TRENDS

08

Apr

China, Eurocretin, Europe, Mackinder, Russia

The Eurocretin cuts ties with China and Russia

Original column BY: Maurizio Blondet Translation BY: Costantino Ceoldo PEJOURNAL - “Italy has aligned itself with other European countries, including France, Germany and Belgium and has summoned the Chinese ambassador in protest against the sanctions imposed by China on parliamentarians, researchers and European Union institutions.” Il Foglio [1] gives the news with a neocon conflict-thirsty great satisfaction: “It is the first time in at least two years - and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio [2], who exactly two years ago signed with Beijing Italy's entry into the Silk Road, was not there to welcome him – he [Li Junhua] was…

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07

Apr

Indo-Pacific, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, RCEP, South China Sea

Strategic Approaches of Powers in Indo-Pacific

PEJOURNAL - An expert on Security and Geopolitics, explaining the strategic approaches of powers in Indo-Pacific, stated: The Quad agreement with the withdrawal of Australia was suspended until 2010, but in the negotiations of the leaders of the four member states in the 2017 ASEAN meeting in Manila it was revived for military and diplomatic confrontation with China in the South China Sea. She added: Although in the statement of the recent virtual meeting, presidents of the four countries emphasized cooperation of the countries in establishing order in the East and South China Seas, as well as cooperation in controlling…

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03

Apr

America, Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Siege, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neo-Ku Klux Klownist, racism, right-wing extremism, Trumpism

The specter of Trumpism over America

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - The 2020 U.S. presidential election was not actually a rejection of Trumpism, but a non-white attempt to reject the use of racist tools to win votes. This is while Biden's coming will not necessarily solve anything inside and in this white conflict with immigrant Americans, but rather lead to temporary ignorance of the pain that this wound will do in every election and occasion in the future. The American Bleaching Project theoretically is what Huntington theorized in his book titled “Who We Are”. This project is the same as WASP: A good American is a…

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03

Apr

British citizen, Buckingham, GERMANY, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, UK

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence service plays with Buckingham reputation

BY: Tony Johnson PEJOURNAL - Mehran Raouf, a British citizen, was arrested on October 16th by the intelligence service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and is currently being held in Ward 2-Alef of Evin Prison (a special branch of the Iranian prison for political prisoners). Britain is currently grappling with major problems, including Scotland's secession, and the dire economic and social consequences of COVID19, and in this turbulent situation, the news about arresting one of its citizens by the Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence service is a heavy blow to Buckingham officials and the Boris Johnson administration. The…

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01

Apr

Drones, Export Military, Strategy, Turkey

Turkey’s Strategy to Export Military Drones

PEJOURNAL - Turkey, which intends to become self-sufficient in military equipment, has invested 35 billion dollars in the defense industry over four years. Taking those stages, Turkey became a military power by investing heavily in the elements of its hard power, in addition to expanding its soft power. Turkey has become a militarily influential country with investments in the defense industry by conducting effective studies in the field of development and research. It became one of the most important countries in the world, especially in the field of reconnaissance drones and armed drones, after the United States. While Ankara supplied…

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31

Mar

China, North Korea, Strategic Rivalry, USA

North Korea’s Position in the US-China Strategic Rivalry

BY: Danieal Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - China-US relations have many complexities and dynamics due to the need of both sides to take advantage of mutual capacities. The United States and China are partners as well as rivals. They are rivals in geopolitics and partners in economics. Their cooperation and contradictions become apparent, one of the most important of which is North Korea; China is helping North Korea maintain a strategic buffer zone against US influence. In studies of China-US competition, most researchers have focused on economic issues and less on geostrategic issues and the role of a third player in these…

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30

Mar

COVID crisis, COVID-19, COVID19, covidiot, coxxidiot

This is a coxxidiot

Original column BY: Clara Carluccio Translation BY: Costantino Ceoldo PEJOURNAL - They write to us with their usual arrogance, of those who despise those who propose alternative versions of the facts. They are the ones who keep in mind the numbers repeated every day, for a year, like a voodoo formula. Those who walk down the street and complain about “too many people around”, because only they can have the right to go shopping, buy the newspaper, walk an hour or two. They are the ones who spy, when they see people too close, or worse, laughing and having fun,…

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30

Mar

2020, 2021, COVID crisis, COVID-19, COVID19, PANDEMIC

Short comic history of a pandemic (2020-2021)

Original column BY: Sergio Flore Translation BY: Costantino Ceoldo PEJOURNAL - In a way yes, they are right: it is like a war. But no, no bayonet charges against the enemy. No act of courage or self-denial and certainly a few pats on the back between fellow soldiers. However, there is Manichean thought, the implicit rhetoric of the “with us or against us”. There is the impossibility of stopping, doubting, asking questions, on pain of social exclusion. Here, in this sense, yes, it is like a war. Brief review, in outline, of the stages of the military campaign. I go…

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30

Mar

Britain, British nuclear activities, Dominique Robb, IAEA, NPT, NUCLEAR

The danger of British nuclear activities for the world security

PEJOURNAL - Under the terms of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention, the elimination of nuclear weapons is part of the security of the international system, and member states are committed to working towards that.However, British Foreign Secretary Dominique Robb has called the Boris Johnson administration's plan to expand its nuclear arsenal, necessary for what it calls a "minimum of deterrence". The plan seeks to increase the number of British nuclear warheads from 180 to 260, which is completely contrary to the provisions of the NPT. This British action comes at a time when there are a few noteworthy…

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29

Mar

China, energy corridor, energy economy, Energy Security, energy transit, Europe, gas, geopolitics, Geostrategic, Iran, Oil, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Russia, Turkey

Geostrategic scrutiny on the construction of a new energy corridor

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Energy has become a lever of burden and pressure that influence international relations and geopolitics. Thus, energy security has been considered vital and important around the world which brings an emergency construction of a tactical strategic energy corridor or passage as a way to guarantee safety-ness. One of the main elements that facilitate world economic development is energy. The pursuit of the world towards development has created unsteadiness and imbalances in the supply and demand of energy. Therefore, energy resource has a major issue that needed an emergency approach to the nations globally. It has…

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