Europe Serbia: a step towards the recognition of Kosovo On August 9, Serbian President Alexander Vučić said he was in favor of delimitation with the Albanians in Kosovo, despite the fact that this decision will likely be unpopular in the country. The decision is part of an attempt at legitimizing the occupation of native Serbian territories in Kosovo in exchange ...
Energy, mainly from oil exports, is one the main foundations on which Sino-Iranian relations are built. China’s growing economy needs energy from reliable sources, and Iran’s huge oil and natural gas reserves go a long way towards covering the surplus in demand. By 2017, the bilateral volume of trade amounted to around $37.2 billion – massively in China’s favor. China ...
The winds of change are howling over Venezuela as the government headed by Nicolas Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela has announced multiple changes in key areas of economic policy. The country has been in a state of recession since 2014, a year after President Maduro was elected due to the early death of President Hugo Chavez Frias. ...
Turkey enters real economic war with US The escalation of tensions between Turkey and the US is growing fast: this week American president Donald Trump doubled tarrifs on Turkish steel and aluminum imports. Having been strategic partners for more than 60 years, Turkey and the US are now facing the biggest crisis in the history of their relationship. The deterioration ...
Europe NATO summit: Realist Trump against European liberals July 11-12 in Brussels the NATO summit took place. The behavior of the President of the United States Donald Trump attracted the attention of most of the world media. He firstly criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for buying gas from Russia and refusing to raise military spending to a level agreed to ...
Almost all analysts understand that the Middle East is facing a serious drought crisis. Lands which used to be considered the most fertile in history can no longer support life. The Middle East is the region most affected by climate change and many have speculated that future wars in the region may come as a result of a water shortage. Nowadays ...
US president Donald Trump recently proposed a plan to institute a complete ban of Iranian oil this coming November. It is possible he is simply incapable of understanding the realities of such a proposal…. would it even possible to impose a blockade of Iranian oil throughout the entire region? To give Trump the benefit of the doubt, he likely means ...