NEWS

29

Mar

Arctic, Atlantic, Baltic, military drills, Russia, Strategic Bombers, USA

US Strategic Bombers Engage in Arctic, Baltic and Atlantic Exercises

PEJOURNAL - U.S. B-2 Spirit bombers concluded their role in what US European Command calls an historic Bomber Task Force deployment to Europe amid unprecedented and daily mounting tensions with the US’s fellow nuclear superpower Russia, last week. The current iteration of the Bomber Task Force mission combined the B-2 deployment with one of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers. Since the Cold War the two planes along with the B-52 Stratofortress have made up the American nuclear-capable, long-range, supersonic bomber fleet. In 2007 the B-1 was converted to carry only conventional bombs in accord with the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty…

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29

Mar

baltic sea, NATO, Russia

NATO’s Northeastern Expansion Meets Russia’s Northwestern Border

PEJOURNAL - That German warplanes are within immediate range of Russia’s Kaliningrad oblast (and not much further from St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad) and that Germany is in charge of a permanent battlegroup formation in Lithuania are topical issues as we approach the eightieth anniversary of Germany’s Operation Barbarossa invasion of Soviet Russia in 1941. When the Baltic states and former Soviet republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were brought into NATO in 2004, five years after Baltic neighbor Poland, that expansion consolidated the process of turning the Baltic Sea into a NATO one. The above four nations joined NATO members Denmark…

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26

Mar

Biden, Biden administration, China, foreign policy, Strategy, the United States

Biden’s Objectives in Escalating Confrontational Policy with China

PEJOURNAL - One of the most important and enduring facts in the history of international relations has been the rise and fall of great powers. This means that since the formation of the Westphalian system and the modern state, some great powers have always been able to emerge in the position of the supreme power of the international system and take the place of the previous superior states. The United States emerged as a major power after the World War II, leading and dominating the Western bloc. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, based on all objective criteria, the…

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25

Mar

Biden administration, federal lands and waters, gas, Louisiana, Oil, oil and gas leasing, U.S. states, Wyoming

Fourteen U.S. states including Louisiana and Wyoming sue Biden administration over oil and gas leasing pause

PEJOURNAL - Fourteen U.S. states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed lawsuits on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging his pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. The legal actions, which seek to restore regular federal drilling auctions, came a day before the administration is set to launch a review of the oil and gas leasing program. Biden, in January signed an executive order putting on hold new leasing pending that review. During his election campaign, he pledged to end new federal leasing as part of a sweeping plan to address climate change. The pause…

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22

Mar

COVID-19, IEA, Oil 2021, Oil markets

Oil markets face uncertain future

PEJOURNAL - World oil markets have rebounded from the massive demand shock triggered by Covid-19 but still face a high degree of uncertainty that is testing the industry as never before, according to a new IEA report.  The forecast for global oil demand has shifted lower, and demand could peak earlier than previously thought if a rising focus by governments on clean energy turns into stronger policies and behavioural changes induced by the pandemic become deeply rooted, according to Oil 2021, the IEA’s latest annual medium-term market report. But in the report’s base case, which reflects current policy settings, oil demand…

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14

Mar

China, De-Dollarization, Dollar, Russia, trade, US dollar

Russia gradually ditching US dollar in trade with allies

PEJOURNAL - A senior Russia lawmaker says his country is gradually reducing the role of the US dollar in financial transactions with allies and commercial partners, a long-pursued measure aimed at using currencies other than the greenback to offset the impacts of American sanctions. Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, made the announcement on Thursday and said Russia was gradually reducing the share of the US dollar in the Russian economy and foreign exchange reserves. "For example, within the framework of the EAEU, settlements in national currencies have grown to 74%. We are…

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14

Mar

Donald Trump, foreign policy, international heritage, Joe Biden, the United States

Trump’s international heritage for Biden

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - Joe Biden’s administration finally started after all ups and downs due to a transfer of power accompanied by unrest on the part of Donald Trump supporters. On the eve of the 2016 elections, Trump made every effort to gain prestige and prestige in the political world. For the past four years, the US leader has sought to completely destroy Obama’s legacy, both in domestic and foreign policy. Obama’s reforms in the field of health and health insurance and in the field of immigration policy suffered a serious blow. Fighting lawlessness – was one of the…

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13

Mar

British royal family, Meghan Markle, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Princess Diana, racist Queen

Will the racist Queen forces Meghan to suffer the fate of Diana?

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - CBS host Oprah Winfrey's Sunday night interview with the British Queen's granddaughter "Prince Harry" and his half-wife "Meghan Markle" caused more controversy than expected. About a year ago, Harry, the son of "Prince Charles" and "Princess Diana", left London and immigrated to the United States with his wife for the reasons mentioned in this interview. The most important part of this controversial interview, which became the headline of the world media, was nothing but the "racism and lies" of the British royal family, which was revealed by the bride of this family, Meghan Markle, and…

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08

Mar

AI, Biden administration, China, cybersecurity, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Russia

The Biden administration’s AI and cybersecurity plans

PEJOURNAL - Major issues on the Biden table include fighting the coronavirus epidemic, providing financial support to Americans, and reversing Trump's policies on climate change, international relations, and immigration, and as expected, cybersecurity still tops the Biden administration's list of priorities and the new US president has shown signs of his government's approach to the technology. First of all, Biden elevated the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to a cabinet-level position and appointed top geneticist Eric Lander, the founding director of the MIT-Harvard Broad Institute, to the role. The OSTP advises the president on science…

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07

Mar

Crisis, Erdogan, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, The Hood event, the Mavi Marmara, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy

From history; The unforgettable crises in Turkish foreign policy

BY: Begüm Burak* PEJOURNAL - The founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s conduct of state affairs and foreign policy vision approach was first declared in his 1931 speech during his tours of Anatolia. Atatürk’s saying “Peace at Home, Peace in the World” is seen as a central principle of the state administration and foreign policy steps. Unfortunately this vision has been undermined not only in Turkish scene but also in global scale. The world scale wars civil uprisings pose a big challenge peace in the world. Due to her strategic geographical location and critical role as the only democratic…

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