Geostrategic Media Political Commentary, Analysis, Security, Defense
Giancarlo Elia Valori Turkey is currently pursuing the following aims: 1) becoming a Eurasian regional power; 2) later uniting all Turkmen ethnic groups from Anatolia to Xinjiang; 3) finally becoming a leading country in the Sunni Muslim world. With specific reference to the first aim, the relationship between …
January, 2019
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18 January
Jordan leads MENA in gender equality
Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh No country in the world has so far realised complete gender egalitarianism. Arab states are still lagging behind and many of them rank at the lowest levels, according to the 2018 Global Gender Gap Report. In the past few years, Jordan has set a …
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12 January
GERMANY CALLS THE EU TO HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CHINA
Gasanov Kamran Germany is outraged that China is absorbing European industry due to dumping prices and state support of private companies. German industry demands to tighten competition rules and increase investments in science and technology in order to keep up with the Middle Kingdom and prevent it from …
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12 January
KURDS IN SYRIA SUFFER THE GREATEST DEFEAT
The US leadership continues to comment on its sensational decision of the end of last year – to withdraw American troops from Syria. This decision will affect not only the US position. No less important is the fact that the United States, in fact, betrayed its closest allies …
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12 January
THE COMING YEARS FOR THE EU
Leonid Savin After Brexit and the significant growth of Eurosceptic and populist influence in Europe, the future of the European Union seems to be no longer questioned. However, the future is always open, and therefore there is more than one possible scenario. The U.S. National Intelligence Council proposes three …
May, 2018
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6 May
The Coming War
Abdel Bari Atwan The question is not whether Israel and Iran will come to blows, but when, where and how The common theme in the statements being made these days by Iranian and Israeli leaders is that their fingers are on the trigger, amid mounting predictions of an …
March, 2018
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27 March
Why Trump’s Expulsion of Diplomats Does (and Doesn’t) Unnerve Moscow
Joshua Yaffa n the matter of a few hours on Monday, Russia lost more than a hundred of its diplomats in the United States and Europe—the result of coördinated expulsions in response to the poisoning, in March, of a former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, in the …
November, 2017
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5 November
Saudi Brief: Middle East on a precipice of a new (greater) war
In anti-Iran televised rant, hours prior to resignation, Lebanese PM Hariri promised Iran’s hand (the Hezbollah) will be cut. In this war two parties will lose. Saudi Arabia and Israel. Lebanon is not left alone this time as the regional axis of Iran, Iraq, and Syria has been …
October, 2017
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23 October
Iraqi Kurdistan Gorran Party calls for national salvation government
A month into Kurdish referendum on independence Kurdish Gorran Party says KRG president post should be abolished. Gorran Party believes that the formation of national salvation government is necessary amidst recent ‘setbacks’ following KRG President Barzani’s unilateral decision to carry out a referendum, despite international objections. Going against …
