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Iranian Foreign Minister: The Post-Corona new world order will not be completely Western oriented
27
Jul
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Iranian Foreign Minister: The Post-Corona new world order will not be completely Western oriented

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Iran, in a live Instagram interview in English, at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran: The last 30 years have been one of the most turbulent times in the world, and we have witnessed wars and drastic changes and catastrophes in the international community. Some want to define the world order after Corona. The new world order will no longer be entirely Western. Remember that President Trump said that they spent $ 7 trillion to establish a new world order and failed. Throughout history, the old order collapsed and was replaced by…
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Trump’s Chance in 2020; amid corona virus pandemic
26
Jul
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Trump’s Chance in 2020; amid corona virus pandemic

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - Regarding the reduction in the spread of the coronavirus, the first question in the United States has been the impact of the virus on the 2020 presidential election, and to what extent the remnants of Covid19 will be the cause of Trump’s defeat or victory. It is clear that the coronavirus has already strongly influenced the 2020 election and even resulted in a sort of ‘genetic mutation’ in Trump, who described the drowsy and dumb Joe Biden as a calm and good man after a phone conversation between the two. Although he seemed to believe…
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The Game of Eurasia
26
Jul
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The Game of Eurasia

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - The Eurasian Economic Union is a regional treaty signed in 2014 by the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. A year later, in 2015, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan joined. The Eurasian Economic Union officially started its work on January 1, 2015. Eurasian countries now have an area of ​​20 million square kilometers and a population of more than 183 million, which is 5.2% of the world's population. On the day of the agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced: “Today we have created a powerful and attractive economic growth center, a regional market that connects more than…
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The Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline; Increasing Tension Between the U.S. and EU
25
Jul
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The Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline; Increasing Tension Between the U.S. and EU

PEJOURNAL - Although the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline is 94 percent complete but Washington wants to keep it that way. A hulking Russian pipe-laying vessel called the Akademik Cherskiy can be seen off Germany’s Baltic coast these days,marine tracking sites say, apparentlywaiting for the chance to complete the final stretches of a massive undersea pipeline that will carry natural gas directly to Germany from Russia. The Trump administration, though, is trying to keep the pipeline, known as Nord Stream 2, on ice. Last week, the State Department moved to potentially impose economic penalties on investors and other business participants…
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Venezuela opposition party signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s Likud party
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Jul
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Venezuela opposition party signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s Likud party

PEJOURNAL - An opposition party, called Vente Venezuela,through its leader, María Corina Machado, signed a cooperation agreement with Israel's Likud party, which is in government through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vente Venezuela described this decision as "a historic and very important step". In the document, signed by Eli Vered Hazan, representing the Likud Foreign Relations Division, and by María Corina, on behalf of Vente Venezuela, both parties pledge to strengthen relations between the peoples of Israel and Venezuela. The political organizations also announced that the cooperation included "political, ideological and social issues, as well as making progress on issues related…
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China’s debt-trap tactics: Same script, different cast
24
Jul
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China’s debt-trap tactics: Same script, different cast

BY: Chaitra Arjunpuri PEJOURNAL - Ever wondered why India’s measure to ban China related apps and cancellation of Chinese contracts given for infrastructure development is praised and backed by other countries? China’s lending and investment policies, often disguised as help, in other countries have always resulted in “hidden debt” trap. This trap has pushed the economies of the borrowing countries to a worse than expected slowdown, one of the many problems associated with it. Over the past 20 plus years, China has become a major global lender, with outstanding claims exceeding over 5% of global GDP. It has given many…
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The Ethiopia and Egypt Water Dispute: How likely are war threats to materialize?
24
Jul
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The Ethiopia and Egypt Water Dispute: How likely are war threats to materialize?

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - Last week, Ethiopia and Egypt, two countries nourished by the waters of the Nile River, again exchanged threats of military intervention regarding the filling of the $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building in the east of the country. The dam, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Africa’s largest, is becoming a contemporary Rubicon that, if crossed, could irreparably harm the relationship between these two countries. On Tuesday, July 21, a new round of online negotiations managed to reduce tensions, putting the cooperation option back on the table. The Grand Renaissance…
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The United States Dollar at Risk of Sudden Collapse, Ex-IMF Official Warns
24
Jul
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The United States Dollar at Risk of Sudden Collapse, Ex-IMF Official Warns

PEJOURNAL - With the United States expected to double down on its fiscal stimulus measures to mitigate the economic fallout from the corona virus pandemic, and the US Federal Reserve continuing its aggressive monetary policy easing, there is a rising risk of a sudden loss of confidence in the US dollar, according to a former senior executive with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China Morning Post Reported. Zhu Min, who was deputy managing director of the IMF from 2011 to 2016, said the US dollar’s position as the dominant global currency was at risk of being eroded because of mounting…
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Turkey; Returning of Europe’s headache
23
Jul
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Turkey; Returning of Europe’s headache

BY: Damir Nazarov Turkey expands the borders of intervention throughout the Middle East despite the abundance of economic problems and the prospect of being drawn into a series of large-scale conflicts, under the slogan of "protecting democracy" . In almost every hot spot in the region, the Turks built military bases or sent officers to train local AK Parti loyalists. Ankara imposes and justifies its occupation of Muslim countries by protecting local " democratic forces "(North-Western Syria, Libya), fighting "terrorism "(Northern Syria and Iraq), "helping allies "(Qatar, Somalia, Yemen) and "cooperation for economic purposes" (Sudan, Djibouti)*. The question arises, where…
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Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Iran paving the way for a leap in strategic relations
23
Jul
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Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Iran paving the way for a leap in strategic relations

PEJOURNAL - Al-Kadhimi's visit to Tehran, according to the plans made, gained special dimensions through media, and thwarted the desperate attempt of the enemies to induce an inappropriate political atmosphere between two countries. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who is in Iran on his first foreign trip as head of a high-level political, economic and security delegation, met with the Supreme Leader and other high-ranking officials of Iran. This trip, was given special attention by domestic and international media due to the common interests between Tehran and Baghdad in the political, cultural, economic and regional fields; At the same time,…
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