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Reviving Turkey’s role in Yemen; Its advantages and risks

Reviving Turkey’s role in Yemen; Its advantages and risks

PEJOURNAL - Turkey's neo-Ottoman foreign policy in West Asia in recent years has made the country one of the most important and interfering players in regional changes. Although in these interventions, the pragmatism of this country has been preferred to the ideological dimension of foreign policy as in the past, but behind such an approach, supporting the currents close to the Muslim Brotherhood and the alliance with Qatar in the region has been very important. And for this reason, the type of convergences and divergences of this country in West Asia is largely influenced by Brotherhood tendencies. The kind of…
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Russian Policies in Baltic Region

Russian Policies in Baltic Region

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - Russia’s relations with the Baltic states, including Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, have deteriorated since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with Russia and its Western allies blaming Russia for the increase. It should not be overlooked that the differences between Russia and the Baltic states are rooted in the centuries-old history of the inhabitants of the region. Army of Poland and Lituvania occupied Moscow for two years to become the only country in history to conquer Moscow, unlike Napoleon, the leader of France, and Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany. The three Baltic republics, Estonia,…
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Replacing NAFTA with USMCA

Replacing NAFTA with USMCA

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL- The 2,082 paged framework known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), went into force on the 1th of July this year and will constitute according to Trump “the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA”. And its predecessor, NAFTA, part of Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and signed in 1992 by Bill Clinton, will go down in history as the “US worst Trade Deal”. However, the impetus for a new trade Agreement governing a market with more than 500 million people involved, does not signal an end to trade disputes between…
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Libya’s ceasefire: the opening move of a complex chess game.

Libya’s ceasefire: the opening move of a complex chess game.

BY: Begona Arechalde On October 23, the UN body in charge of supervising the peaceful resolution of the Libya’s Civil War, UNSMIL, announced in Geneva that the warring factions have reached a ceasefire agreement. The document, that is just three pages long, summarises the next steps in the de-escalation of the conflict. The UN must monitor the correct implementation of the clauses to prevent internal disputes and third-party interests from sabotaging the progress made. Friday's agreement gives a truce to the poverty-stricken North African country, at war since the ouster of Muammar Qaddafi in a coup orchestrated by NATO and…
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What does Joe Biden’s presidency mean for America’s role in the world?

What does Joe Biden’s presidency mean for America’s role in the world?

BY: Atlantic Council PEJOURNAL - We finally have a winner. After several days of counting votes, former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald J. Trump in the US presidential election, after the Associated Press called Pennsylvania for the former vice president on November 7.  While Biden may have to contend with a divided Congress to achieve his many domestic priorities, he will have much more power to shape US foreign policy going forward. “Under a Biden presidency, the United States will shift from a ‘with or without us’ approach to a policy that fundamentally believes the United States can achieve more when we work together with partner nations,” Jason Marczak, director of…
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Trump or Biden; Looking inside is the only solution to problems

Trump or Biden; Looking inside is the only solution to problems

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - In the run-up to the US presidential election, some think that if Joe Biden wins, sanctions will be lifted and the dollar will fall, but if Trump stays in the White House, conditions will escalate, makes it much harder for Iran. Reviewing the background and positions of these two shows that neither Biden's election works wonders nor Trump has power to go over what he has done so far. Biden's stance on Iran, as explicitly published in his special note to the world a few weeks ago in CNN, shows a much smarter approach to…
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How do the North American elections influence West Asia?

How do the North American elections influence West Asia?

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - While there are conflicting positions in West Asia between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Qatar, there are likely to be some changes, but not substantive, in the United States' relationship with West Asia. The relationship with Israel is historic as it is considered a satellite state of the United States. With Trump's administration the relationship was practically carnal, the United States supported each of the violations of international law by Israel. Some examples of this were the transfer of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Deal of the Century…
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SoftBank Is in Talks to Sell Boston Dynamics to Hyundai

SoftBank Is in Talks to Sell Boston Dynamics to Hyundai

PEJOURNAL - SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to sell robot maker Boston Dynamics Inc. to Hyundai Motor Co., people familiar with the matter said. Proposed terms of the deal would give the South Korean automaker control of the robotics company in a transaction valued at as much as $1 billion, said one of the people, all of whom asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. The terms have yet to be finalized, and the deal could fall apart, said the people. Representatives for Boston Dynamics, Hyundai and SoftBank declined to comment on the deal talks. In…
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Potential Contenders for Biden’s Cabinet

Potential Contenders for Biden’s Cabinet

PEJOURNAL - On Saturday, US Democratic candidate Joe Biden declared victory in the 3 November election against former President Donald Trump, after several media outlets calling Nevada and Pennsylvania for him, alongside their 26 combined electoral votes, to top the needed 270 electoral vote minimum by over 20 votes. A Saturday report by Politico unveiled a long list of potential contenders for Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s cabinet, soon after the former US vice president was projected to win the White House against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. The potential White House staff list claimed by the newspaper reportedly consists of various cultural…
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US steps up sanctions pressure on Nord Stream 2

US steps up sanctions pressure on Nord Stream 2

PEJOURNAL - The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was stopped last December after US President Donald Trump signed a defensive policy act which included some sanctions on this project. Expressing open opposition to the construction of the gas pipeline on 15 July 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that sanctioning Nord Stream 2 sends a clear message to companies that help expand Russia’s negative influence in Europe; and the United States will not accept the contribution and participation of these countries in the Nord Stream 2 gas project and they should cease their cooperation with…
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