The EU Needs to Aim Even Higher on Its Defense Transformation
One of the biggest geopolitical questions raised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is whether it will transform European defense.
Author: M Barbu
It’s Time to Start Thinking About Britain After Boris
The revelations of outrageous behavior by the civil servants and advisers closest to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have become so predictable in their mixture of bureaucratic procedure with B-movie farce, that it now seems surprising when a day goes by without another incident splashed across the morning headlines.
Libya’s Transition Out of Civil War Has Stalled
Libyans could be forgiven for feeling an uneasy sense of déjà vu in recent months. Last year many had hoped the country was finally moving on from a long struggle between rival authorities. But the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, or GNU, that was established in 2021 as part of the United Nations-led political process has been challenged since March by a rival government appointed through a disputed parliamentary vote.
Iran Not Waiting for Nuclear Weapons to Destabilize the Middle East
The goal of Iran’s mullahs is to spread their control to as many countries as possible by using their terrorist proxies, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi militia in Yemen.
Scandal între guvernul bulgar și refugiații ucraineni
De la începutul războiului din Ucraina, în Bulgaria au intrat peste 300.000 de refugiați, dintre are au decis să rămână aici puțin peste 100.000.
UN experts: Libya’s security threatened by foreign fighters
Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, U.N. experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press.
The experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents, ignoring international and domestic civil rights laws, including laws prohibiting torture.
History Can Be a Guide for Thinking About the Post-Ukraine Global Order
How should one think about the future of the global order and international organizations against the backdrop of Russia’s war on Ukraine? The war has highlighted the limitations of multilateral security institutions at both the global and European levels, as Moscow has blocked or ignored calls from the United Nations and other bodies to cease the hostilities.
2 Kosovar men held in detention on terror suspicions
A Kosovo court decided Monday to continue detaining two Albanian men who allegedly joined extremist groups in Syria.
The Pristina court decided in separate cases in favor of prosecutors’ requests to leave the suspects in detention for a month.
EU sanctions al-Qaida-linked group, two leaders
The member states of the European Union on Monday agreed to impose terrorism-related sanctions against an al-Qaida-affiliated armed insurgent group and two of its leaders.
The European Council, which oversees the 27-member bloc’s political direction, identified Hurras al-Din, a Syria-based al-Qaida affiliate, its leader, Faruq al-Suri, and its religious leader, Sami al-Aridi, for asset freezes and travel bans.
Relatives of Albanian ISIS fighters to be repatriated from Syria
Four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians who joined ISIS extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp, a Kurdish official from northeast Syria said Friday.