Stealing Innocence: The Theft of Refugee Children in Sweden
The passionate and polemical debate between those of true faith and the heretics; equality and exclusivity; those who believe in freedom and those who oppress.
How Will the New China-Russia Gas Deal Affect the Ukraine Crisis?
mid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to China to finalize the negotiations over a new $80 billion natural gas agreement.
Experts Weight on Turkey’s 70th Anniversary of Joining NATO
n Friday February 18, 2022, Turkey celebrated the 70th anniversary of its NATO membership, stating that it wants friends to perfectly exhibit the unity and spirit of solidarity that form the backbone of NATO.
What Awaits Lebanon Following Hariri’s Step-down from Politics
n a televised interview on the Iranian Al-Alam news channel on February 8, secretary general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, revealed that they wished the ex-Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, reconsider his bombshell decision of “suspending” his political career, announced on January 24.
JNF Greenwashing as a Means to Hide Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine
heodor Herzl, the co-founder of the Zionist movement, which also established the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in 1901, had a clear goal in mind – to see Palestine without Palestinians.
Swedish Foreign Policy: Ideological Façade and Dysfunctional Reality
weden prides and projects itself as being a very modern and liberal society, and an integral and active member of the international community.
Apartheid Reports Brand Israel as Criminal Enterprise
mnesty International’s February 1 report on apartheid in Israel puts the spotlight on Israel’s character as a state.
With the US Withdrawing Its Support, Can the EastMed Project Now Turn Regional?
ver since the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) signed an agreement with Egypt in 2003 on the delimitation of an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean and declared concession areas for the purpose of oil and gas exploration in 2007, a high tension has grown over the possible maritime boundaries and related activities.
The Western Balkans Must Reverse Their Brain Drain and Regain Their Youth
According to Francis Fukuyama, after the catastrophic world wars and the collapse of communism, the liberal democratic bloc declared itself victorious and idealism was born prophesizing that state boundaries would disappear and economies would be integrated.
Revisiting Nusrat Ghani’s Islamophobia Claims
n a critical time for Boris Johnson, Nusrat Ghani's allegations have roiled the Conservative Party.
Dassault Rafale vs. F-35: More than Just Selecting a Combat Aircraft
The country received the first six Dassault Rafale combat aircraft on January 19, 2022.
Can Europe Handle Challenges Created by Russia over Ukraine?
he situation in Ukraine is becoming more and more dangerous each day with additional Russian troops and military equipment heading towards the border.
CSTO Mission in Kazakhstan Will Have Implications for Central Asia
n January 15, 2022, military personnel deployed by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – a Russia-dominated international security organization that in addition to Russia itself includes Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan – started to leave Kazakhstan.
The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq: One Boot Inside, the Other Out?
n January 2020, a military strike by the United States assassinated Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, then deputy head of an Iraqi paramilitary organization known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU).
The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in Yemen
or decades, the geopolitical and geo-sectarian rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has played out across the Middle East in various destabilizing ways.
Are China and Russia Near a Full-Blown Alliance?
t should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
Does the US Want to Divide the World into Democratic and Non-democratic Nations?
virtual summit for democracy was held on December 9-10, 2021, upon the invitation of the United States.
Tunisia at a Crossroads: Either Tyranny or Democracy Lies Ahead
The latest sign of this is the huge security operation that was deployed against the January 14 demonstration in the center of the capital, Tunis, and which prevented the demonstrators from entering Avenue Habib Bourguiba, or “Revolution Street” as it is called by the regime opponents.
The Hindutva War on Christians in India
or India’s religious minorities, 2021 has been described a “year of fear” and “annus horribilis,” after the country experienced an unprecedented level of communal violence, but what makes the previous year stand out from others during the Narendra Modi era is the way in which Christians have come under increasing pressure and attack.
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
o understand the changing structure of global intelligence, we must keep the following concepts and terminology in mind: technology-centered development, the increasing cyber espionage capacity of intelligence services, the developing relations between intelligence services and private intelligence companies, new-generation threats and risks that emerge with the rise of social media, open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection methods, and the concept of intelligence diplomacy.
