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How to Make a Deal With Putin

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

Only a Comprehensive Pact Can Avoid War

Vladimir Putin has the world on edge. The Russian president has deployed more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders and threatened “military-technical” measures if NATO continues to cooperate with Kyiv. He unilaterally drafted two extraordinarily aggressive treaties in December designed to constrain the organization and its members. They contain demands that are such nonstarters—most centrally, closing NATO’s open door to Ukraine and prohibiting organizational forces and weapons in nations that joined after May 1997—that they read more like predicates for war rather than sincere overtures for negotiations.

How the UK Should Respond to the Bosnia Crisis

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

With efforts by Bosnian Serb separatists to trigger a secession gathering pace, the UK has several options to help maintain peace in the country.

The Enemy Within: The Impact of Corruption on Security Force Assistance

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

With corruption playing a significant role in the outcome of recent security force assistance missions, a different approach to tackling the problem is needed.

The Beijing–Moscow Partnership: Natural or by Necessity?

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

Despite the optics of a Sino-Russian presidential summit at a time of heightened tensions with the West, the trust upon which their bilateral relationship is built remains shaky.

Syrian Jihadi Cleric Reports HTS Gave Foreign Jihadis Days To Leave Idlib, Lists 24 Names, Including French Citizens

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

On February 17, 2022, Syrian jihadi cleric Abu Yahya Al-Shami, a fierce critic of Syrian jihadi group Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) which largely controls Syria’s Idlib, published[1] a post on Telegram accusing it of expelling several foreign jihadis from the city. Al-Shami provided a list of 24 foreign jihadis of different nationalities, including Tunisians, Moroccans, an Egyptian, an Algerian, an Indian, and even some French citizens.

US tank sale to bolster Polish forces as allies focus on Russia’s movements

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday that the U.S. will sell 250 M1A2 Abrams tanks to Poland, giving a key NATO ally that borders Russia a substantial boost in firepower.

Adding the tanks to the Polish arsenal will ensure more equitable security burden-sharing in NATO, he said, although he noted that no delivery date has been set.

Eurafrique

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

Policy differences between Europe and Africa have been widening, and while there may be warm words about a new partnership when the leaders of the EU and African Union meet in Brussels, there are unlikely to be breakthroughs on key African demands.

Turkey’s PKK Conflict: A Regional Battleground in Flux

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

Turkey is increasingly relying on airpower in its fight against the PKK. New parties have been drawn into the conflict as it spreads to new theatres in Iraq and Syria, which, for now at least, complicates potential efforts to settle things down.

To The Biden Admin: To Eradicate Iran’s Terrorism, Confront the Ruling Mullahs

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

The administration, however, then made an astonishing announcement: that it is unfreezing $29 billion to the Iranian regime, despite that Iran is still, according to the State Department, an officially designated state sponsor of terrorism.

Ukraine And Rebels Trade Accusations Of Shelling, Says Russia Is Provoking Ukraine To Attack

February 20, 2022 by M Barbu

The Ukrainian Government and Russian-backed separatists in Luhansk and Donetsk are currently trading accusations of each shelling the other, further escalating tensions within the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian and United States officials say that these Russian-backed separatists are only pursuing these allegations of shelling as a pretext to invade Ukraine.