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Iraq War aimed to ‘democratize the Middle East’ but instead eroded the myth of US omnipotence

10:56 25.03.2023

Iraq War aimed to ‘democratize the Middle East’ but instead eroded the myth of US omnipotence

Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq, with then-president George W Bush describing it as a necessary act “to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” A few weeks later, Bush boasted that the war was a success because US troops had ousted Iraqi dictator …

Weekdays of an English vegetable shop: Let's cut the cucumbers in half

10:55 25.03.2023

Weekdays of an English vegetable shop: Let's cut the cucumbers in half

When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain, some joked on social media: Can you please bring us some tomatoes? People in the U.K. have had to ration salad staples like tomatoes and cucumbers for the past two weeks amid a shortage of fresh vegetables, writes AP. Shelves …

ABCnews: Xi signals strength in Russia-China alliance

11:15 24.03.2023

ABCnews: Xi signals strength in Russia-China alliance

Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Moscow on Wednesday after two days of highly symbolic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the two presented a united front and an alternative vision for global leadership, notes ABCnews. Despite statements saying that "China-Russia relations are not the kind of military-political alliance …

Petr Pavl: “Ukraine must adjust to dwindling Western support”

11:12 24.03.2023

Petr Pavl: “Ukraine must adjust to dwindling Western support”

"We must consider war weariness", says Czech President Petr Pavl (photo). According to Czech President Petr Pavl, Ukraine must adjust to dwindling Western support. “We have to consider war weariness and what that means for support from Western states. This will pass with time,” Pavel told the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’. He …

WP: The real lesson from the showy Xi-Putin meeting

11:11 24.03.2023

WP: The real lesson from the showy Xi-Putin meeting

Pentagon strategists have always divided the world into East and West, with U.S. regional forces under European Command or Indo-Pacific Command. But looking at the embrace of Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin this week, you wonder whether we may need a single “Eurasian Command” to handle an integrated threat, …

Mike Pompeo on Russian-China alliance: “We aren’t victims but have to be”

12:03 23.03.2023

Mike Pompeo on Russian-China alliance: “We aren’t victims but have to be”

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Fox News weighs in on the Biden administration's response to the meeting between Presidents Xi and Putin: - To hear the White House place this down as if it’s unimportant is a strategic mistake. They often speak in riddles but this is no …

Romania claims lands of Ukraine

10:33 23.03.2023

Romania claims lands of Ukraine

In the Romanian Parliament, Senator Diana Iovanovici-Șoșoacă revealed the contents of a surprising legislative initiative. In fact, we are talking about the "Law on the denunciation of the treaty with Ukraine and the annexation of our territories." Senator formulated her legislative initiative live as follows: the return of historical Romanian …

Credit Suisse Collapse – this is a robbery of Arab investors

10:33 23.03.2023

Credit Suisse Collapse – this is a robbery of Arab investors

Riding an oil-price boom last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directed government-backed Saudi National Bank to make a $1.5 billion investment in Credit Suisse. Now, the Saudi investment is almost wiped out after Credit Suisse’s emergency merger with UBS Group AG, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ claims. Credit Suisse’s …

Bloomberg: “Among the 6.3 billion citizens of the world 70% now feel positively toward China and 66% likewise toward Russia”

10:31 23.03.2023

Bloomberg: “Among the 6.3 billion citizens of the world 70% now feel positively toward China and 66% likewise toward Russia”

“Today Western diplomacy is clumsy. The Cambridge’s Bennett Institute for Public Policy survey argues that America’s tendency to divide the world into friends and enemies — the “forces of democracy against autocracy” — has become self-fulfilling. Regimes that see themselves as victims of American hostility, especially because of local human-rights …

China portrays Xi’s Russia trip as bid for leadership of non-Western world

15:07 22.03.2023

China portrays Xi’s Russia trip as bid for leadership of non-Western world

For audiences in China, Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia this week was a show of strength and a testament to Beijing’s bid for global leadership, writes “The Washington Post” reviewing the Chinese press about the visit. “This visit will clearly tell the Americans that China is not to be intimidated. …

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