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Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?
25
Aug
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Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL - NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated, following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers on 17 June 2020, that the dire situation of COVID-19 does not imply that other challenges have gone away. With 70 years behind them, NATO member states have been hit with numerous historic consequential shifts and threats, shaping the direction of NATO, its deterrence and defence strategies, and indeed its very structure. These include the Readiness Action Plan, launched in 2014 and the Readiness Initiative in 2018, aiming to enhance the readiness of existing national force and new security challenges.…
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Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.
20
Aug
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Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.

BY: Oğuz Fırat PEJOURNAL - After the Soviet Union collapsed, Belarus began to move away from Russia to improve its deteriorating economy and relations with the West. While during this period, the newly established Russian government tried to control the post-Soviet space by establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991. On the other hand, Russia was concerned that interfering with close states such as Belarus, would risk the relations it was trying to establish with the West. But it realized that NATO's borders were widening eastward and so the West was starting to build sovereignty in the areas that…
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Yemen Crisis; External Intervenes
12
Aug
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Yemen Crisis; External Intervenes

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - War and violence have dominated the contemporary history of Yemen, a nation that has survived decades of armed rebellion and uprising to split and reunite into two countries. The civil war in Yemen has been a battle between the two factions, each calling itself the Yemeni government since 2015 with its supporters and allies. The war between the government forces of Abdul Mansur Hadi and southern Aden is based on the conflict between Aden and former forces of Ansarullah and pro-Ali al-Saleh. Ansarullah’s forces marched into Taiz Province on March 22, invading other parts of…
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Farming and Brexit
12
Aug
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Farming and Brexit

BY: Navomee Ponnamperuma PEJOURNAL - In the UK, until the recent pandemic, Brexit was the most common topic of conversation. From immigration to sovereignty, it was a heavily contested topic with extensive media coverage. Nevertheless, amidst the chatter, one aspect of Brexit appeared amiss despite its economic and social value. British farming represents one of the UK’s largest manufacturing sectors, contributing an estimate of over £120 billion to the national economy. It provides a secure food system in the UK and generates employment in rural areas, as current figures show over 4 million people employed in this sector. Prior to…
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A Review of 25-Year Iran-China Plan
09
Aug
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A Review of 25-Year Iran-China Plan

PEJOURNAL - "Iran-China relations are not a simple bilateral relationship. It will be very important in the political system of the world and in our region, and for this reason it has opponents", according to the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in the meeting held by the International Assembly of Muslim University Professors, Hossein Malaek, Iran’s former ambassador to China, said that China’s Serious Geopolitical Need for Iran He cited the lack of a model for the development of regular and precise and so-called organized relations as one of the weaknesses of all agreements between Iran and…
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Covid-19; The curious case of ASEAN countries
05
Aug
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Covid-19; The curious case of ASEAN countries

BY: Chaitra Arjunpuri PEJOURNAL - When Covid-19 hit the East, first China, then Thailand, Japan, and South Korea last year, the West observed the situation carefully from the other side of the world. Not many of them expected how severely they would be hit very soon, as the death toll rocketed over 200,000 in Europe and 600,000 in the United States. As of now, the US, Italy, Spain, France, and the UK are all ahead of China with the highest numbers of reported cases and deaths.  Though Southeast Asian countries, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, were among the first to be hit by COVID-19, the US has become the new global epicenter of the pandemic,…
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Inequality in Great Britain
05
Aug
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Inequality in Great Britain

BY: Andrew Rupp PEJOURNAL - With its super-diverse population paired with a long and rich history, Great Britain continues to rival the United States of America with its high levels of prosperity, education, and progress in science and technology. However, it also rivals America’s proclivity for the ongoing permission of severe and escalating inequalities. A striking example is the vastly skewed life expectancies in the northern English city of Stockton-on-Tees. These citizens have a 17.3-year difference in life expectancy in just a 3-mile radius, showing a harrowing contrast in the quality of life between the upper and lower classes (Ons.gov.uk,…
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LIBYA’S CIVIL WAR; THE WEST’S OIL CRUSADE NO ONE WANTED
04
Aug
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LIBYA’S CIVIL WAR; THE WEST’S OIL CRUSADE NO ONE WANTED

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - It has been a turbulent week in Libya. Following the UN-backed GNA government's announcement to recapture the city of Sirte on July 18, Egypt declared that it will deploy its troops in the neighboring country next Monday to protect its national security "from criminal armed militias and foreign terrorist elements." Turkey, the main GNA supporter in the war, warned Cairo that such a move could be considered an invasion. The United States, concerned about Russian influence in the region, has accused Moscow of breaking the arms embargo in the country. The Libyan Civil War began…
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Political Economy Journal: Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East
04
Aug
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Political Economy Journal: Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - In 1787, with several European ambassadors, the Russian Empress Catherine II visited Crimea. The purpose of the trip was to reassure and deceive the ambassadors before a new war against the Sublime Porte with regard to Russia’s true power ability. To this end, Crimean Governor Grigory Potemkin set up mobile villages full of soldiers dressed as farmers to show a fake picture of a fully developed countryside with flourishing agricultural activity. Since then, ‘Potemkin settlements’  have become synonymous with diplomatic deceit and have had a profound influence on the history of Russian foreign policy.  As…
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Trump’s Chance in 2020; amid corona virus pandemic
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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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