Energie: une crise qui vient de loin
La crise énergétique n’est pas née des sanctions contre la Russie. Elle est la conséquence des délocalisations, de la spéculation sur les matières premières, de la politique européenne de la démographie…
Bulgaria’s ex-PM Borissov struggles to form anti-Putin coalition
Former prime minister Boyko Borissov won the fourth parliamentary election in 18 months but is now finding it difficult to sell his anti-Putin coalition proposal as parties are concerned over his party’s poor record on corruption.
Russia: Sanctions prevent it from maintaining gas pipeline to Turkiye, Balkans
Russia says that European sanctions block the energy transfer to Turkiye and Balkan region, Reuters reports.
According to the report, the Russian operator of a pipeline that supplies Turkiye and the Balkans with natural gas, South Stream Transport B.V, would suspend some maintenance and repair work, citing European Union sanctions, a move that threatens to deepen Europe’s energy crisis.
U.S. Presidents Refuse to Protect the U.S. from North Korea’s Nukes
The U.S. has the power to stop North Korean missile tests but has chosen not to do so. This is true not only of the Biden administration but also its predecessors. The U.S. has continually decided to adopt feeble options.
Doshman and the Massive Protests in Iran
After a stunning silence through two weeks of public protest and state violence, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khamenei delivered a spiteful attack on those who have been protesting on the streets of Tehran and many other major cities in the country.
Is Russia preparing to target vital Norwegian energy exports to Europe?
For all the recent talk that Russian President Vladimir Putin might use nuclear weapons to hold onto Ukrainian territory, Russia may have already begun hybrid warfare against Norway and northern Europe, especially Germany, to exploit Europe’s energy needs over the coming winter.
Ukraine: In bid to create ‘Russian World,’ education was weaponized
Ukrainians widely scoff at Moscow’s “Russian World” project, and often use the term derisively when describing the wholesale destruction wrought by Russia’s invasion of their country. Still education – and the teachers that shape the next generation of citizens – remains key to the fight for both sides.
Thanks to the Biden Administration, Russia and Iran Are Closer than Ever
“I am absolutely sincere in this regard when I say that Iran got much more than it could expect [from the Biden administration]….. [The Iranian leaders] are fighting for [their] national interest like lions. They fight for every comma, every word, and as a rule, quite successfully.” — Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s chief negotiator for the US in the nuclear talks, The New York Post, March 12, 2022.
Maroc-France : la fin d’une relation privilégiée
Entre ces deux-là, le mot « crise » est toujours tabou. Les signaux d’un malaise persistant entre Paris et Rabat sont pourtant de moins en moins faibles.
En juin et juillet derniers, puis à nouveau début septembre, le roi Mohammed VI passait plusieurs semaines en France. Deux mois durant lesquels le monarque, venu au chevet de sa mère que l’on dit souffrante, a séjourné essentiellement à Paris, dans une de ses résidences acquise en 2020 : un hôtel particulier situé dans le 7e arrondissement, derrière le Champ de Mars. Soit à deux pas de l’Élysée.
La frontière serbe : l’espoir renouvelé des jeunes de Tataouine
“Notre pays souffre du chômage, et mon fils rêve comme ses pairs de fonder une famille. C’est mieux de migrer que de rester ici et de voir les gens se développer, alors que lui est impuissant et humilié, parce qu’il n’a pas qui l’aider. Je n’attendrai pas jusqu’à ce qu’il se suicide.” C’est ainsi que Mahmoud résume les raisons qui l’ont poussé à collecter de l’argent pour financer la migration irrégulière de son fils, à travers la Serbie, jusqu’en France, suivant ainsi l’exemple de plusieurs jeunes de Tataouine.