Author: M Barbu

A Short History of Haiti

The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola – a Spanish asset – under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved to be a valuable spigot of wealth. In 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied two-thirds of the overseas trade of France and was the greatest individual market for the European slave trade. It was a bigger source of income for its owners than the whole of Britain’s 13 North American colonies combined. The labour of half-a-million slaves propped up the dazzling opulence of the French commercial bourgeoisie, and formed the hidden foundations of cities like Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille. In August 1791, after two years of the French Revolution and its ripple effects in Saint-Domingue, the slaves revolted.

Situaţia din Afganistan se deteriorează rapid. Jocul Rusiei, Turciei şi Iranului

Majoritatea trupelor Marii Britanii din Afganistan au fost retrase, a declarat joi premierul Boris Johnson, punând capăt participării Londrei la conflictul de două decenii din această ţară, pe fondul temerilor că plecarea soldaţilor străini ar putea duce la un război civil haotic, relatează Reuters. Autorităţile afgane au desfăşurat mii de soldaţi pentru a contracara o vastă ofensivă a talibanilor în nordul ţării.

El último apagó la luz

Si para Estados Unidos Afganistán es la última derrota de su última guerra imperial, para los europeos es una catástrofe en sordina

Todo va mal en Afganistán. Regresan aquellos fantasmas históricos que expulsaron a todos los invasores y amargaron los últimos días de los regímenes títere por ellos instalados. El más antiguo y acreditado, hasta convertirse en concepto geopolítico, es el Gran Juego, la rivalidad entre Rusia y el imperio británico por dominar este vientre blando de Asia, de imposible control por las potencias extranjeras desde tiempos milenarios. Los más recientes bien podrían llamarse Saigón y Phnom Penh, las espinas clavadas en la historia de Estados Unidos, derrotada en Vietnam y Camboya.

L’Europe va-t-elle tomber dans le piège d’Orban ?

Orbán échafaude discrètement des plans pour maintenir son influence sur le pays même s’il perd les élections.

Une carte blanche de Zsuzsanna Szelényi, ancienne politicienne hongroise, experte en politique étrangère, qui a commencé sa carrière au sein du Fidesz, qu’elle a représenté au parlement de 1990 à 1994. Elle est actuellement membre de l’Académie Robert Bosch.

A tisztelet koldusai

Nem először tölt el csodálattal a szempontváltás képessége, amely olyannyira jellemzi a Fideszt. Bámulatos például, ahogy a többségi, autokráciába hajló (díszlet)demokrácia itthoni hívei, a váratlan és rekordgyorsaságú jogalkotás mesterei uniós színtéren a konszenzuális döntéshozatal szerelmeseivé vedlenek át.

Egyptian ISIS member in Derna confesses how group recruits from Cairo

A video circulating on social media on Sunday showed the confessions of an Egyptian ISIS member who was recently arrested by Libyan army forces. He spoke about how he was recruited with many other Egyptians from Cairo and then taken to Derna in Libya. He said that they are then sent to hot spot areas between Egyptian Sinai, Mali and Syria.

Report: Washington relaunches plan of surveillance on Libya-Tunisia border

The US justice department’s counterterrorism division has revived its plan to acquire balloons to keep the border between Libya and Tunisia under surveillance, saying that following the failure of Lockheed Martin and TCOM, two other US firms are still in the running, according to the French website, Africa Intelligence.

Defections Threaten Ahrar al-Sham Jihadist Movement

The owner of the well-known @MzmjerSh Twitter account revealed in a thread on June 22nd that Ahrar al-Sham is experiencing major defections within its ranks.

@MzmjerSh focuses on jihadist affairs, and the man behind it is believed to be a former jihadist leader in Jabhat al-Nusra.

“The Ahrar al-Sham movement is currently witnessing a major turning point since about 1,000 fighters who form the backbone of the commando forces, and the special forces have defected. The division came as a result of disputes with the movement’s leadership over some internal reforms that these fighters had demanded,” @MzmjerSh said.