July 26, 2023
Americas, Analysis, Geopolitics, Middle East, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Gregg Priddy It simply does not make sense for the United States to make huge concessions to Saudi Arabia in the form of a formal security guarantee in response to concerns about China or the desire for Saudi-Israeli normalization. While President Joe Biden termed the idea of Saudi-Israel …
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July 26, 2023
Analysis, Middle East, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh In Webster’s Dictionary of Political Terms, political reform is defined as a process of modifying the form of governance within a state and its existing political framework, aiming to shift from a culture of submission to one of participation. The challenge of modernizing Jordan’s …
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July 25, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The symbolism of the meetings between Kissinger, the national security advisor to former President Richard Nixon at the time, and the Chinese Prime Minister at the time Zhou Enlai, stemmed from the many stages of hostility between the two parties, as well as paving the way for a …
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July 25, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Kiev followed up with an official letter to the UN’s International Maritime Organization spelling out a new maritime corridor passing through Romania’s territorial waters and exclusive maritime economic zone in the north-western part of the Black Sea, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Evidently, Kiev acted …
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July 25, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Monster trends responding to new emerging circumstances worldwide arise slowly from the deep sanctum of the global economic behaviorism of humankind and become giant monsters, forcing unimaginable new changes that alter the course of human endeavors and impact all from top to bottom of humanity. Recent examples include …
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July 19, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION, PROJECTS
By Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh “Why did you leave the horse alone?” This is the title of a poetry collection by the poet Mahmoud Darwish, from which I borrowed a poetic verse for this article (“Houses die when their inhabitants depart”). “Why did you leave the horse alone?” …
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July 19, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
While delivering the keynote address at the annual China Business Summit held in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins weighed in on the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific. New Zealand’s estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific heavily dependent on trade with China …
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July 19, 2023
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The hypothetical arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin under the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Russia, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in documents sent to the High Court of the South African province of Gauteng, according to TASS …
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July 19, 2023
Analysis, Economics, Geopolitics, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The creation of a BRICS currency has become throughout the past year one of the headline themes related not only to BRICS, but also the global financial markets. Along with the skepticism coming from most of the pundits from the developed world there is also an enormous number …
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