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Macron’s Extreme Proposals Reflect NATO’s and EU’s Limited Options

French president, Emmanuel Macron stated that the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine remained an option (here), which when coupled with Germany’s Luftwaffe plotting to blow up the Crimean Bridge (here) reflects a policy Cul-de-sac that the EU and NATO face. Few options remain, the first being NATO officially intervening in Ukraine, which can result in prohibitive military costs. The second entails waiting for the EU to slide further into recession due to a lack of affordable Russian energy (here). The third option, which the West ignores, entails the EU and the US…

Simon Chege Ndiritu

A new pretender to the throne of the UAE

Almost a year ago, on 29 March 2023, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was appointed Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Since then, the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) main principality has sought to increase his influence in the political arena and strengthen his standing among local citizens. Sheikh Khaled’s efforts are primarily aimed at becoming the first in a chain of contenders to succeed the Emirati throne after his father, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan…

Madi Khalis Maalouf

The latest report by South Korea’s Unification Ministry - a serious analysis or fake news?

It will soon be 10 years since the publication of South Korea’s review of the state of human rights in the DPRK, which, thanks to its uncritical treatment of sources, turned out to be “much ado about not very much”. 10 years later, on February 6, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry for Unification presented what it considered to be a serious report, Perceptions of the Current Socioeconomic Situation in the DPRK, based on the results of an analysis of surveys of 6,531 defectors who left the DPRK between 2013 and 2022…

Konstantin Asmolov

Terrorism and its consequences in West Africa: a panoramic view of a transnational scourge

Mohamed Lamine KABA

The Horn of Africa in the quagmire of geopolitical rivalry Part Three: The Zigzags of Cairo's Middle East Policy

Viktor Goncharov

Poland: Staunch Support for Ukraine May Prove a Folly & Political and Potential

Henry Kamens

Stockholm—Ankara: “Kurdish coin” for NATO membership...

Alexandr Svaranc

Japan is expanding ties with Taiwan and India is forging them

Vladimir Terehov

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