TRENDS

03

Nov

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, peace talks, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, USA

Desires of foreign actors in Afghanistan peace talks

PEJOURNAL - The lack of consensus among foreign actors on the Afghanistan peace talks, along with fundamental differences between the two sides, will pave the way for achieving a balance of actors' interests. Representatives of the Taliban and the Afghan government formally met for the first time since the signing of a US peace agreement with the Taliban in Qatar on September 13, 2010 to begin inter-Afghan peace talks. Although the Taliban and the Kabul government are parties to the talks, other countries in the region and beyond are both influencing the outcome of the talks and the outcome. This…

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03

Nov

Alliance, Erdogan, NATO, Threat, Turkey

Turkey-NATO Alliance Under Threat

PEJOURNAL - The Turkish lira has hit a record low against the dollar amid investor anxiety about the Turkish economy, hit by coronavirus and friction with NATO allies. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has riled France and the US among others. Analysts attribute the weakening to concern about Turkish inflation and the central bank's refusal to raise its key interest rate. A rate rise could dampen inflation and encourage investors to buy lira. It was the beheading of a school teacher in Paris that sparked the latest war of words. Samuel Paty was murdered by a Chechen extremist, having shown a…

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03

Nov

Assassination, Gen. Soleimani, Mark Esper, Pentagon, Quds Force, Threat, US Department of Defense

Pentagon Reportedly Warned Senior Officials Involved in Gen. Soleimani Assassination of Threat on US Soil

PEJOURNAL - The US Department of Defense reportedly issued threat warnings last month to several senior staff members who were involved in the January 3 assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani that they faced an active threat against them while on US soil, five senior officials told NBC News. According to the report, the threat remains active, but the officials did not note a definitive link between the threat and the January 3 drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport that killed the Iranian commander and several senior Iraqi military leaders. According to NBC, the briefing at…

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02

Nov

energy economy, Energy Security, Europe, Middle East, Oil, renewable energy

Countries that are reliant on oil face uncertainty as renewable energy gain ground

BY: Paul Cochrane PEJOURNAL - The theory of peak oil, whereby the cost of extraction would exceed how much consumers were willing to pay while demand outstripped supply, was first floated more than 60 years ago. Oil production, geologist M King Hubbert predicted, would peak by the turn of the millennium. That didn’t happen - but the spectre of peak oil raised its head again in the mid-2000s, in part pushed by Matthew Simmons’ book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. Simmons argued that Saudi Arabia had inflated its colossal oil reserves - a…

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02

Nov

censorship, Charlie Hebdo, colonialism, Islam, Macron, Religious Separatism, Wahhabism

Macron’s Religious Separatism; The fine line of censorship

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - At the beginning of October, Emmanuel Macron presented a bill on “Religious Separatism” but, curiously, it is directed at Islam. Despite having been presented by Macron with great fanfare, it will be made official at the beginning of December to be debated during the first half of 2021. Macron maintains that "Islamic radicalism" is a danger to France, referring to certain attitudes regarding the publication of cartoons about the prophet, which generated large demonstrations, including violent actions that were attributed to Islamic "terrorists", but far criticizing the provocation by Charlie Hebdo magazine, he supported what…

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01

Nov

Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Iran, Joe Biden, Roadmap, Strategy, Tactics

Biden Roadmap for Iran; Trump Strategy, Obama Tactics

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - US presidential and congressional elections are scheduled. At the moment, Biden's position, policy and roadmap towards Iran can also be attractive to Iranian audiences. So far, however, more than 60 million people have cast their ballots. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been ahead of his Republican rival, Donald Trump, on paper. However, the experience of previous elections in the United States suggests that polls alone cannot predict a definite election victory. But Biden's relative chance of victory raises a number of questions about his policies and agenda in various areas, including foreign policy. For information…

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01

Nov

Iran, Middle East, Modeling, regional policy, regional strategy, West Asia

Modeling in Iran’s regional strategy

PEJOURNAL - In this article, the modeling strategy in Iran's regional policy in West Asia is examined and the successes and limitations in this field are evaluated. The victory of the revolution set a precedent for the Islamic countries of West Asia to take steps to achieve their goals. The anti-arrogance and anti-authoritarian nature of the revolution was attractive to the oppressed nations of the region, and its continuation in the form of the Islamic Republic and resistance to foreign powers added to this attractiveness. Therefore, the modeling of some West Asian countries from Iran has continued with intensity and…

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28

Oct

French youth, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, Holocaust, Holy Prophet Mohammad, Prophet Mohammad

Why is insulting the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) permissible, but doubting the Holocaust is a crime?

PEJOURNAL - Following recent flagrant insults to the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in France, the strong support of the French President and the Cabinet of that country for these malicious actions under the guise of "freedom of expression," and also the role played by that government in spreading Islamophobia, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, has raised important questions in a message to the French youth. Here is the full text of his message: In His NameYoung French people!Ask your President why he supports insulting God’s Messenger in the name of freedom of expression. Does…

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28

Oct

Ansarullah, ballistic missile, deterrence operations, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UAV, Yemen

New round of Ansarullah deterrence operations

PEJOURNAL - Strategic think tank of explanation - The Yemeni army and popular committees in early June 2020, after a period of restraint, warning and threatening to carry out heavy and painful deterrence operations against the nine governing and non-economic goals finally, due to the continuing aggression and siege, using a significant mass of Samad 3 Offensive UAV, ballistic and cruise missiles of zulfiqar and Quds, crushed each other Saudi military and sovereign symbols in what became known as Operation Fourth Deterrence. In this article, while briefly reviewing Ansarullah's deterrence operations, the difference between the fourth deterrence operation and the…

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27

Oct

China, Donald Trump, Europe, geopolitics, international relations, Joe Biden, NATO, Pooya Mirzaei, Russia, the United States, U.S. election, world order

What is the main concern of world order’s architects in the aftermath of the U.S. election?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The U.S. has suffered irreparable damage with the Corona crisis and its unscientific and hasty actions so world order's architects have main concern about aftermath of the U.S. election. Demonstrations against racism, the gender of which lacks political and trade union transparency and shows more of a deep social divide, will intensify in the future, and again, under the pressure of white apartheid in the United States, to bring more violence and unbridled violence with this logic again. It will show that the American social system has not structurally considered the welfare of people of…

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