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View from London: “The pager operation is far more likely to be the prelude to another all-out Israel-Lebanon War – with grim consequences for World peace”

11:03 24.09.2024

View from London: “The pager operation is far more likely to be the prelude to another all-out Israel-Lebanon War – with grim consequences for World peace”

If Israel, like Imperial Japan before it, thought this massive attack would serve to dissuade Hezbollah's fighters from entering a full-scale war with the Jewish state, I fear they will be disappointed, writes Mark Almond, a director of the Crisis Research Institute, Oxford. When the Japanese Navy Air Service bombed …

POLITICO: Macron goes Napoleon or… Machiavelli?

11:02 24.09.2024

POLITICO: Macron goes Napoleon or… Machiavelli?

The French president dodged political death over the summer… by throwing his allies under the bus. Macronism — his particular brand of politics that is a mixture of pragmatism and innovation and which was supposed to transcend traditional left-right party divisions — appears dead, notes POLITICO. French President Emmanuel Macron …

‘Forbs’: US vs. Russia-China – an Arctic power play

10:34 23.09.2024

‘Forbs’: US vs. Russia-China – an Arctic power play

The U.S. Naval Institute reported that China has successfully used the Northern Sea Route (NSR), an Arctic passage controlled primarily by Russia and long-anticipated as an alternative to the Suez, to carry Russian goods bound for Europe and Asia. The opening of the NSR presents an economic opportunity as a …

WSJ: While Federal Debt is soaring, Trump and Harris aren’t talking about…

10:31 23.09.2024

WSJ: While Federal Debt is soaring, Trump and Harris aren’t talking about…

Economists and policymakers already worry that the growing debt pile could put upward pressure on interest rates, restraining economic growth, crowding out other priorities and potentially impairing Washington’s ability to borrow in case of a war or another crisis, writes ‘The Wall Street Journal’. The U.S. isn’t fighting a war, …

WP: What does it mean a “Hezbollah’s Pearl Harbor”?

10:29 23.09.2024

WP: What does it mean a “Hezbollah’s Pearl Harbor”?

Israel’s complex and deadly attack on thousands of Hezbollah pagers and handheld radios across Lebanon appears to have been meticulously mapped out, writes ‘The Washington Post’. Israel, which rarely comments on its intelligence operations abroad, has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the attack, which continued into a second day …

Thomas Fazi: The anatomy of European power

10:21 23.09.2024

Thomas Fazi: The anatomy of European power

Among the several tragic implications of the war in Ukraine, there is one that has gone relatively unnoticed: the way in which Ursula von der Leyen has used the Ukraine crisis to push for an expansion of the Commission’s top-down executive powers, leading to a de facto ‘supranationalisation’ of the …

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: Neglect of Russia’s interests makes lasting settlement in Ukraine impossible

14:19 22.09.2024

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: Neglect of Russia’s interests makes lasting settlement in Ukraine impossible

A just and lasting settlement of the Ukrainian conflict will be impossible without taking into account Russia's interests, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary uploaded to the ministry’s website. "It is impossible to achieve a fair and lasting settlement without Russia and taking into account its interests," …

‘Asia Times’: BRIC by BRIC, de-dollarization only a matter of time

11:23 22.09.2024

‘Asia Times’: BRIC by BRIC, de-dollarization only a matter of time

Speculation mounting BRICS to announce a gold-backed trading currency to break the greenback’s hold on global finance, writes ‘Asia Times’. At a campaign rally in Wisconsin, US presidential candidate Donald Trump stepped up his America First campaign earlier this month by vowing to impose 100% tariffs on goods from any …

View from Turkey: Central Asia as a “Great Game” place

11:21 22.09.2024

View from Turkey: Central Asia as a “Great Game” place

The summits held by Central Asian leaders with countries that have a strong interest in the region are called C5 + 1 ‘for short’. Since last year, regional leaders have met in this format with the US, China, Russia, the EU and the Gulf states, and on September 16-17 they …

View from London: Israel’s booby-trap war illegal and unacceptable

11:20 22.09.2024

View from London: Israel’s booby-trap war illegal and unacceptable

‘The Guardian’ Editorial: In the second world war, guerrilla forces scattered large quantities of booby-trapped objects likely to be attractive to civilians. The idea was to cause widescale and indiscriminate death. The Japanese manufactured a tobacco pipe with a charge detonated by a spring-loaded striker. The Italians produced a headset …

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