NATO

03

Nov

America, Cold War, Europe, France, GERMANY, NATO, Transatlantic Bridge, West-centered

Crack in the American Part of the Transatlantic Bridge

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - The United States has had a turbulent history under each of its presidents, but it has been an important part of world and Western history in the context of developments as a political and international figure. In particular, the process of America's rise to power with the decline of Europe during the First and Second World Wars in shifting new roles and positions in the international system shifted "West-centered" to "West-centered" in such a way that Europe became an American project for US interests after World War II. With the US victory in the Cold…

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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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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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14

Oct

China, defence, Defense, Geoeconomics, geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hedgemony, Hegemony, Iran, National Defense Strategy, NATO, network-centric warfare, RAND corporation, Russia, Security, the United States, wargame

From Hegemony To Hedgemony

BY: Leonid Savin PEJOURNAL - The RAND corporation has unveiled a unique defence planning and response project called “Hedgemony”. As is clear from the name, it is a play on the words “hegemony” and “hedging”, i.e. managing and insuring against risk. “Hedgemony. A Game of Strategic Choices” is a practical tool that RAND researchers have created to teach US specialists in defence and related areas. Its mission is to provide a better understanding of how different strategies could influence key planning factors in the sphere of trade at the intersection of force development, force management, force posture, and force employment.…

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25

Aug

Belarus, Canada, Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, China, COVID-19, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Is NATO prepared to celebrate its centenary?

BY: Jacobien van der Kleij PEJOURNAL - NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated, following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers on 17 June 2020, that the dire situation of COVID-19 does not imply that other challenges have gone away. With 70 years behind them, NATO member states have been hit with numerous historic consequential shifts and threats, shaping the direction of NATO, its deterrence and defence strategies, and indeed its very structure. These include the Readiness Action Plan, launched in 2014 and the Readiness Initiative in 2018, aiming to enhance the readiness of existing national force and new security challenges.…

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20

Aug

Belarus, Belarus Elections, Dmitry Medvedev, Lukashenko, Minsk, NATO, Russia, Soviet Union, Svetlana Tihanovskaya, Tikhanovsky, USA

Russia; Winner of Belarus Elections.

BY: Oğuz Fırat PEJOURNAL - After the Soviet Union collapsed, Belarus began to move away from Russia to improve its deteriorating economy and relations with the West. While during this period, the newly established Russian government tried to control the post-Soviet space by establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991. On the other hand, Russia was concerned that interfering with close states such as Belarus, would risk the relations it was trying to establish with the West. But it realized that NATO's borders were widening eastward and so the West was starting to build sovereignty in the areas that…

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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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14

Jul

Europe, geopolitics, Macron, Merkel, multipolar world, NATO, Putin, SCFR, TRUMP, United States

SCFR: Europe’s Skepticism on Future of Relations with United States

PEJOURNAL - A professor of geopolitics, referring to some of the European leaders’ positions and moves toward secession from the United States, said: “However, it should not be assumed that Europeans have seceded from the United States and do not consider Washington as their ally.” But in the current situation in Europe, Europe is waiting for the results of the elections in the United States in the next four months and if Mr. Biden comes to power, the United States and Europe will be closer again.” Dr. Abdolreza Faraji Rad, in an interview with the website of the Strategic Council…

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07

Jul

China, East, NATO, USA, West

SCFR: West’s Strategic Reflections on “Eastern Threat”

PEJOURNAL - Dr. Jahanbakhsh Izadi in an interview with the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, referring to the remarks of the NATO Secretary General on the need for greater unity of NATO member states to counter Beijing due to China’s growth in various fields, including military and economic, said: “In US contemplations the future strategic rival is China. If we look at the GDP growth of the two countries in 2019, the distance between the United States and China is much smaller than the United States with other powers. He added that US gross domestic product (GDP)…

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11

Jun

BALTIC FLEET, EU, GERMANY, NATO, NUCLEAR, pejournal, POLAND, Political Economy Journal, Russia, US

Political Economy Journal: THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET IS LOOKING AT US NUCLEAR PLANS IN POLAND

“Soon, hypersonic weapons will be added to them, which in a real confrontation with NATO can guarantee the destruction of any carriers of American nuclear weapons,” Yuri Netkachev. PEJOURNAL/Moscow - As it became known to Russia that the United States and other NATO countries will be holding a maneuver in Poland, the preparations for the command and staff exercises announced by the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu with the Baltic Fleet and the 6th combined army of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, related to the June maneuvers of the Allied Spirit. The American tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) will probably be…

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