The forces of former Tuareg separatists, who have not been active in Niger for a long time, could be used by the French in a possible intervention, which remains a possibility. The former rebel leader Rhissa Ag Boula, a prominent activist in the Tuareg uprisings in 1990 and 2007, launched a movement last year opposing the military government that came ...
Prof. Dr. Fernando Esteche – Buenos Aires, Argentina There is a metaphor to define or describe geopolitics that usually refers to the chess board, which is a game where one seeks to check the opponent’s king. The consolidation of Multipolarism gave rise to a counter-reference with the oriental board game of Go where one seeks to occupy space. In chess ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen For almost a month, European farmers have been taking to the streets with their tractors, agricultural vehicles and machinery. Started in Germany and then spread to France and other EU countries. French farmers occupied highways with their tractors, blocking transportation for ten days, especially at the entrances to major cities such as Paris and Lyon. They ...
By Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo gains its importance not only from the fact that it is the first to Egypt by a Turkish president in 12 years and after years of acute tension, but also from the fact that it comes at an extremely dangerous time in which fears ...
United World International author Mehmet Perinçek gave a statement to the newspaper of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, “Bakinsky Rabochy” about the results of early presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Below we present the interview, published in Russian, to our readers translated into English. The extraordinary presidential elections that took place in Azerbaijan on February 7 received a wide response around the ...
On last Saturday US presidential candidate, and in fact, president 2017 – 21, Donald Trump sparked another transatlantic debate. At a campaign rally on Saturday in Conway, South Carolina, Trump recounted what he said was a conversation with the “president of a big country”. “Well sir, if we don’t pay, and we’re attacked by Russia – will you protect us?” ...
Mali authorities are trying to initiate new peace talks with Tuareg separatists after the end of a 2015 UN-brokered peace deal. Bamako believes that the previous agreement did not cope with its task to save the country from instability and the threat of jihadists. The head of Mali, Assimi Goïta, said that he would not discuss the territorial integrity, unity ...
The phrase that titles this article is not mine. It is from Sebastián Piñera himself and was uttered in 2009 to “celebrate” the death of Mónica Madariaga, former head of Justice during the dictatorship, who in a television interview said that on instructions from the “military government ” and after the intervention of José Piñera, Sebastián’s brother and Pinochet’s labor ...
The interview given by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tucker Carlson, one of the leading journalists of the US, has made a worldwide impact. It is worth underlining a few points about this important interview: 1. The defeat in Ukraine has caused new cracks in the Western bloc. There are ongoing debates about who will pay the price. Kremlin is ...
By Yiğit Saner Washington recently gave the green light to the sale of 40 F-35 fighter jets, a total of $8.6 billion worth, to Athens. According to the Greek news outlet Kathimerini, in addition to the aircraft sale, the US will also provide $200 million Foreign Military Financing assistance to Greece. The Greek newspaper further reported that, in exchange for ...