New Eastern Outlook

EN|FR|RU

Follow us on:

New Eastern Outlook

Politics

Libya: two armies and two partners. Explaining the dynamics of military co-operation between Tripoli and Tobruk with the US and Russia

In the context of a long lull in Libya, when the parties have given up direct fighting and toughened political rhetoric, the first steps towards the restoration or rather the creation of some semblance of national institutions are being observed. The Armed Forces have not been spared from such processes. It is in this logic that the recent visits of Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Haddad, Chief of General Staff of the Western Libyan forces

Ivan Kopytsev

Russia and the use of nuclear weapons

Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine started in February 2022, when the Ukrainians suspended all communication channels with their Russian counterparts. Before that, Ukraine made blatant violations of all the mutual understandings between Russia and the West, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is to be remembered here that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West and the Russian Federation mutually agreed that the NATO will not expand its borders. The then U.S. Secretary of State James Baker made it clear to the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO has no desire of expansion, and it will move “not one inch eastward.”

Simon Westwood

Joe Biden’s Legacy: Wars for American Supremacy

With Joe Biden, all set to exit the White House later this year, his one-term presidency has begun to come under increasing scrutiny to determine his legacy. What sort of President Biden is/was? To what extent was he able to achieve his foreign policy goals? What characterizes his era? Unlike Trump’s “Make America Great Again” and subsequent US “exit” from the Middle East and America’s “forever wars” in Afghanistan, Biden’s main legacy is his interventionist foreign policy. These interventions, however, were unlike the direct military interventions of the Bush and the Obama administrations.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Destruction of Western-Kiev initiatives in Africa

Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov

How Ukraine’s Support for Rebels Disrupted Its Global Diplomacy

Taut Bataut

The domestic political situation in South Korea: What controversial moves has the President made and what was the reason for such a decision?

Konstantin Asmolov

On the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Ukraine: New Delhi ready to contribute to reconciliation between Moscow and Kiev

Anvar Azimov

Polishing Consent for War on Iran

Simon Chege Ndiritu

< 1 … 24 25 26 27 28 … 1,056 >