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24

Jul

Corona virus, Dollar, IMF, the United States, US Federal Reserve

The United States Dollar at Risk of Sudden Collapse, Ex-IMF Official Warns

PEJOURNAL - With the United States expected to double down on its fiscal stimulus measures to mitigate the economic fallout from the corona virus pandemic, and the US Federal Reserve continuing its aggressive monetary policy easing, there is a rising risk of a sudden loss of confidence in the US dollar, according to a former senior executive with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), China Morning Post Reported. Zhu Min, who was deputy managing director of the IMF from 2011 to 2016, said the US dollar’s position as the dominant global currency was at risk of being eroded because of mounting…

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23

Jul

Erdogan, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

Turkey; Returning of Europe’s headache

BY: Damir Nazarov Turkey expands the borders of intervention throughout the Middle East despite the abundance of economic problems and the prospect of being drawn into a series of large-scale conflicts, under the slogan of "protecting democracy" . In almost every hot spot in the region, the Turks built military bases or sent officers to train local AK Parti loyalists. Ankara imposes and justifies its occupation of Muslim countries by protecting local " democratic forces "(North-Western Syria, Libya), fighting "terrorism "(Northern Syria and Iraq), "helping allies "(Qatar, Somalia, Yemen) and "cooperation for economic purposes" (Sudan, Djibouti)*. The question arises, where…

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23

Jul

Al-Kadhimi, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran, Iraq, Strategic relations, Supreme Leader of Iran

Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Iran paving the way for a leap in strategic relations

PEJOURNAL - Al-Kadhimi's visit to Tehran, according to the plans made, gained special dimensions through media, and thwarted the desperate attempt of the enemies to induce an inappropriate political atmosphere between two countries. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who is in Iran on his first foreign trip as head of a high-level political, economic and security delegation, met with the Supreme Leader and other high-ranking officials of Iran. This trip, was given special attention by domestic and international media due to the common interests between Tehran and Baghdad in the political, cultural, economic and regional fields; At the same time,…

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22

Jul

Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, George W. Bush, HENRY KISSINGER, Jimmy Carter, Kissinger, Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Hoffmann, U.S. foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzeziński

The National Interest: The Case for Kissinger

PEJOURNAL - HENRY KISSINGER, who recently turned ninety-seven, is America’s most celebrated living statesman. None of his successors has come close to matching the extraordinary blend of acclaim and notoriety, admiration and criticism that he attracted as national security adviser and secretary of state to Richard M. Nixon and secretary of state to Gerald Ford. The British Foreign Office referred to him at the time as “the Wizard of the Western World'” and Playboy Bunnies voted him the man they would prefer to date in 1972—no small accomplishments for an expert on the Congress of Vienna who spent much of…

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20

Jul

analysis of signals, Artificial Intelligence, decision-making, foreign policy, public expectations, scenario-making

Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Policy

PEJOURNAL - The world of politics is like a game of chess, based on evaluating scenarios and predicting the best reaction or the best move of the pieces; but the chess of the political world is more complex as many actors with explicit and implicit preferences participate in it and their declarative and practical approaches are not necessarily the same; Internal changes in countries’ policies, including shifts in power and changes in the structure of rent resources, affect the strategies, tactics, and behavior of actors, and ultimately, it is difficult to understand the distinction between signal (signaling a particular motivation…

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20

Jul

Brazil, BRICS, Chabahar, China, India, Iran, LNG, Oil, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Russia, South Africa

Political Economy Journal: BRICS; Risk or Opportunity

BY: Daniel Ranjbar The BRICS countries flags PEJOURNAL - The BRICS countries are trying to get other countries that are almost in a similar situation to join the group in order to achieve their collective goals with more power. The group currently covers more than 40% of the world's population, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But one of the main problems of the BRICS countries in expanding relations and strengthening their position is the small number of members and the geographical distance of the member countries of this group. The BRICS group symbolizes the imbalance created by…

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20

Jul

Abu Dhabi, Corona virus, Israel, Mohammad Benzayed, Mossad, Netanyahu, Pooya Mirzaei, Shabak, Tel Aviv, The UAE, Zionist regime

The UAE and the Israel; Two decades of cooperation

PEJOURNAL - The series of events and developments in the last two decades in the UAE show that this government has sought to normalize relations with the Israeli regime and during this time has tried to involve its allies in this field. The UAE did not even wait for the Zionist regime to agree to the Arab leaders' peace plan at the Beirut summit, and began its relations with the regime in this direction, which accelerated with the beginning of the coronation of "Mohammad Benzayed". The first official visit of Zionist officials to the UAE took place in 2003, when…

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19

Jul

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Eurasia, Israel, Nagorno-Karabakh

Israel provided military information of Azerbaijan to Armenia

PEJOURNAL - An expert on Eurasia said about the reasons for the border tensions between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia: "First of all, it should be said that this conflict, unlike the previous conflicts, did not take place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but outside it." The cause of the conflict goes back to the differences between the two countries in the past. There has always been an exchange of fire due to very small conflicts or minor tensions between the two countries. In response to the question why these conflicts between the two countries have increased in…

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17

Jul

Atlantic Council, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Huawei, Iran, JCPOA, OPEC

Atlantic Council: No, Iran isn’t going to be a Chinese client state

PEJOURNAL - Iran is in the process of finalizing an agreement with China, cementing an arrangement to sell crude oil to the world’s second largest economy for the next twenty-five years. The deal drew attention within Iran after the eighteen-page “Iran-China 25-year Comprehensive Partnership Document” was leaked, prompting comments that the Iranian government had sold its country out as a “client state” of China. The price? Up to $400 billion in installments spread over a quarter of a century. The characterization is not unique to Iran’s case. Iraq, which exports one hundred thousand barrels of crude oil to China each…

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17

Jul

Alexey Mukhin, ISCA News, magazine FEC, President Vladimir Putin, referendum, Russia, Russian Constitution

Alexey Mukhin* : Interest Groups to Fight against New Law in Russia

BY: Yasser Nazifi Gilavan and Damir Nazarov PEJOURNAL - The recently approved changes in the Russian Constitution will not be implemented easily, as those whose influences are threatened will show resistance, a renowned political scientist told ISCA News. Russian constitutional reforms – in total, over 200 changes - including an amendment that allows President Vladimir Putin to potentially remain in power until 2036, won almost 78 percent of the votes in a week-long referendum from June 25 to July 01. To touch upon the recent developments in the largest country of the world, The ISCA News had an interview with…

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