Following Donald Trump’s defeat and Joseph Biden’s win of the US Presidency, hopes in Europe for the restoration of the transatlantic alliance, that is, growing say for the EU in global affairs were high. On the NATO Defense Minister summit, held 17th and 18th of February, these hopes faced reality: The new US Administration demonstrated its will to lead Europe ...
For too long, Turkey has ignored or misinterpreted its own interests in the East. Its ignorance has mostly come from a blind engagement in favor of Western liberal democracies. Its misinterpretations, meanwhile, were predominantly created by its total abdication in face of American strategies in the region. Now, however, the situation has changed. Turkey is rediscovering its potential as a ...
Lavrov in Damascus On September 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Damascus. This was the first visit of Lavrov to Syria since February 2012. As UWI wrote, “in his statements in Damascus, Lavrov emphasized the importance and success of the Astana process and the necessity of focusing on a common goal”. ‘Winning thanks to the Astana process’ – ...
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed out the need for American troops to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. Despite this, the Pentagon, CIA and industrial organizations stand in favor of military forces staying in this country. The flow of financial aid to Afghanistan is used by Americans in the name of personal interests and plays an important role ...
One week after signing the US agreement with the Taliban in Doha, Kabul faced a serious political crisis ahead of the inter-Afghan peace talks. It would seem that the most important political stage has already been passed – after many years of hard fighting, opposing parties have managed to reach a historic agreement which may get the negotiating process underway ...
The Deal of the Century US President Donald Trump presented a plan to “resolve” the decades long Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which his administration has been developing for about three years. https://unitedworldint.com/7490-trumps-deal-of-the-century-a-stillborn-plan-for-legalized-apartheid/ According to the plan, Jerusalem will be the indivisible capital of the Jewish state, with a Palestinian capital being created in East Jerusalem. In addition, Israel would have power over ...
The crash of an American plane in the Afghan province of Ghazni has raised rumors, debates and doubts in Afghanistan over who actually controls the country’s airspace. BACKGROUND At midday on Monday January 27, Afghan media outlets began to report that a passenger plane had gone down in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni province (an area which has been ...
On October 2, US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad met with Taliban representative Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Pakistan in order to revive the negotiations that were interrupted at the beginning of September. These negotiations were suspended by US President Donald Trump after a suicide attack killed one US solider, one Romanian soldier and 11 civilians in Kabul on September 5. [1] ...
However, the elections will be held among massive social confusion and ambiguity: the candidates need not only win the loyalty of people, they must also be recognized by the Taliban, the main opposition force in the country. Without question, the coming presidential election will be one of the most important events for the people of Afghanistan. Despite the fact that ...
Building a wall along the U.S. southern border was one of Donald Trump’s key electoral promises. While making a speech on June 16, 2015, where he announced his plans to run for presidency, he said, “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a ...
INF Treaty withdrawal The United States announced that it would suspend participation in The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), planning to fully withdraw in six months. At the same time, the United States hopes to continue negotiations with Russia, Pompeo said. The document itself is of unlimited duration. At the same time, each of the participants has the right ...
Less than a week after Ali Shamkhani returned to Tehran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi announced that representatives of the Taliban had visited Tehran and that the Afghan government was aware of the visit. Before the announcement, news and rumors were already circulating claiming that Tehran and Moscow had initiated talks with the Taliban, but Tehran never approved or ...