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Giancarlo Elia Valori The United States have quickly “returned” to Europe after the Russian annexation of Crimea and East Ukraine, the lawfulness of which is still to be assessed. Previously the U.S. interpretation of NATO within the EU was optimistic and such as to predict a slow decommissioning, …

Giancarlo Elia Valori On July 8 last, Iranian Chief-of-Staff Mohammad Baqeri and Syrian Defence Minister Ali Abdullah Ayub signed an agreement in Damascus – defined as “comprehensive” – to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. As they both said, this agreement strengthens military cooperation between Iran and …

James Dorsey Hobbled by harsh US sanctions and a global economic downturn, Iran has discovered a new opportunity: hot air that carries messages to its opponents. China, albeit far less economically impaired, sees virtue in the business too. A proposed 25-year humongous China-Iran cooperation deal has proven to …

African states can realize their economic goals if they adopt a “developmental regionalism” approach to trade integration. The African Continental Free Trade Area was launched two years ago at an African Union (AU) summit in Kigali. It was scheduled to be implemented from 1 July 2020. But this has been pushed …

Giancarlo Elia Valori  The post of Chief of the Libyan Intelligence Services of Tripoli’s GNA is still vacant, but only recently. Therefore, this is an optimal situation for the Head of Tripoli’s government, who is currently pro tempore Director of the GNA agencies, while the struggle for the …

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs Turkey and Greece have a history full of war and conflict over the past five or six centuries. Relations between the two countries have been strained for the past decades. The following article deals with the factors affecting …

Giancarlo Elia Valori On July 6, at 4 a.m., the Israeli Aerospace Agency and Israel Aerospace Industries launched the Ofek-16 satellite (“Orpheus”) from the Palmachim air base, almost in the centre of the Jewish State. The carrier was a Shavit 2 rocket and, after about 90 minutes of …

Now that is one big accomplishment. The four largest tech companies entered Tuesday with each worth more than $1 trillion—a hefty milestone that was last reached before the novel coronavirusbegan its rapid spread across the United States. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, was able to re-enter the …

“We have repeatedly made clear to the Iranian government that any attacks against U.S. citizens and interests would not be tolerated.” Iran has claimed that Switzerland delivered a message from the United States “to demand Iran not to give a response” to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim …