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Despite its shortcomings, UNSC vote will tie Israel's hands

11:52 28.12.2023

Despite its shortcomings, UNSC vote will tie Israel's hands

The Security Council's watered-down Gaza vote is still important for two reasons: it highlights the US and Israel's increasing isolation at the UN, and it begins the process of narrowing Tel Aviv's options, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The adoption of a resolution by the United …

View from Washington: The U.S. military may not be ready for Arctic competition

11:47 28.12.2023

View from Washington: The U.S. military may not be ready for Arctic competition

The U.S. Department of State announced plans to move forward with extended continental shelf claims in the Arctic (map). The US Department of State released the geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, known as the extended …

Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan: The course to World War and how to stop it

11:33 27.12.2023

Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan: The course to World War and how to stop it

The similarity between Palestine and Ukraine or pre-war Europe is not symptomatic. It is organic, ‘systemic’, stresses Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, ex-advisor at the office of the Greek PM Andreas Papandreou on Arms Control and East-West relations. President Biden himself admitted as much when he linked “solidarity” with Ukraine to that with …

View from Delhi: US’ war against Houthis is smoke and mirrors

11:33 27.12.2023

View from Delhi: US’ war against Houthis is smoke and mirrors

The United States has hosted the first meeting of the new working group on terrorism in the Quad format in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 19-21. The joint statement issued after the March meeting had noted “with deep concern that terrorism has become increasingly diffuse, aided by terrorists’ adaptation to, and …

Adieu, la France!

11:32 27.12.2023

Adieu, la France!

An ‘OpinionWay’ survey carried out December 21 revealed that a majority of young French people aged 18 to 24 say they are determined to leave France due to the political and economic climate. According to an ‘OpinionWay’ survey carried out for Économie matin, 54% of French people aged 18 to …

Targeted diplomacy: UK diplomats plant a flag in San Francisco

11:30 27.12.2023

Targeted diplomacy: UK diplomats plant a flag in San Francisco

In California, the United Kingdom is looking to build relationships with state leaders and help shape legislation in areas like artificial intelligence, data privacy and electric vehicles, writes POLITICO. A different sort of influencer has been popping up in California’s policymaking arenas: the British diplom...

Seymour Hersh: Nord Stream and Germany’s shrinking economy

11:31 26.12.2023

Seymour Hersh: Nord Stream and Germany’s shrinking economy

Has Biden’s pipeline sabotage led to the rise of the German right? – askes Seymour Hersh, the famous American investigative journalist. The German economy has been deprived for more than a year of cheap Russian gas, thanks in part to Joe Biden and his decision early last year to destroy …

China private security to protect overseas interests in unstable regions

11:29 26.12.2023

China private security to protect overseas interests in unstable regions

Ukraine war and Israel-Gaza war illustrate the dangers that Chinese investors could face in unstable, stresses ‘The South China Morning Post’. The Ukraine war and the Israel-Gaza war illustrate the types of dangers that Chinese investors could face in the course of doing business overseas. And such conflicts may be …

Trump tells Appeals Panel – he should have ‘absolute immunity’

11:29 26.12.2023

Trump tells Appeals Panel – he should have ‘absolute immunity’

Former President Donald Trump told a federal appeals panel that he should be granted immunity from prosecution with regard to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election because he was acting within the bounds of his official duties when he took the actions. Trump made his argument in a filing …

View from Lebanon: Why the West misinterprets Middle East power shifts

11:26 26.12.2023

View from Lebanon: Why the West misinterprets Middle East power shifts

“In Yemen, there is wisdom,” goes the medieval Arab saying. Western media leaders are unable to assess accurately the growing power of the Middle East ‘Axis of Resistance’ due to their deeply held prejudices, stresses Rami Khouri, distinguished Fellow at the American University of Beirut, a journalist and book author …

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