USA

10

Nov

Africa, America, Atlantic Council, China, COVID-19, EU, foreign policy, Joe Biden, Latin America, Middle East, Multilateralism, NATO, presidency, Trumpism, USA

What does Joe Biden’s presidency mean for America’s role in the world?

BY: Atlantic Council PEJOURNAL - We finally have a winner. After several days of counting votes, former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald J. Trump in the US presidential election, after the Associated Press called Pennsylvania for the former vice president on November 7.  While Biden may have to contend with a divided Congress to achieve his many domestic priorities, he will have much more power to shape US foreign policy going forward. “Under a Biden presidency, the United States will shift from a ‘with or without us’ approach to a policy that fundamentally believes the United States can achieve more when we work together with partner nations,” Jason Marczak, director of…

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08

Nov

Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan, baltic sea, gas pipeline, GERMANY, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nord Stream 2, Russia, USA

US steps up sanctions pressure on Nord Stream 2

PEJOURNAL - The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was stopped last December after US President Donald Trump signed a defensive policy act which included some sanctions on this project. Expressing open opposition to the construction of the gas pipeline on 15 July 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that sanctioning Nord Stream 2 sends a clear message to companies that help expand Russia’s negative influence in Europe; and the United States will not accept the contribution and participation of these countries in the Nord Stream 2 gas project and they should cease their cooperation with…

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03

Nov

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, peace talks, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, USA

Desires of foreign actors in Afghanistan peace talks

PEJOURNAL - The lack of consensus among foreign actors on the Afghanistan peace talks, along with fundamental differences between the two sides, will pave the way for achieving a balance of actors' interests. Representatives of the Taliban and the Afghan government formally met for the first time since the signing of a US peace agreement with the Taliban in Qatar on September 13, 2010 to begin inter-Afghan peace talks. Although the Taliban and the Kabul government are parties to the talks, other countries in the region and beyond are both influencing the outcome of the talks and the outcome. This…

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10

Oct

EU, Europe, JCPOA, Middle East, NUCLEAR, Persian Gulf, regional security, UAE, UN Resolution 2231, UNSC, USA, West Asia

Generalization of JCPOA to regional security

PEJOURNAL - Strategic Think Tank of explanation- A recent report from the Carnegie think tank has assessed the possibility of extending the JCPOA to a collective security plan in West Asia by Europe. The think tank is one of America's most famous think tanks in the field of public policy that founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish capitalist in the steel market, with the aim of expanding US international cooperation, it now has branches in the European Union, Russia, China and Lebanon in addition to the United States. This report was written by Cornelius Adebahr, a researcher at…

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08

Sep

Buddhism, China, Fadioken, monarch, PANNIKA WANICH, PIYABTR SEANGKANOKKOL, Protests, Thailand, Thamakai, THANATHORN JUANGROONGRUANGKIT, USA, William Holmes, ฟ้าเดียวกัน

Behind the Protests in Thailand

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - The protests taking place in Thailand could not be called as a shout out for freedom. This manipulation which is provoking the youth of Thailand are funded by the United States and western countries. Domination of Thailand by the United States and western countries requires the elimination of two essential factors: Buddhism and monarchy government. Buddhism Western countries manipulate Buddhism beliefs by representing Thamakai as the sole pattern which eradicates the Buddha beliefs. They seduced monks in such a way that they would easily commit any type of religious felony. And hence a monk does…

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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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09

Aug

ASEAN, ballistic missile, China, COVID19, hypersonic missiles, Military, Pooya Mirzaei, South China Sea, Thailand, USA

What is the US looking for in Thailand amid pandemic?

PEJOURNAL - Thailand, one of the first countries to be affected by the outbreak of coronavirus, ranked high in the fight against corona and has not had a single new case of infection in the last two months. In this regard, the Corona Fighting Headquarter in this country has created very strict rules and protocols for people and foreign tourists, and this decision has been very effective. On August 3, at 7:00 AM, 71 U.S. troops from the island of Guam flew OAE6555, a privately-owned passenger aircraft, to U-Tapao Airport in Sattahip District, Thailand. The U.S. troops, under Alternative State…

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09

Aug

Asia, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Geoeconomics, geopolitics, Iran, One Belt One Road, Review, Russia, USA

A Review of 25-Year Iran-China Plan

PEJOURNAL - "Iran-China relations are not a simple bilateral relationship. It will be very important in the political system of the world and in our region, and for this reason it has opponents", according to the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in the meeting held by the International Assembly of Muslim University Professors, Hossein Malaek, Iran’s former ambassador to China, said that China’s Serious Geopolitical Need for Iran He cited the lack of a model for the development of regular and precise and so-called organized relations as one of the weaknesses of all agreements between Iran and…

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08

Aug

China, Donald Trump, Iran, Joe Biden, Russia, USA

AP: Russia vs. Biden, China vs. Trump

PEJOURNAL - U.S. intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, the country’s counterintelligence chief said Friday in the most specific warning to date about the threat of foreign interference. U.S. officials also believe that China does not want Trump to win a second term and has accelerated its criticism of the White House, expanding its efforts to shape public policy in America and to pressure political figures seen as opposed…

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07

Aug

Election, Joe Biden, Reuters, running mate, USA

Reuters: Biden will soon pick a running mate. Here are the front-runners

PEJOURNAL - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate ahead of his party’s national convention that kicks off on Aug. 17. Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his potential vice president. Here are the contenders likely under consideration, according to people familiar with the process. Senator Kamala Harris Following widespread protests over racial injustice and police brutality, pressure increased on Biden to choose a woman of color. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian parents, fits the bill. Harris, 55, is widely viewed as a favorite. She is a battle-tested former presidential…

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