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Main topics and media events: Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels at 21 January 2019

January 21, 2019 Claudiu Victor Gheorghiu 0

EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs meet on 21 January 2019, in Brussels, to discuss the action plan against disinformation, preparations for the EU-League of Arab States ministerial meeting and the 22nd EU-ASEAN ministerial meeting. […]

Analysis

MEPs demand Bulgaria’s and Romania’s swift accession to Schengen area

November 7, 2018 0

Checks should be eliminated at Romania’s and Bulgaria’s land, sea and air borders with Schengen countries; Current border checks have a negative economic impact; Croatia should also join Schengen as soon as the required […]

Analysis

Moscow exploits migrant crisis

February 20, 2016 0

While Bashar al-Assad wants to drain Syria of civilian opposition, Vladimir Putin seeks to flood Europe with unwelcome refugees. With Russian planes pounding civilian targets in Syria, it clearly fits into Moscow’s strategy not only […]

M.E.N.A.

23.12.2015: Control of terrain in Syria

December 23, 2015 0

The direct intervention of Russia in Syria (September 30) has shifted battleground momentum in favor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, supporting the regime to mount renewed offensives against opposition-held terrain throughout Western Syria, according to the Institute […]

Editor's Choice

An Iran test for the US administration

February 20, 2016 1

The Obama administration said that a proposed Russian sale of fighter jets to Iran would violate a U.N. arms embargo on Tehran, setting up another standoff related to last year’s nuclear negotiations. State Department spokesman […]

Analysis

The Singapore Summit: Building a Lasting Peace on the Korean Peninsula

June 13, 2018 0

President Donald J. Trump and North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un held a historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. During their meetings, President Trump and Chairman Kim conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, […]

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Nimr execution sets the Middle East ablaze

January 4, 2016 0

On January 2, 2016, 47 convicts, including the prominent Saudi-born Shia Islam cleric Nimr al-Nimr, were executed in several Saudi cities, setting the Middle East ablaze. The execution prompted condemnation in the Shiite Arab World, […]

Analysis

Middle East: The post Sykes-Picot order (Part 1)

December 19, 2015 0

Middle East :The post SYKES-PICOT order The breakup of the Syrian and the Iraqi states, as well as the ascension of Daesh are seen as symptoms of a soon-to-come post-Sykes-Picot configuration in the Middle East. While the international […]

Analysis

2,000 U.S. Marines arrive in S. Korea for drills

March 5, 2016 0

The U.S. Marines military is holding exercises in South Korea amid increased tensions with North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s nuclear weapons to be at the ready. About 2,100 Marines and […]

Former Soviet Union

Iran is buying Russia ‘s lethal Sukhoi Su-30

February 20, 2016 1

Sukhoi Su-30 M Iran looks set to sign a deal to purchase Russian – made Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker fighters as it upgrades its military forces following the nuclear deal, which cleared the way for sanctions […]