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Challenges of the UAE pendulum game in the Middle East region

05

Apr

Bahrain, Israel, Middle East, Negev meeting, pejournal, pendulum game, Pooya Mirzaei, the United States, the Zionist regime, UAE

Challenges of the UAE pendulum game in the Middle East region

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The Negev meeting was attended by the US and Israeli foreign ministers and officials from Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt. The United Arab Emirates, which took the lead in Abraham Accords to normalize relations with the Zionist regime, was also one of the countries that attended the recent meeting. A look at the country's foreign policy record over the past year shows that Abu Dhabi is facing a serious contradiction in its approach to foreign relations. In the last two years, the UAE government has taken a new approach to develop relations with countries such as…

US strategic absence in the Middle East to continue crisis; Taliban with the taste of al-Qaeda

27

Oct

Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Joe Biden, Kabul Airport, pejournal, Pooya Mirzaei, strategic absence, Taliban, the United States

US strategic absence in the Middle East to continue crisis; Taliban with the taste of al-Qaeda

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Today, the United States is pursuing a strategic absence to continue to destabilize the region. From the Obama era to the hasty bombing of Libya, where the United States has never been able to overcome the crisis of government formation and civil war since the fall of Gaddafi; He considered strategic absence in foreign policy so that the United States would no longer bear the direct cost of a war. Since the Libyan war, Washington has openly refused to play Europe and its allies in decisions made in the White House, but after Trump came…

21

Oct

China, Foreign Policy Magazine, pejournal, Russia, SANCTIONS, UN Security Council, USA

The sanctions system is collapsing

PEJOURNAL - An American journal has published research articles explaining the ineffectiveness of UN Security Council sanctions, stating that a number of factors, including China and Russia's opposition to the sanctions, have been implicated.Foreign Policy Magazine writes that the UN sanctions system is facing challenges that have hampered its effective functioning. China and Russia's opposition to the sanctions, along with efforts by countries such as South Sudan and South Korea to intimidate and harass experts involved in identifying sanctions violations, has been influential.The UN Security Council first targeted a country in 1966 with economic sanctions.At the time, the Security Council…

20

Oct

Election, Kremlin, Kyrgyzstan, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Protests, Russia, Sorenbay Zhinbekov

Kremlin’s Chess in Kyrgyzstan

BY: Danieal Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - Protests in Kyrgyzstan began on October 5, 2020, in response to rigged parliamentary elections. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets since then. Kyrgyz President Sorenbay Zhinbekov said that some political forces had tried to seize power illegally overnight and called on political party leaders to calm down their supporters. “I urge my compatriots to remain calm and not give in to enemy provocations,” he said of the widespread protests in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Jinbekov added that he had instructed security forces not to shoot at protesters. The statement came after Jinbekov's…

20

Oct

Bolivia, Bolivia elected president, Carlos Mesa Gisbert, de facto government, Evo Morales, Luis Arce, Luis Fernando Camacho, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Valeria Rodriguez, Yanine Añez

Bolivia elected president

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The presidential elections in Bolivia were held on October 18 after a de facto government at the hands of Yanine Añez , after the last elections that had given Evo Morales the winner. After a series of demonstrations organized among others by the leader of right Fernando Camacho, The de facto government had presented a new vote counting system that generated much controversy since it is the Preliminary Results Dissemination System (Dipre) that allowed access to the results almost instantaneously but as there were complaints of possible manipulation of the votes the Supreme Electoral Tribunal,…

Why is the Zionists seeking to develop tensions in the Caucasus region?

29

Sep

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Baku, Caucasus, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh, pejournal, Tel Aviv, Turkey, William Holmes, Yerevan, Zionists

Why is the Zionists seeking to develop tensions in the Caucasus region?

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - Tensions and clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region have resumed amid widespread evidence of the Zionists' provocation to rekindle the crisis between the two countries, both of which have close ties to Tel Aviv.The Zionists' many years of planning to infiltrate and establish a foothold in the Caucasus region is the main reason for blowing up Tel Aviv in the fire of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.The escalation of this conflict, while increasing the opportunity for the Zionists' intelligence presence under the pretext of helping the parties to the conflict, will…

The imminent war between Hezbollah and the Zionist regime

25

Sep

Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Military, pejournal, Political Economy Journal, Security, war, William Holmes, Zionist regime

The imminent war between Hezbollah and the Zionist regime

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - Israeli and regional media have recently highlighted the possibility of an imminent war with Hezbollah aimed at destroying its weapons resources. The present article deals with the possibility of this war, the motives and obstacles of the two sides, and its regional effects. Strategic think tank of explanation Hezbollah has released a video threatening to destroy key Israeli bases with point-to-point missiles in recent weeks. Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz also blamed the Lebanese government for any possible Hezbollah attack on the Zionist regime, citing Hezbollah's efforts to expand its missiles. Examining the military capabilities…

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands: AP

05

Aug

Beirut, blast, Cyprus, explosion, Hezbullah, injures, Israel, Lebanon, pejournal

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands: AP

PEJOURNAL - A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. It was not clear what caused the blast, which struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, according to Germany’s geosciences center GFZ, and was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean. Lebanon’s interior minister said it appeared that a large cache of…

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

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…

Political Economy Journal: BRICS; Risk or Opportunity

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…