France and Turkey clashed this week after the French president’s latest rejoinder of NATO’s ” brain death“. The French leader also harshly criticized Turkey’s actions in Libya, calling it “a dangerous game”. Earlier in June, a Turkish frigate off the coast of Libya refused to carry out an order to inspect the cargo from the French frigate participating in the ...
China-EU-USA: an attempt to reach an agreement Over the past week, Chinese and European diplomats have agreed on a joint video conference to cool tensions. After a string of accusations and scandals about the Coronavirus, this will be the first attempt at constructive negotiations. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European ...
UWI talked with the famous fighter Jeff Monson who ceased to be a citizen of US, on the perception of ‘American dream’. He also announced the current news about his sport career. ...
Marx and Engels’ renowned Communist Party Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) begins with some very impressive sentences: ‘A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.” This statement was made 172 years ...
By Diyari Salih Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, the spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq, has recently revealed that he is facing serious pressure from various political leaders to acquit some parliamentarians and politicians accused of corruption. This undoubtedly puts the prestige of Iraqi law at stake, as well as the new administration. This article alleges that Iraq cannot get ...
The Middle East and North Africa are regions of the world where armed conflicts have continued for the past 20 years. The human tragedies associated with the US war on terror, the rise of Islamic extremism and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were all reflected in mass culture. Moreover, the bloody recent history of the region – the Arab-Israeli ...
A brief analysis of the latest investigation of the Congressional Research Service about Libya (“Libya: Conflict, Transition, and U.S. Policy” issued on April 13, 2020, author – Christopher M.Blanchard, specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs) and it’s proof in American Foreign Policy. New at https://t.co/PoEqTtLcWE : Libya: Conflict, Transition, and U.S. Policy — Every CRS Report (@EveryCRSReport) April 15, 2020 Preface ...
China has managed to draw the world’s attention throughout the course of modern history, beginning with Mao Zedong’s “Long March” in 1934. Even in the West, predictions for a future that exclude China’s leadership are increasingly scarce, as China’s economic, social and political rise has had a tremendous impact on the masses, particularly in light of the coronavirus pandemic, something ...
May 2018 was a month filled with political disasters for the American policy makers in the Middle East. Pro-Iranian politicians were able to take control of the majority of Lebanese Parliament seats on May 6 followed by anti-American politicians winning in the Iraqi parliament on May 12. The American side claimed that the late General Ghassem Soleimani was responsible for ...
The outbreak which began at the end of 2019 in Central China (in the Hubei province) has now spread to more than 160 countries and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. In the Middle East, Iran became the epicenter of this new virus and started a chain reaction spreading COVID-19 to most ...