Russia

05

Apr

bond, NATO, Russia, SANCTIONS, the United States, Ukraine crisis

U.S. stops Russian bond payments in bid to raise pressure on Moscow

PEJOURNAL - The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of U.S. dollars. Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, foreign currency reserves held by the Russian central bank at U.S. financial institutions were frozen. But the Treasury Department had been allowing the Russian government to use those funds to make coupon payments on dollar-denominated sovereign debt on a case-by-case basis. On…

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18

Mar

Central Asia, Russia, the United States, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s role in the balance of power with the United States and Russia

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Uzbekistan is located in the heart of Central Asia and borders all four other Central Asian countries. The country, on the other hand, is close to Russia and China and has rich sources of energy, gold, and uranium. These issues have given Tashkent a high position in the regional equations in the center of gravity of Central Asia. Uzbekistan has also tended to move away from Russian domination of the United States in recent years and has developed economic plans for greater cooperation with the West. The intersection of the US strategy to find strategic…

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18

Mar

Europe, European Union, NATO, Russia, the United States, Ukraine, Ukraine crisis

The deterioration of the United States is Europe’s best opportunity for political independence

BY: William Holmes The hasty, unplanned, and catastrophic withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has rightly raised concerns among its allies who rely on the US military for security. In fact, in such a situation, countries such as South Korea, Japan or European governments cannot be sure of the correctness of the interim decisions of the United States and the consequences for their strategic and long-term policies. In other words, given the US approach to strengthening its strength in East Asia and the South China Sea, which is aimed at confronting Beijing, its allies, especially Europe, must take responsibility…

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18

Mar

Energy crisis, Europe, Russia, Ukraine

Energy crisis in Europe and scenarios ahead

PEJOURNAL - Dr. Mehdi Fakheri in an interview with the site of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations referred to the consequences of Russian invasion of Ukraine on transfer of energy to Europe, as well as voicing concern of the EU authorities, and noted:” in the 21st century producing and consuming countries have tried a lot to influence political trends through long term contracts and engaging their partners, naturally the issue has become more acute with the developments of the recent years in Europe”. Europe’s Limits to Sanction Russian Energy          Having referred to changes and developments in oil political…

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06

Feb

Afghanistan, China, Donald Trump, Euroasia, Haqqani network, Joe Biden, Middle East, NATO, Russia, superpower, Taliban, USA

America at a historical juncture for further deterioration or greater power

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Perhaps the most pessimistic American politicians did not imagine that Biden would be subjected to the harshest attacks, even nine months after the 46th President of the United States came to power, and even warned of the danger of his impeachment. Biden and his supporters, who during and after the election campaign incessantly blamed Trump for humiliating the United States on the world stage, and in a thunderous process, put all their grief and sorrow on reversing the actions of the former White House resident, were able to cotton all his achievements. But suddenly both…

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28

Nov

Artificial Intelligence, China, cyber attack, Cyber ​​Defense, cybersecurity, Iran, Israel, Russia, strategic applications, USA

Areas of Artificial Intelligence with strategic applications

PEJOURNAL - First applications of Artificial Intelligence date back to the World War II, which was used for encrypting and decrypting based on machine learning. Artificial intelligence has a wide and various range of applications, covering from production of goods to help solving complicated issues and working with biometric data. Artificial Intelligence has different levels containing limited area of carrying out normal and routine duties of a human to public areas such as understanding the environment like a human and even a higher level of human understanding. Artificial Intelligence higher than human understanding has not been materialized yet but in…

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18

Nov

Afghanistan, Belarus, Belarusian-Polish border, EU, POLAND, Refugees, Russia, US

Refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border are victims of Western human rights

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The humanitarian crisis, centered on refugees and refugees, has taken on new dimensions, with thousands of refugees settling on the Belarusian-Polish border in recent days, and Polish authorities preventing them from entering the EU by placing barbed wire and an army on the border. The situation on the border between Belarus and Poland is very difficult, and asylum seekers are facing food and water shortages in the extreme cold, and numerous reports of humanitarian catastrophe are published in these centers every day. A remarkable point in response to this humanitarian catastrophe is the reaction of…

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13

Nov

China, Cognitive Warfare, Cyber ​​Defense, Defense Excellence and Security, Energy Security, NATO, Russia, USA

NATO Developed New Methods of Cognitive Warfare

BY: Leonid Savin PEJOURNAL - A leading role in Cognitive Warfare direction is played by the Innovation for Defense Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Specialized Center, also known as the Innovation Hub, located in Canada. However, this center is not included in the list of NATO’s official accredited centers of excellence , such as the Center for Cooperative Cyber ​​Defense in Tallinn or the Center for Energy Security in Vilnius. Probably, NATO did not want to draw attention to its work, so it functions “autonomously”. It should be admitted that this concealment approach was successful, since, judging by the news feed, the Center began work…

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01

Nov

China, community defense, EU, foreign policy, NATO, Russia, the United States, USA

EU, NATO and the challenges for a foreign policy and community defense policy

BY: Paolo Mauri Translated BY: Costantino Ceoldo PEJOURNAL - The need to adopt a common defense and foreign policy has strongly returned to the agenda of the European Union. The triggering cause, or if we want “the straw that broke the camel's back”, was the unilateral management by the United States of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which essentially excluded the Allies belonging to NATO from the decision-making processes of the Kabul evacuation operation. The prodromes of this renewed need had been advanced, as we well know, by French President Emmanuel Macron, who earlier this year stated that Europe needed “strategic…

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30

Oct

China, hypersonic, ICBM, Missile, NASA, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, test, US missile defenses, USA

China’s new hypersonic missile test

PEJOURNAL - In August, a Chinese rocket carried a projectile into space. That projectile, reported by US intelligence agencies as a missile and by China as a reusable space vehicle, fell into an orbit, circled the globe, and then glided into a spot about 24 miles away from its original target. The launch represents a demonstration of a new capability for China, the revitalization of an old technology, and a complicated way to bypass existing missile defenses. While the speed and the gliding are notable parts of the system China launched, what most stands out is the specific trajectory it…

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