ANALYSIS

08

Jul

Iran, JCPOA, Russia, UNSCR2231, USA, Weapon Sanctions

Political Economy Journal: Russian Federation and Iran Arms Embargo

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - In October 2020, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) ended a five-year length of an embargo on exports - the import of heavy weapons and army equipment. However, already five months earlier than this date, the United States is making active efforts to prolong this legislative act through the UN Security Council. The United States voiced a position on this issue as early as April 25, 2020. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a separate statement on Iran’s space program. In this statement, he called on the “peace-loving countries” to extend the embargo on…

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07

Jul

2020-election, Joe Biden, President Trump, The Washington Post

The Washington Post: What if Trump loses but insists he won?

PEJOURNAL - On his present trajectory, President Trump is heading for a whopping defeat in November. The Economist says there’s nearly a 99 percent chance that Joe Biden will win more popular votes and around a 90 percent chance that he will win more electoral college votes. But what if Trump won’t concede defeat? That is a nightmare scenario for our democracy that could make the 2000 showdown over Florida’s hanging chads seem like a grade-school dispute by comparison. Trump is already laying the foundation to dispute the election outcome with his incessant claims that “Mail-In Ballots will lead to…

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07

Jul

China, East, NATO, USA, West

SCFR: West’s Strategic Reflections on “Eastern Threat”

PEJOURNAL - Dr. Jahanbakhsh Izadi in an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, referring to the remarks of the NATO Secretary General on the need for greater unity of NATO member states to counter Beijing due to China’s growth in various fields, including military and economic, said: “In US contemplations the future strategic rival is China. If we look at the GDP growth of the two countries in 2019, the distance between the United States and China is much smaller than the United States with other powers. He added that US gross domestic product (GDP)…

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07

Jul

Egypt, Faiz al-Siraj, General Haftar, Libya, Moscow, North Africa, Paris, Turkey, Washington

SCFR: Libya; Scene of Turkey-Egypt Proxy War

PEJOURNAL - With the escalation of the armed conflict in Libya, and in particular the advance of the National Unity Government forces led by Faiz al-Siraj in areas beyond the capital, the domestic military scene in Libya and its equations have become much clearer. It has also led to obtaining further knowledge about international rivals supporting the either side in the Libyan conflict. However, the retreat of the so-called National Army forces under the command of General Haftar has also contributed to the controversy, prompting widespread reactions about the collapse of these forces (National Army). Western supporters and General Haftar’s…

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06

Jul

Geopolitica, Militarisation, Space, USA

Geopolitica: US Begins Active Militarisation Of Space

BY: Leonid Savin - On 19 June, the unclassified section of the Pentagon’s new space defence strategy was released, and it clearly states that the US views the environment as a field of operations. The publicly available document is short in length, but it clearly shows the position and intentions of the US military with regards to space – to achieve and retain US military superiority. In the spirit of previous strategies and doctrines, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, none of which will give US citizens a peaceful night’s sleep, are once again used as justification. The moulding of public…

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06

Jul

COVID19, Europe, financial crisis, PANDEMIC

Is Europe ready to face this new financial crisis?

BY: Elena Lazzaro* , Luca Carelli* PEJOURNAL - The Covid-19 crisis has shaken the global economy putting many countries on their knees. Although this isnot the first pandemic in human history, Covid-19 presents a number of characteristics that make it a uniqueevent. First of all, much like with natural disasters, this virus comes from exogenous factors uncorrelated to countries’economies; however unlike these, it does not remain circumscribed to a specific area.Additionally, when comparing the current economic recession to that of 2007, it appears clear that the formerdoes not present a sheer financial nature; however, as in the case of the…

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06

Jul

Bolton, book, TRUMP

Political Economy Journal: A book review on ‘The Room Where It Happened’; Bolton reveals what happened in the room

BY: Chaitra Arjunpuri* PEJOURNAL - “No one really knows how the game is played, the art of the trade, how the sausage gets made, we just assume that it happens, but no one else is in, the room where it happens.” (Lyrics in ‘Hamilton’) Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ compares himself to Alexander Hamilton, founding father and first treasury secretary. In the Broadway smash, ‘Hamilton’, Aaron Burr, the antagonist laments his lack of nexus to power as opposed to the protagonist who is negotiating a compromise on the federal government’s assumption of the state debts. In the song, Burr complains, “I wanna be in…

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05

Jul

China, David Albright, Frank Pabian, global security, global stability, IAEA, Iran, ISIS, Israel, media propaganda, Natanz nuclear site, nuclear centers, Parchin, Russia, Sarah Burkhard, Tehran series, Zionist regime

Threatening global stability and security through media propaganda around strikes at nuclear centres

BY: Political Economy Journal Team PEJOURNAL - This Thursday morning, an incident took place on the Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz, during which one of the huts under construction in the open area of ​​Natanz site was damaged. Following this incident, some Israeli media accounts immediately attributed the incident to Israel's destructive actions, same procedure which was followed by the Zionist regime's media sources regarding the explosion of the gas tank in Parchin area in Tehran, capital city of Iran, some days before. Regarding the Parchin incident, the relevant authorities released the full video from the location, provided the necessary…

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02

Jul

COVID19, EU, Financial Policies, pejournal, post-corona

EU’S financial policies in post Covid era

BY: Stefano Grasso* PEJOURNAL - The coronavirus pandemic has been causing a very strong and very hard recession. Indeed, it has been impacting on people’s health, jobs and well-being.  According the latest projections of OECD the GDP of Euro area will decrease up to -9%. The global outlook is highly uncertain. The OECD’s outlook focuses two scenarios: one in which a second wave of infections, with renewed lock-downs, hits before the end of 2020, and one in which another major outbreak is avoided. In these weeks, in Germany and in Portugal, the Governments have limited some areas of their country…

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30

Jun

Benny Gantz, Bibi, Israel, Mossad, Netanyahu, Shabak, Shin Bet, West Bank

Political Economy Journal: Netanyahu’s Economic Corruption Coverage; Occupying the West Bank

PEJOURNAL - On Wednesday, July 7, the Zionist regime's plan to occupy parts of the West Bank will be presented to parliament by the regime's government. Although the plan is not new and its main content was agreed upon in the 1991 Oslo Accords, the Palestinian resistance has never agreed to it. Palestinian resistance groups have threatened to launch a new war in the occupied territories. Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the head of the Palestinian Authority, also reacted to the Zionist regime's move, saying that the US government had advised Netanyahu that the time was not right and that it…

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