Canada sanctioned a number of oligarchs believed to be …

Scarcely more than a week ago, Chinese social media and the country’s internet were ablaze with quick takes from both prominent commentators and ordinary folks praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s armed bid to subdue Ukraine, as well as with fervent celebrations of what many in China saw as a toothless …

Does Kazakhstan owe Russia a “debt” for Moscow’s help in January? And what should we make of Kazakhstan’s neutral position on the unfolding conflict in Ukraine? Currently, Russia is at war with — or as the Kremlin calls it, engaged in a “special operation” in — its former Soviet counterpart …

His Grip on Power Rests on Fantasy and Fear On February 25, barely a day after Russian tanks, troops, and planes began a full-scale assault on Ukraine, the Kremlin restricted access to Facebook. The following morning, Twitter was disabled for most Russian users. At the same time, in the Russian …

Can the West Save Kyiv Without Starting a War With Russia? In the months preceding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as U.S. intelligence agencies warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin was planning an attack, the United States and its allies pursued two strategies in sequence. First, they tried to control …

With Russia Going Rogue, America Must Cooperate With China Just days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dmitri Medvedev, the former president and prime minister of Russia, took to social media to post a chilling message. He raged against Western sanctions on his country and suggested darkly that Russia could rip …

Israel and Turkey proclaimed a new era in relations on Wednesday following more than a decade of diplomatic rupture, as Israeli President Isaac Herzog made a landmark visit to Ankara. Herzog’s Turkey trip, which included talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was the first by an Israeli president since 2007, …