TRENDS

27

Jan

Starbucks, Google and the Lot: The Capitalist Delusion

BY: Andrew Rupp PEJOURNAL - What was, and still is, occurring was a shift from patriotism to giving into the omnipresence of major corporations. “Love of country” became “love of brand”. We didn’t notice, and we weren’t encouraged to care. Seeing a Starbucks café open in a Barnes and Nobles bookstore was more exciting than learning of our government forcibly overthrowing Central and Latin American politicians, conflicts with the Iranian government for (what else?) oil, or the history and subsequent outcomes of the 1992 L.A. Riots. Midwestern Beginnings The time is 1986 with supply-side economics firmly running the show. I…

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26

Jan

China, Joe Biden, USA, Zhao Lijian

Zhao Lijian urges Biden Administration to Learn from Trump’s Strategic Errors and Wrong Policies Towards China

PEJOURNAL - Zhao Lijian, The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, reiterated its hopes for better relations with the new US administration of Joe Biden, urging the incoming President to learn from Donald Trump’s errors and not to treat Beijing like a threat. Speaking on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Zhao Lijian said Beijing hoped President Joe Biden would help get Sino-US relations back on track, RT reported.  “In the past few years, the Trump administration has made strategic errors, treating China as a strategic competitor or even a threat, and accordingly adopted a series of wrong actions that interfere with China’s…

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20

Jan

Diplomacy, Negotiation, science, Technology

Negotiation in the style of science and technology diplomats

BY: Sayed Alireza Behbahani PEJOURNAL - According to the Oxford Glossary, science means intellectual and practical activities, including the systematic study of structure and behavior in the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation, and diplomacy, according to the Glossary of Diplomacy, the main means of communication between states and empowering them in relationships. During the last one or two centuries, very drastic changes have taken place in human life and most of them have been related to the birth of a technology, such as steam engine revolution, communication revolution, globalization, electricity, space conquest, polio vaccine, penicillin and etc.…

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20

Jan

barracks, Capitol Hill, inauguration, Joe Biden, Security, Washington

Washington; The capital or The barracks?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Washington DC has become a military barracks on the eve of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden. Thousands of troops are currently stationed in the city, and the Pentagon has confirmed that 25,000 troops (equivalent to the number of troops the United States has deployed in South Korea to defend the country) will be deployed to secure the ceremony. The FBI said there was "alarming evidence" that protesters might clash with police at Biden's inauguration, stressing the need for a large government presence and that it would monitor calls for armed action until the…

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11

Jan

Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Siege, Democracy, European Union, Josep Borrell, U.S.

U.S. Capitol siege a ‘wake-up call’ for democracies

PEJOURNAL - The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday that last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation to spread on social media. “What we saw on Wednesday was only the climax of very worrying developments happening globally in recent years. It must be a wake-up call for all democracy advocates,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a blog post. “Everybody needs to understand that if we accept setbacks after setbacks, even if they seem minor, democracy and its values and institutions can…

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08

Jan

Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Siege, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, liberal democracy, US Congress

Capitol Hill Siege; Western liberal democracy without retouching

PEJOURNAL - During the Capitol Hill Siege the whole world saw the naked reality of Western liberal democracy through the window of events that took place in the US Congress, and compared the propaganda claims and democratic slogans of the West with its indisputable facts. The 2020 election  in the United States and the events before and after it in the political and social dimensions is undoubtedly an unprecedented period in the political history of this country. Although the Western media is trying to portray the events of the past few months in the United States as not uncommon and…

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31

Dec

CSIS, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Program, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, West Asia

West Asia on the path to nuclear proliferation

PEJOURNAL - A recent report from CSIS on the think tank's "nuclear program" lists the trends that lead to the development of nuclear weapons, claiming that US misguided policies have encouraged Turkey and Saudi Arabia in West Asia to pursue nuclear weapons technology. The Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS ) was established in 1962 with a focus on areas related to US national security. The think tank's board of trustees is currently headed by Thomas Pritzker, a major American financier and hotelier. John Hammer, who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1993 to 1997, also manages…

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29

Dec

2020, Challenges, China, Relations, the United States

The Challenges of China-U.S. Relations in 2020

PEJOURNAL - China-U.S. relations have been severely weakened in 2020 three years after a gradual decline in Donald Trump's administration. Beijing and Washington have accused each other of the coronavirus pandemic, entered an insane economic war, competed over Fuji networks and other technologies, and disputed human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang (alongside other issues) President-elect Joe Biden must face these challenges from day one of his presidency, the Council on American Foreign Relations website wrote in a note. Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) have reviewed major events affecting China-U.S. relations over the past year and…

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29

Dec

Economy, Impact, Joe Biden, Middle East

The Impact of Biden’s Victory on the Middle East Economy

PEJOURNAL - With Biden elected president of the United States, some Middle Eastern countries have been locked up. Israel-U.S. relations, which were influenced by the warm relations between Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will no longer continue under Biden, and Saudi Arabia is likely to face increased congressional oversight of the country's human rights issues. Leaders of Middle Eastern countries also know very well that Biden's vision does not necessarily have in common with their approaches. But regardless of the political consequences, the Middle East must wait for the economic gains from Biden's victory," Amjad…

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29

Dec

Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, Bashar al-Assad, Gaza, General Soleimani, Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Syria, Terrorism, Trump administration, Zionism

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s analysis of latest developments in the region and the last days of Trump administration

PEJOURNAL - Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, spoke to Al-Mayadin News TV on Sunday night, commenting on various issues, including the martyrdom of General Soleimani, developments in the region and the internal situation in Lebanon. The Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon talked to Al-Mayadin News Network on Sunday night about various issues, including the martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes, and the axis of resistance and developments in the region. At the beginning of this interview, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah congratulated all Christians in Lebanon and the world on the birth of Jesus Christ and…

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