Why Turkey Is Conducting Operation Claw-Lock in Northern Iraq Now
The Ministry of National Defence also emphasized that the operation aims to thwart wide-scale attacks planned by the PKK against Turkey.
The End of US Dollar? More Countries Use National Currencies in Trade
With the advent of the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.
The United Kingdom and Denmark intend to Relocate Refugees to Rwanda
According to the organization, "at a time when the people of the UK have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainians, the government is choosing to act with cruelty and rip up their obligations to others fleeing war and persecution.
The Russian Threat Gives NATO New Purpose
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The war in Ukraine quickly led to a “revolution in German military affairs” with Berlin now committed to a hike in defense spending.
Islamophobia and the French Presidential Election
Read: How the Russia-Ukraine War Turned the Political Climate in France Upside DownAfter all, the Conservative Party, which led the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, is not a far-right party, so even a small vague promise is not enough to make a party far-right.
Germany’s Sanctions against Russia Also Hurt at Home
The Russia-Ukraine war has further increased the already rising energy prices and exacerbated the inflation.
Can NATO Bypass the Security Complex Mentality?
His speech was about: (1) NATO’s actions to respond to Russia’s further escalation challenging the borders of the alliance; (2) warning specific countries like China or Belarus not to support the aggression; and (3) outlining how NATO is providing support to Ukraine.
Why French Youths Abstain from Voting in the Presidential Election
There is no doubt that his warnings of the need to hold voters back from the far right and his role in the Ukraine-Russia war both played a big part in his success.
Russian Arms to Southeast Asia Remains Outstanding
Although applied selectively, a factor that caused the recent decline of the regional arms trade with Russia is the wariness of sanctions associated with the U.
“I Kept Three Copies of My Novels Lest They Get Confiscated”: An Interview with Freed Palestinian Prisoner Esmat Mansour
The prisoners responded to it with more unity and protesting by returning food and sending warning messages.
Afghanistan Bans Opium Cultivation amid Economic Breakdown
n Saturday, April 2, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced a ban on opium cultivation, opium use, and trade, and warned that crops would be destroyed, and perpetrators would be punished according to Sharia law.
Central Asia Countries “Tread a Fine Line” on Russia-Ukraine
he Haydar Aliyev Centre for Eurasian Studies at Ibn Haldun University in Turkey held a webinar on the impact of the war in Ukraine on Central Asia on March 30, 2022.
De-Dollarizing Trade: How the Global Trade Finance Gets More Nationalized
Furthermore, geopolitical troubles and the impact of currency wars can be better managed in such an internally controlled relationship with no exposure to USD influence.
Ukraine’s Military Transformation between 2014 and 2022
In order to increase its warfighting capability, structural reforms in command and control, training, education, and infrastructure were initiated.
Can the Taliban Deal with their Handicaps?
Read: Five Prominent Challenges for the TalibanToday, as the world's attention shifts more on the war in Ukraine and less on Afghanistan’s status under the Taliban, those past tactics are creeping up again.
Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks: Turkey as the Peacemaker
However, it is important for the two sides to talk while the war is ongoing, also given the fact that there is no other hope to end the war.
Normalizing with the Assad regime, Different Approaches at Different Levels
However, in the coming years, political changes occurred in some Arab countries such as in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, causing a departure from regime change politics to the restoration of pre-Arab spring MENA security order, thus affecting the regional attitude towards the Syrian regime.
American Political Opportunism and the Long Overdue Rohingya Genocide Determination
Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award, and Padoh Saw Taw Nee, head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Karen National Union, Myanmar’s oldest resistance organization, publicly urged the United States government to release the $1 billion Myanmar sovereign fund frozen by Blinken’s boss, President Biden, following the coup in Myanmar so that the money could be used to fund Myanmar’s rightful resistance against the “terrorist”-like occupying military.
Power Politics and Moral Accountability
In all of the would-be superpowers, generals and diplomats think they can choose their own wars.
Foreign Fighters Arrive in Scores to Fight in Ukraine
Read: Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Global Struggle for PowerThe United States has stated that it has yet to observe the "actual arrival" of foreign fighters from the Middle East to Ukraine.
