Archives International politics - Page 122 of 162 - New Eastern Outlook

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to the Middle East – and the 21-gun salute welcome he received there – shows the failure of Washington’s consistent attempts to ‘isolate’ and defeat Russia. The visit also points to the Middle East’s increasing shift away from, and sole reliance on, Washington. Ever since the beginning of the Gaza War on October 7, the Middle East has been keeping contact with China, rather than the US, its first priority. The reason for this is not simply the fact that the US is supporting, militarily and diplomatically, Israel against Palestine, but…

It is now 80 years, almost to the day, that the leaders of the “Big Three” powers in the coalition against Nazi Germany met in near secrecy. Operation Eureka was nearing its completion. But it would be a mistake to assume that the US and Britain sat around the negotiating table willingly. They were pressurized into changing their political strategy and tactics by the successes of the Red Army at the front and the realization that the Soviet Union was capable of defeating Nazi Germany on its own. In late November 1943, Joseph Stalin…

Even though its development suffers from an ambiguous and profound crisis, and it is taking an increasingly hostile line against Russia, especially after the beginning of Russia’s special military operation, and in relation to the wider situation in Ukraine, nevertheless the OSCE remains the only European platform where we can engage in multilateral diplomacy. In view of the fact that the Organization was created as a forum for political dialogue on an equal basis and collective decision-making on the most important security issues…