Relations between Washington and Beijing continue to deteriorate. The last week was marked by two important events: first, Chinese diplomats left the Consulate General of China in Houston, which was closed at the request of the United States. On July 21, the United States authorities demanded that the consulate be closed, claiming that it had been used by Chinese hackers ...
Regarding the reduction in the spread of the coronavirus, the first question in the United States has been the impact of the virus on the 2020 presidential election, and to what extent the remnants of Covid19 will be the cause of Trump’s defeat or victory. It is clear that the coronavirus has already strongly influenced the 2020 election and even ...
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia Over the past week, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia have continued shelling each other’s positions. The situation on the border between the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan and Armenia’s Tavush region escalated on July 12. The Azerbaijani side claimed the death of 11 of its military personnel, one civilian and injuries to four ...
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 ...
Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani negotiations The Presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran held a trilateral virtual summit on Syria. As a result of video negotiations, the leaders of the states – Recep Tayyip Erdogan Vladimir Putin, and Hassan Rouhani – adopted a joint resolution. During the video call, the leaders discussed humanitarian, economic and security issues. The leaders paid special attention ...
Europe France vs. Turkey and Russia On June 22, French President Emmanuelle Macron declared at a joint press conference with Tunisian President Kais Said that “Turkey plays a dangerous game in Libya”. Later Macron also accused Russia of interference in the Libyan conflict. On June 29, French President said he was concerned about the presence of PMC Wagner in the ...
Diplomacy requires seeing an issue from the opposing side’s perspective and coming up with a reasonable offer well defending one’s own demands. Otherwise, the steps taken to ensure diplomacy is effective would not give the desired expectations, and the discourse would in effect remain a monologue. Diplomacy is the art of leaving a gap open for the other side to ...
China-EU-USA: an attempt to reach an agreement Over the past week, Chinese and European diplomats have agreed on a joint video conference to cool tensions. After a string of accusations and scandals about the Coronavirus, this will be the first attempt at constructive negotiations. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European ...
The United States is paying increasing attention to the conflict in Libya. Although Washington is not currently a key external actor in the events, it is working hard to change that fact. The US Africa Command is becoming more active in Libya – both by exposing the alleged Russian supply of aircraft to the Libyan National Army and by agreeing ...
Against the backdrop of an ongoing trade war and after numerous sanctions against major Chinese company Huawei, the US Department of Commerce has finally announced that it will allow American companies to cooperate with Huawei. Why, after such a long anti-Chinese campaign, did the US suddenly decide to cooperate with Huawei? And in the meantime, what is actually happening to ...