Author: M Barbu

The Beginning of the End of the Islamic Republic

Iranians Have Had Enough of Theocracy

The current protests in Iran sound the death knell of the Islamic Republic. The killing in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for wearing the hijab incorrectly, has unleashed a wave of angry and bloody demonstrations, boycotts, work stoppages, and wildcat strikes that have exhausted the country’s security forces and spread to more than 100 cities. The government has endured major protests before, notably in 2009, 2017, and 2019, but these demonstrations are different. They embody the anger that Iranian women and young Iranians feel toward a regime that seeks to stifle their dearest desires. And they promise to upend Iran’s establishment.

Algeria relaxes rules for foreign investors

Following years of social and political uncertainty triggered by popular uprisings in 2019, Algeria has updated laws to attract investment.

Algeria seeks to breathe new life into its investment landscape with a new investment law. Published at the end of July, the updated legislation aims at boosting investment flows in a bid to enhance the country’s economic performance and, more importantly, break with its hydrocarbons dependence.

Iran to ‘reciprocate’ new EU sanctions amid continued unrest

EU sanctions over Iran’s clampdown on dissent unsettled Iranian authorities, which are grappling with one of the biggest domestic challenges they have faced since the 1979 revolution.

The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, condemned sanctions slapped by the Council of the European Union on a number of Iranian entities and officials in response to their involvement in repressive measures against protesters at home.

Balcanii de Vest – teatrul competiției geopolitice între Rusia, China, Turcia și… Uniunea Europeană (I)

Războiul din Ucraina ar trebui să ne aducă aminte că primul conflict fratricid pe continentul nostru, după ultima mare conflagrație, a fost în Balcani, o regiune care a intrat în istoria modernă cu numele de ,,butoiul cu pulbere al Europei’’. Bagajul său istoric încă atârnă greu și astăzi iar recursul la valorile păcii și stabilității început acum mai bine de un sfert de secol este departe de a se fi încheiat.

Balcanii de Vest – teatrul competiției geopolitice între Rusia, China, Turcia și… Uniunea Europeană (II)

Arhitectura intereselor Chinei în regiune – cauze și efecte. Pătrunderea Chinei în Balcanii de Vest este unul dintre primele 2-3 fenomene care compun matricea geopolitică europenă din ultimii 10-15 ani, ca de altfel și extinderea prezenței economice a Beijingului în vestul continentului nostru.

Partidul Muncitorilor din Kurdistan

În Partidul Muncitorilor din Kurdistan sau PKK ( Kurmanji Kurdă : Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê [a] ) este un kurd militant organizație politică și armate de gherilă de circulație , care a funcționat istoric de-a lungul mai mare Kurdistan , dar acum se bazează în muntoase regiunile kurde , cu majoritate în primul rând sud-estul Turciei și nordul Irakului . Din 1984, PKK a fost implicat în conflictul kurd-turc (cu încetarea focului în 1999–2004 și 2013–2015), utilizând un război asimetric.să caute diverse obiective, inclusiv un stat kurd independent, autonomie și drepturi umane sporite pentru kurzi în Turcia .

Baloch Conflict: No Longer A Low-Level Insurgency – Analysis

For decades, the Pakistani establishment has termed the Baloch insurgency a low-intensity conflict confined mostly to Balochistan, the country’s largest province by territory. But that seems to have changed, as a spate of attacks this year clearly demonstrates that the insurgency has entered into a new phase.

Iran’s Ethnic Minorities Are Bearing Brunt Of Violent Regime Crackdown On Protests

Mahsa Amini, or Jina Amini, the name of a Kurdish woman killed by the Iranian morality police on Sept. 16, has echoed across social media in support of the protest movement that is posing the biggest challenge to the clerical rulers in years.

To Iranian law enforcement, Amini was just a nameless member of an ethnic minority that has been oppressed for decades. Little did they know that her death at the hands of one of its units would spark a massive uprising with the potential to topple the regime itself.