Attempts to discredit the concept of the “Russian world” – a view from Serbia.
Today, Russophobia from the Serbian point of view is exactly what the word means in the strict sense: a phobia (irrational fear) of Russia. What kind of rational or irrational fear of Russia could Serbia have today?
The attacks by the Fatah-affiliated terrorists came days after The Washington Post published a story from Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, in which its correspondents romanticized members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, even documenting them as they visit their barber for a haircut.
The world’s reserve currency is facing a challenge from Global South countries who want options beyond the greenback.
Johannesburg, South Africa – For 80 years, the United States dollar has dominated all other currencies. But a grouping of developing countries tired of the West’s looming presence over global governance and finance is determined to take it down a peg.
For the five BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) members, de-dollarization has become the latest common buzz-word among the English vocabulary. Long before the highly-praised Johannesburg’s 15th BRICS summit, considered as very important step forward on the way to deepening interaction in the sphere of trade and investment with the nations of Global South, all the five BRICS leaders have made it their priority task to find their own common currency so as not to depend on the United States dollar in the emerging new world.
The rise of populism in recent years has been a notable global phenomenon, characterized by charismatic leaders who often capitalize on public discontent and present themselves as champions of the common people against entrenched elites.
Around 1,400 years ago, when 150 migrants migrated (Hijra), there were about 15,000 Ansar in Medina who hosted them. That was a proportion of about 1%. In today’s context, in Turkey with a population of 80 million, the estimated influx of over 17 million refugees has reached an enormous scale.
Despite notable repatriation progress in early 2023, involving 14 countries returning their nationals, including children, the issue of detention centers and camps in Northeast Syria remains a critical challenge for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition. Likewise, Al-Hol camp continues to prove a breeding ground for IS resurgence. The tough security regime and the robust monitoring and surveillance efforts undertaken by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) over the years has facilitated the camp administration in maintaining a semblance of relative security and stability, but the ideological influence of IS and its reign of terror spreads gradually through the group’s foreign female stalwarts who are passing on the Islamic State’s extremist ideology to the next generation.
On July 6, law enforcement in Germany and the Netherlands arrested nine Central Asians on terrorism-related charges. In Germany, five Tajik nationals, one Kyrgyz citizen, and one Turkmenistani citizen were arrested in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia for allegedly creating and participating in a local terrorist organization and supporting Islamic State (IS). In the Netherlands, a married couple—a Tajik husband and Kyrgyz wife—were also arrested in Eindhoven and Breda. Both are suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, with the husband also suspected of IS membership (Kaktus Media, July 6).
«Le PIB ne mesure ni notre intelligence, ni notre courage, ni notre sagesse, ni nos connaissances, ni notre compassion. Il mesure tout sauf ce qui fait que la vie vaut la peine d’être vécue». (Robert Kennedy ministre de la justice dans un célèbre discours en 1968)
À la veille du sommet de l’OTAN, le New York Times a publié un article signé par deux auteurs (Gray Anderson et Thomas Meaney), paru sous le titre : «L’OTAN n’est pas ce qu’elle prétend être».
L’article s’ouvre en traitant l’admission de la Finlande ainsi que l’invitation de la Suède, et se poursuit par une révélation extrêmement importante : «Depuis le tout début de son existence, l’OTAN n’avait jamais eu pour préoccupation première l’accumulation militaire. Au cœur de la Guerre froide, contrôlant 100 divisions, c’est-à-dire une petite fraction du personnel du Pacte de Varsovie, l’organisation ne pouvait pas escompter repousser une invasion soviétique, alors même que les armes nucléaires du continent étaient sous le contrôle de Washington. L’organisation avait plutôt pour objectif d’inscrire l’Europe occidentale dans un projet bien plus vaste, dirigé par les États-Unis, en vue d’établir un ordre mondial au sein duquel la protection étasunienne allait tenir lieu de levier pour obtenir des concessions sur d’autres sujets, comme le commerce et les politiques monétaires. De manière surprenante, l’OTAN réussissait alors remarquablement à accomplir cette mission.»