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Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism

December 12, 2022 by M Barbu

The historic China-Arab Summit currently underway in Riyadh symbolizes the emerging Eurasianism in the Persian Gulf.

As Atlanticists continue their commitment to a future shaped by energy scarcity, food scarcity, and war with their nuclear-capable neighbors, most states in the Persian Gulf that have long been trusted allies of the west have quickly come to realize that their interests are best assured by cooperating with Eurasian states like China and Russia who don’t think in those zero-sum terms.

Iran: To veil or not to veil

December 12, 2022 by M Barbu

During a two-week visit to Iran in November, I witnessed women of all ages walking freely on the streets without the hijab. But, what we’re not told, is that they have been doing so for years.

The explosion of protests in Iran that began in September were not about the Islamic Republic’s “hijab law” specifically, but about the abuses and excesses of the so-called morality police – the Gasht-e-Ershad (also known simply as Ershad, or in English, the ‘guidance patrol’) – against regular Iranian women who were considered to be immodestly garbed.

Iran: FM Reasserts Sovereignty Over Persian Gulf Trio Islands

December 12, 2022 by M Barbu

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian described the three islands in the Persian Gulf as inseparable and eternal parts of Iran, stressing that Tehran will by no means compromise on its territorial integrity.

Iranian Influence Fuels Injustice In Iraq – OpEd

December 12, 2022 by M Barbu

An Iraqi court judgment imprisoning a young man for criticizing a governmental entity sparked anger and rejection in the southern province of Nasiriyah last week, prompting hundreds of young people to demonstrate and confront the security forces, who killed at least two demonstrators.

Erdogan amenință Grecia: „Ne construim singuri rachetele și asta îi sperie pe greci. Bineînțeles că vor lovi Atena!”

December 12, 2022 by M Barbu

Președintele turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan nu s-a ferit să amenințe Grecia direct cu un atac cu rachete, duminică, la Smasun, în timpul unui discurs ținut la Întâlnirea Tineretului, într-o sală de sport din Samsun, relatează agenția de presă de stat Anadolu.

Turkish Offensive into Rojava, Reasons and Implications

December 11, 2022 by M Barbu

Turkey has launched a planned military offensive into the Kurdish territories in northeastern Syria, long held by the Kurdish forces led by Syrian Democratic Forces ever since Syrian regime forces abandoned those territories in 2012.

Reborn Russia and Kosovo

December 11, 2022 by M Barbu

A peaceful dissolution of the USSR according to the agreement between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in 1988 in Reykjavik brought a new dimension of global geopolitics in which up to 2008 Russia, as a legal successor state of the USSR, was playing an inferior role in global politics when an American Neocon concept of Pax Americana became the fundamental framework in international relations.

Europe’s Forgotten Crisis: Migration Across the Mediterranean

December 11, 2022 by M Barbu

While Europe remains transfixed on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the migration crisis in the Mediterranean that has shaped much of the continent’s politics for the past 10 years remains in full swing.

Lucrative Business: Albanian Criminal Exploitation of the UK Asylum System

December 11, 2022 by M Barbu

The ‘broken’ asylum system in the UK has opened the door for organised criminal groups to become intermediaries in dangerous crossings of the English Channel, risking lives and exploiting vulnerable individuals. But is spending more on border patrols an adequate response to a highly organised, systemic issue?

Iran’s Mullahs: When Will the EU Wake Up?

December 11, 2022 by M Barbu

Does the EU know that the Russian President Vladimir Putin has received huge support for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Iran has been supplying kamikaze drones to Russia. That is why the Ukrainian foreign ministry reportedly stripped Iran’s ambassador in Kyiv of his accreditation and reduced the embassy’s diplomatic staff there.