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POLITICO: France insists it’s no slacker on military aid to Ukraine

11:41 07.10.2024

POLITICO: France insists it’s no slacker on military aid to Ukraine

Accused by Germany of not pulling its weight on aid to Ukraine, France struck back over the weekend by publishing for the first time a list of the military kit delivered to Kyiv between the start of the war and December 31, notes POLITICO. According to the French, their military …

‘The New Statesman’: “Is the West poised to enter the war in Ukraine?”

10:39 06.10.2024

‘The New Statesman’: “Is the West poised to enter the war in Ukraine?”

The West may soon be forced to stop thinking of its participation in Ukraine as a “special logistical operation”, writes ‘The New Statesman’. Imagine that a number of American cities were being bombed with Chinese missiles guided by Chinese navigational data and that, even though the missiles – Dong-Feng 15s, …

Trump vs. Harris: “This race is TIGHT – election officials and media outlets are bracing for uncertainty”

10:39 06.10.2024

Trump vs. Harris: “This race is TIGHT – election officials and media outlets are bracing for uncertainty”

Contested election: How a close race with dueling polls creates risk of surprises, delays, and doubts, writes ‘The Washington Examiner’. Before President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid in July, there was a broad consensus about where the 2024 race for the White House was headed. Former President Donald Trump …

View from Washington: NATO – What to do? Where to turn? What Is Next?

10:37 06.10.2024

View from Washington: NATO – What to do? Where to turn? What Is Next?

NATO, once a simple defensive alliance, now faces a crisis, writes Stephen Bryen, a former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Today, NATO is a huge multinational alliance of 32 countries, far larger and covering vastly more territory than the original 12 countries. In raw numbers, it has a potential …

Macron: EU could be ‘killed’ by new ‘multipolar’ World Order

10:36 06.10.2024

Macron: EU could be ‘killed’ by new ‘multipolar’ World Order

The European Union could be “killed” by the rise of the new “multipolar” world order, French President Emmanuel Macron (photo) has claimed, ‘Brussels Signal’ informs. Speaking at a Bloomberg event in Berlin on October 2, the French leader blasted what he called the rampant “overregulation” of the bloc’s single market, …

UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades-long dispute

10:44 05.10.2024

UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades-long dispute

The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute, Sky News reports. The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a military base used by the UK and the US that …

‘The National Interest’: The Final Countdown in Ukraine – for Kyiv and for Washington

10:42 05.10.2024

‘The National Interest’: The Final Countdown in Ukraine – for Kyiv and for Washington

The time between now and the November election will be critical to the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine War, writes ‘The National Interest’. Numerous clocks are now ticking. Can Ukraine’s military hold its defensive lines in eastern Ukraine? Can the Russian military bring to bear concentrated force to crack Ukrainian defenses …

View from Istanbul: 'The Great Game' played in Central Asia, this time with different actors

10:41 05.10.2024

View from Istanbul: 'The Great Game' played in Central Asia, this time with different actors

Central Asia has become a new front of rivalry between the U.S. and China, with an emphasis on economic dominance, notes ‘Daily Sabah’ from Türkiye. As the 2024 U.S. presidential election nears, international attention is fixated on domestic issues, the U.S. stance on Ukraine, and its mishandling of the genocide …

Sanctions hypocrisy: G7+ imports EUR 1.8 bn of Turkish oil products made from Russian crude

10:36 05.10.2024

Sanctions hypocrisy: G7+ imports EUR 1.8 bn of Turkish oil products made from Russian crude

In the first half of 2024, Turkey has risen from being the 14th largest buyer of Russian crude oil before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to the third largest importer, writes ‘Energy and Cleanair’. In the same period, three Turkish refineries have used EUR 1.2 bn worth of Russian crude …

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are strapped for cash and arms supplies are at risk

10:17 04.10.2024

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are strapped for cash and arms supplies are at risk

Ukraine’s military supplies for next year are at risk because some allies are struggling to secure funding and others balk at increasing financing to help Kyiv, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg writes. Ukraine is struggling to convince Western allies to make good on their promises, the people …

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