TRENDS

09

Oct

AUKUS, Australia, China, Clare Daly, European Parliament, France, Indo-Pacific, regional security, Russia, UK, US

AUKUS in breach of NPT, damaging regional security

PEJOURNAL - Trade talks between Australia and the European Union have been postponed as a row with France over the so-called AUKUS security partnership deepens. AUKUS is a security pact between Australia, the US and UK. It allows for greater sharing of intelligence, but crucially it gives Australia secret technology to build nuclear-powered submarines, though not equipped with nuclear weapons. Last month, Canberra canceled a $37bn ($27.5bn) deal with France to build a fleet of conventional submarines. Instead, it will build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines with US and UK technology. The decision angered Paris, which called the deal a "stab in…

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02

Oct

Angela Merkel, Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet, Bundestag, German chancellor, German Federal election, Olaf Scholz, Volksparteien

The new German chancellor will come from one of the old parties but the policies will be shaped by the young

BY: Anke Hassel* PEJOURNAL - German Federal election ended an astonishing campaign run, unprecedented in the country’s postwar history. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party experienced a landslide defeat, not only losing about a quarter of its vote share, a number of important constituencies – including the one that Merkel herself held – but also ending up in third place in three of the eastern states of Germany, behind the Social Democrats and the rightwing, populist AfD. Since 2015, the Christian Democrats have gone from being the dominant force in German politics, almost invincible and the only remaining dominant party…

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02

Oct

Angela Merkel, Bundestag, Christian Democrat Party, European Union, federal election, GERMANY, Greens Party, Olaf Scholz, Social Democratic Party, SPD

Mapping the issues that produced the German federal election result

PEJOURNAL - What policy issues determined support for parties during the 2021 German federal election? Davide Angelucci, Lorenzo De Sio, Heiko Giebler and Werner Krause present conclusions from an analysis of the key topics that encouraged vote-switching during the campaign. They find the SPD’s victory was mainly driven by its credibility on economic issues. The 2021 German federal election was a showcase for electoral volatility – not just in terms of the result, but also in relation to changes in the polling during the campaign. But while the strengths and weaknesses of the leading candidates were clearly of great importance,…

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02

Oct

Alternative for Germany, Angela Merkel, Armin Laschet, Bundestag, Christian Democrat Party, Election, Europe, GERMANY, Greens Party, Olaf Scholz, Social Democratic Party

Landmark election in Germany and its European consequences

PEJOURNAL - Germany held a landmark and important election on Sunday, September 26, 2021. The election will put an end to the 16-year chancellorship of Angela Merkel, who led the country for four consecutive terms. More than 60 million Germans over 18 years of age are eligible to vote. It should be noted that in Germany, the executive power takes its legitimacy from legislative power. Bundestag nationwide election is considered as the most important political event of the country at the federal level. Although the result of elections announced immediately but it may take several months until negotiations to form…

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02

Oct

BRICS, China, De-Dollarization, Dollar, One Belt One Road, Russia, US

Russia, China taking big step for phasing out Dollar

PEJOURNAL - The dollar has been the world’s most important currency since World War II; it is the most common reserve currency and the most widely used currency for international trade and other transactions worldwide. The removal of the dollar from economic relations among countries and agreements to replace it with national currencies or other currencies in world trade is not an uncommon issue, but in recent years the process has intensified due to the measures of the US administration under Trump and Biden. In fact, political tensions between Washington and other countries have tarnished credibility of the US dollar…

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20

Sep

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, North Africa, president

Algeria’s former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika: towering figure, both in regional, international politics

BY: Hana Saada PEJOURNAL - Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died, late Friday, September 17th, 2021, at the age of 84 after enduring years of ill health, reported the Algerian Presidency of the Republic late Friday. To this end, the late Bouteflika was buried, Sunday, in the Martyrs’ Square in El-Alia cemetery. The late Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, had taken Algeria’s reign of power for two decades before his resignation in April 2019. He joined the independence war against France at the age of 19 as a protege of commander Boumediene, who became president in 1965.…

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19

Sep

AUKUS, Australia, China, EU, France, global insecurity, Israel, NATO, Non‑Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Pooya Mirzaei, Russia, South China Sea, the United States, UK

AUKUS: From breaking the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to the global insecurity

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The leaders of the United States, Britain and Australia signed a diplomatic, security and military co-operation agreement targeting the Indo-Pacific region, that is called AUKUS. The key point in AUKUS is that Australia's nuclear submarine program will be the first major project of this pact that will help Australia acquire nuclear submarines. Although the media and political circles claim that the purpose of AUKUS agreement is to counter China's growing influence in the world, a deep look at AUKUS reveals several important points: First; The agreement focuses on Australia's acquisition of a nuclear submarine in…

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17

Sep

Afghanistan, Aleksandr Dugin, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Daniel Ranjbar, Eurasia, geo-politics, geo-strategic, Halford Mackinder, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NATO, Pakistan, Pooya Mirzaei, Russia, SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Tajikistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski

Iran and Shanghai Cooperation Organization

PEJOURNAL - Following the interview centered on the impact of Iran on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and its member states., with the guest of honor Daniel Ranjbar, a PhD student of International Relations in the people’s friendship university of Russia. The session was opened with a brief remark by P.Mirzaei Editor in Chief of Political Economy Journal by creating awareness concerning Shanghai Cooperation Organization and then invited Daniel Ranjbar to the forum: “I’m glad to say hello to our friends and followers, tonight we are going to be with you with another live program about the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. As…

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17

Sep

Al-Aqsa, Arna Mer-Khamis, Covid 19, Deir Yassin, Empire, Gilboa Prison, IDF, Israel, Jerusalem, Kfar Tavor, Tel Aviv, U.S., West Bank, Zakaria Zubeidi, Zionist regime

As the U.S. “Empire” frays, there is Zubeidi and his colleagues

BY: Martin Love PEJOURNAL - It has been reported that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the four of six escapees from maximum security Gilboa Prison in the West Bank who was recaptured by Zionist thugs, has been admitted to an ICU at an Israeli hospital after repeated rounds of torture that included breaking one of his legs and then hanging him upside down by his broken leg, among other atrocities. As for the two escapees who have not yet been recaptured, it has been suggested that one of them MAY have been able to cross into Lebanon, given some unconfirmed evidence…

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13

Sep

Afghanistan, China, Iran, ISI, Joe Biden, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, United States

What Biden hides about Afghanistan

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - US President Joe Biden has said in a speech that China, Pakistan, Russia and Iran are trying to figure out what to do with the Taliban now! Biden's attempt to confuse these countries, including Iran, with Afghanistan is thought-provoking in several ways: First; Despite being fully aware of the Taliban's relationship with Pakistan, Biden has tried to mislead public opinion by putting this country next to Iran, China and Russia in order to accuse the United States of accusing of coordinating with ISI, Pakistan and the Taliban, and also to show the other three countries…

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