Fighting Erupts In Ukraine As Russian Backed Rebels Renew Attacks
While there has been somewhat of a lull in hostilities, massive fighting by Russian occupation forces has renewed, this time in the town of Avdiivka, which has been subject to massive shelling. All of this has its roots dating back to 2014, with the annexation of Crimea, seen by the international community as an illegal act violating...
Reflection: Sebastian Gorka – Medieval or Modern?
Photo by Sebastian Gorka via Wikipedia‘s Wikimedia Commons. Three factors led to Russia’s defeat and any outside actor will have to deal with these factors should they wish to drastically change the Afghan reality in a lasting way. To change Afghanistan, an outside power must do the following: install a national leader who is a Pashtun but...
UN welcomes Russia’s support in Donbass humanitarian work — coordinator
“Russians have actually been quite supportive of us in our efforts to get registration,” Niel Walker said …read more Source:...
Australia-NATO Cooperation and Trump
The closing months of 2016 provided ample fodder for sceptics of the future of NATO, as well as critics of the Australian relationship with the Atlantic alliance. The questions about NATO come at a time of unstable global security, amid ongoing tensions with Russia and the uncertainty of the Trump presidency. What does this mean for Australian...
European Security: Has Trump Reshuffled the Cards?
“I think NATO may be obsolete.” When Donald Trump, the next president of the United States, spoke these words during the campaign, he most likely had only a vague idea of how he would act upon them. But one thing is certain: if he made the statement, it is because he knew it to be a vote-winner. And win he did. Has his election reshuffled the...
A Lukewarm Hot Springs Summit in Japan
Russian President Vladimir Putin held all the cards in the Kuril Islands negotiations with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 15-16 December. Amid a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape there were advances, but those who expected that the two leaders would, at one stroke, resolve the decades-old territorial dispute, were disappointed. Putin...
From Quasi-State to State Department: Rex Tillerson
The chief executive of one of the world’s largest companies has been nominated to fill the United States’ oldest cabinet position. Rex Tillerson, head of ExxonMobil, would be the first secretary of state in modern history with no public-sector experience. Nonetheless, this appointment is consistent with the Trump...
Ukraine to unveil new Chernobyl dome
Ukraine is due to unveil the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe …read more Source:...
Expert believes Egypt, Israel, Syria and Ukraine are interested in rapprochement with SCO
In spite of this interest, the SCO is in no rush to expand, the journalist has noted …read more Source:...
IFJ reports 66 journalists killed in 2016
Sixty-six journalists have been killed in different countries around the world while performing professional duties since the beginning of 2016. ||| Brussels – Sixty-six journalists were killed in different countries around the world while performing professional duties since the beginning of 2016, the International Federation of...
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