Eurasia Press & News

Turkey is back to its balancing act between Moscow and Washington after a series of moves to win favor with the Biden administration at the expense of irritating Russia. The lead-up to the June 14 NATO summit saw Turkey take a series of steps in the Black Sea region to …

Един успешен лозунг може да свърши по-бързо и повече работа от хиляди речи. Преди близо година президентът Румен Радев каза “Мутри, вън!”. Тогава мутрите се чувстваха достатъчно силни, за да извършат назидателна акция в президентството, защото владееха трите власти – законодателна, изпълнителна и съдебна. Бонус им беше и “четвъртата власт” …

The U.S. and others can help strengthen a truce—and avert a famine—in Tigray. After months of war and amid an intensifying humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, the Ethiopian government unilaterally declared a “humanitarian cease-fire” on June 28. If Ethiopia wants this truce to end the war it …

Both sides want peace and stability in the region. What’s next for the bilateral relationship as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan? For the last two decades, U.S.-Pakistan relations have been defined by the war in Afghanistan and counterterrorism concerns. With the United States military withdrawal almost complete, the relationship should …

Financial assistance has a limited role, but sharp cutbacks would precipitate a fiscal and state collapse, making peace even more distant. As American troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. policymakers are trying to find other tools to advance peace between the Taliban and the Afghan government. One possible instrument is financial aid, …

Boko Haram and now banditry force children out of schools, risking a ‘lost generation.’ This week’s latest mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolchildren underscores that the crumbling of human security in Africa’s most populous nation is worsening a deeper impairment, hollowing out Nigeria’s education system to create a “lost generation” of …

The upcoming U.N. border crossing vote comes at a time of significant humanitarian suffering across Syria. A crucial deadline that will determine the future of humanitarian aid to Syria looms this week, as the authorization for the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkey-Syria border expires on July 10. The crossing …

After Yugoslavia’s (Serbia) President Slobodan Milosevic refused to accept the so-called Rambouillet Agreement in 1999, which in reality was NATO ultimatum that demanded from Serbia and Montenegro to allow NATO troops to occupy the province of Kosovo as well as that NATO can build bases in Serbia, and that all …

Introduction On July 7, 2021 Iran hosted talks between the Afghan Government and Taliban (the Taliban delegation was led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai). The same day, the Taliban attacked the Badghis provincial capital Qalat-i-Naw. Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif emphatically stated that the Afghan people should decide their own …

Eine unabhängige Zentralbank darf sich nicht anmaßen, Politik in Feldern zu betreiben, die zum Terrain gewählter Politiker gehören. Mit ihrer neuen Strategie begibt sich die EZB in Gefahr, ihr Mandat zu überdehnen. Die Europäische Zentralbank hat ein seit ihrer Gründung unverändertes Mandat, das als vorrangiges Ziel die Sicherung der Preisstabilität …