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04

Aug

Civil War, Egypt, General Haftar, Liberation National Army, Libya, National Accord Government, Oil, Qaddafi, Russia, Turkey, West

LIBYA’S CIVIL WAR; THE WEST’S OIL CRUSADE NO ONE WANTED

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - It has been a turbulent week in Libya. Following the UN-backed GNA government's announcement to recapture the city of Sirte on July 18, Egypt declared that it will deploy its troops in the neighboring country next Monday to protect its national security "from criminal armed militias and foreign terrorist elements." Turkey, the main GNA supporter in the war, warned Cairo that such a move could be considered an invasion. The United States, concerned about Russian influence in the region, has accused Moscow of breaking the arms embargo in the country. The Libyan Civil War began…

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04

Aug

Europe, foreign policy, Middle East, Russia, USA

Political Economy Journal: Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - In 1787, with several European ambassadors, the Russian Empress Catherine II visited Crimea. The purpose of the trip was to reassure and deceive the ambassadors before a new war against the Sublime Porte with regard to Russia’s true power ability. To this end, Crimean Governor Grigory Potemkin set up mobile villages full of soldiers dressed as farmers to show a fake picture of a fully developed countryside with flourishing agricultural activity. Since then, ‘Potemkin settlements’  have become synonymous with diplomatic deceit and have had a profound influence on the history of Russian foreign policy.  As…

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29

Jul

ASEAN, Cat’s Eye, CIA, CIA Black Site, Pooya Mirzaei, South China Sea, Thailand, Udon Thani, Udorn RTAFB, United States

Political Economy Journal: Thailand – United States relations

In accordance to recent U.S. activities in South China Sea PEJOURNAL - Kingdom of Thailand, located in the heart of South East Asia, inheriting the historical name of Indochina, can act a very crucial geostrategic role in both regional scale tensions (such as India China rivalry) and global scale conflicts (such as U.S. China tension in South China Sea). Thanks to its stable situation in ASEAN region and regarding to its eco-cultural stereotype, Thailand can also be a very important place for conducting intelligence and security operations. Below, we reviewed the milestones in Thai U.S. relationship, amid the unstable geopolitical…

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27

Jul

new world order, post-corona, Western

Iranian Foreign Minister: The Post-Corona new world order will not be completely Western oriented

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Iran, in a live Instagram interview in English, at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran: The last 30 years have been one of the most turbulent times in the world, and we have witnessed wars and drastic changes and catastrophes in the international community. Some want to define the world order after Corona. The new world order will no longer be entirely Western. Remember that President Trump said that they spent $ 7 trillion to establish a new world order and failed. Throughout history, the old order collapsed and was replaced by…

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26

Jul

2020-election, Corona virus, PANDEMIC, TRUMP

Trump’s Chance in 2020; amid corona virus pandemic

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - Regarding the reduction in the spread of the coronavirus, the first question in the United States has been the impact of the virus on the 2020 presidential election, and to what extent the remnants of Covid19 will be the cause of Trump’s defeat or victory. It is clear that the coronavirus has already strongly influenced the 2020 election and even resulted in a sort of ‘genetic mutation’ in Trump, who described the drowsy and dumb Joe Biden as a calm and good man after a phone conversation between the two. Although he seemed to believe…

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26

Jul

Belarus, China, Eurasia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia

The Game of Eurasia

BY: Daniel Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - The Eurasian Economic Union is a regional treaty signed in 2014 by the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. A year later, in 2015, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan joined. The Eurasian Economic Union officially started its work on January 1, 2015. Eurasian countries now have an area of ​​20 million square kilometers and a population of more than 183 million, which is 5.2% of the world's population. On the day of the agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced: “Today we have created a powerful and attractive economic growth center, a regional market that connects more than…

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25

Jul

Energy, Europe, gas, GERMANY, Nord Stream 2, Russia, USA

The Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline; Increasing Tension Between the U.S. and EU

PEJOURNAL - Although the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany pipeline is 94 percent complete but Washington wants to keep it that way. A hulking Russian pipe-laying vessel called the Akademik Cherskiy can be seen off Germany’s Baltic coast these days,marine tracking sites say, apparentlywaiting for the chance to complete the final stretches of a massive undersea pipeline that will carry natural gas directly to Germany from Russia. The Trump administration, though, is trying to keep the pipeline, known as Nord Stream 2, on ice. Last week, the State Department moved to potentially impose economic penalties on investors and other business participants…

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25

Jul

agreement, Eli Vered Hazan, inter-party, Israel, Likud party, María Corina Machado, Netanyahu, VENEZUELA, Vente Venezuela

Venezuela opposition party signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s Likud party

PEJOURNAL - An opposition party, called Vente Venezuela,through its leader, María Corina Machado, signed a cooperation agreement with Israel's Likud party, which is in government through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vente Venezuela described this decision as "a historic and very important step". In the document, signed by Eli Vered Hazan, representing the Likud Foreign Relations Division, and by María Corina, on behalf of Vente Venezuela, both parties pledge to strengthen relations between the peoples of Israel and Venezuela. The political organizations also announced that the cooperation included "political, ideological and social issues, as well as making progress on issues related…

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24

Jul

Belt and Road Initiative, China, debt-trap, One Belt One Road

China’s debt-trap tactics: Same script, different cast

BY: Chaitra Arjunpuri PEJOURNAL - Ever wondered why India’s measure to ban China related apps and cancellation of Chinese contracts given for infrastructure development is praised and backed by other countries? China’s lending and investment policies, often disguised as help, in other countries have always resulted in “hidden debt” trap. This trap has pushed the economies of the borrowing countries to a worse than expected slowdown, one of the many problems associated with it. Over the past 20 plus years, China has become a major global lender, with outstanding claims exceeding over 5% of global GDP. It has given many…

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24

Jul

Egypt, Ethiopia, Nile River, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Renaissance Dam

The Ethiopia and Egypt Water Dispute: How likely are war threats to materialize?

BY: Begona Arechalde PEJOURNAL - Last week, Ethiopia and Egypt, two countries nourished by the waters of the Nile River, again exchanged threats of military intervention regarding the filling of the $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building in the east of the country. The dam, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Africa’s largest, is becoming a contemporary Rubicon that, if crossed, could irreparably harm the relationship between these two countries. On Tuesday, July 21, a new round of online negotiations managed to reduce tensions, putting the cooperation option back on the table. The Grand Renaissance…

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