Strategy & Policy

15

Jun

Border Tension, China, Gepolitics, India, SCFR

SCFR: Roots Causes of China-India Border Tension

PEJOURNAL - For almost a month now, severe border tensions between India and China have erupted in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian media reported, citing Indian officials that thousands of Chinese troops have entered the Galwan Valley in Ladakh. According to these reports the Chinese forces reportedly pitched tents in the area, dug trenches, and deployed heavy military equipment a few kilometers deep in what India regards its territory. China, on the other hand, says it is India that has actually changed the border equations. India has recently built a…

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14

Jun

Caribbean Sea, Iran, oil export, Persian Gulf, UWI, VENEZUELA

UWI: Humiliating the US both in the Caribbean Sea and the Persian Gulf: Iran’s oil export to Venezuela

PEJOURNAL - Bilateral trade between countries seems would normally be a rather typical matter. However, when the trade on the agenda between the two countries that have been under the pressure of the United States for a long time with the ultimate goal of destroying these countries entirely, it becomes a symbolic act of resistance against the world imperialist system. Iran has been dealing with the harshest economic and fiscal sanctions ever seen after the 1979 Islamic revolution. Tehran considers the US’ sanctions an obvious violation of international law r, and calls it “state economic terrorism”. On the other hand,…

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14

Jun

Caribbean Sea, International Waters, Iranian Navy, Mediterranean, pejournal, Persian Gulf, Political Economy Journal, South China Sea, Strait of Hormuz

Political Economy Journal: What is the Iranian Navy Looking For in International Waters?

Dr. Seyed Alireza Behbahani - Specialist in Modern Diplomacy PEJOURNAL - We are a naval state and we have a navy that defends our resources, interests and borders. We have had a strong navy throughout history, the Supreme Leader said: "There was a time we were at sea and traveling all over the world, and nowadays there are those in the sea that didn't even exist back then, and now what have happened that they have come and we are absent." The sea is a source of power and wealth, and Anglo-Saxons and colonialists throughout history have barred any country…

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11

Jun

BALTIC FLEET, EU, GERMANY, NATO, NUCLEAR, pejournal, POLAND, Political Economy Journal, Russia, US

Political Economy Journal: THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET IS LOOKING AT US NUCLEAR PLANS IN POLAND

“Soon, hypersonic weapons will be added to them, which in a real confrontation with NATO can guarantee the destruction of any carriers of American nuclear weapons,” Yuri Netkachev. PEJOURNAL/Moscow - As it became known to Russia that the United States and other NATO countries will be holding a maneuver in Poland, the preparations for the command and staff exercises announced by the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu with the Baltic Fleet and the 6th combined army of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, related to the June maneuvers of the Allied Spirit. The American tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) will probably be…

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10

Jun

Corona virus, National Security, PANDEMIC, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Social Networks

Political Economy Journal: The Impact of Social Networks on National Security amid Corona virus Pandemic

BY: Dr. Seyed Alireza Behbahani - Specialist in Modern Diplomacy Ensuring security is the most important reason for the existence of governments and ensuring the health of the nation is one of the most crucial components in establishing national security in a country. PEJOURNAL - Ensuring security is the most important reason for the existence of governments and ensuring the health of the nation is one of the most crucial components in establishing national security in a country. COVID-19 has shown the world that the health security is weak and vulnerable, and to illustrate how fast data and news reach…

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09

Jun

COVID19, foreign policy, Geoeconomics, Gepolitics, PANDEMIC

Foreign Policy: How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

The pandemic will change the world forever. Foreign Policy Magazine asked 12 leading global thinkers for their predictions. PEJOURNAL - Like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the coronavirus pandemic is a world-shattering event whose far-ranging consequences we can only begin to imagine today. This much is certain: Just as this disease has shattered lives, disrupted markets and exposed the competence (or lack thereof) of governments, it will lead to permanent shifts in political and economic power in ways that will become apparent only later. To help us make sense of the ground shifting…

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09

Jun

Gepolitics, Iran, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, VENEZUELA

Political Economy Journal: Venezuela and Iran’s victory over sanctions

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The arrival of Fortune and Forrest, those of the five Iranian ships with oil and additives for the production of gasoline to Venezuela is a victory of both countries over the criminal sanctions that the United States imposes on each of them.After September 11, 2011, the Bush administration understood that in order to have power in a globalized world, it must achieve financial hegemony since all the countries of the world need money to survive and operate in the 21st century, it creates financial trails that are difficult to hide, whoever has that information will…

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09

Jun

Africa, Aljazeera, Libya, MENA, Russia, Turkey, USA

Libya’s war; Erdogan says ‘agreements’ reached with Trump

PEJOURNAL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said "some agreements" have been reached with his US counterpart Donald Trump that could herald a "new era" in the conflict in Libya. Turkey supports the internationally recognised government of Fayez al-Sarraj, whose forces have in recent weeks driven back an assault on the capital, Tripoli, by the forces of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar. While the US officially supports Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Haftar is supported by Washington's allies - Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), France, and Saudi Arabia - as well as Russia. "After our call this evening,…

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09

Jun

Africa, Libya, MENA, The Independent

Danger of ‘miscalculation’ as global powers scramble for position in Libya

PEJOURNAL - War-ravaged Libya begins a new phase of armed conflict after forces loyal to the internationally recognised government in Tripoli besieged strongholds of warlord Khalifa Haftar in the country’s centre and south. At least 16,000 civilians were displaced in the recent weeks of fighting in which numerous military facilities, neighbourhoods and towns changed hands in western Libya, according to the United Nations. Now the battle has moved to the coastal city of Sirte, the hometown of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the remote airbase in Jufrah, where Russians have quartered a dozen war jets as well as mercenaries of…

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