Most western political analysts believed that Erdoğan’s opposition to Sweden’s NATO membership was only a ploy to garner political and electoral support at home to ensure his victory in the May 2023 presidential elections. However, even after winning the elections, the Erdoğan administration’s position on Sweden’s membership has not changed. The latest incident of the […]
On the eve of military exercises simulating war with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brazenly and bluntly said: “I have a clear message for Iran and the international community: Israel will do everything it has to do to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.” Apparently, Tel Aviv thinks that it has completely replaced […]
Сообщение The Middle East is once again in turmoil появились сначала на New Eastern Outlook.
The current financial crisis in Turkey demonstrates the rapid devaluation of the Turkish lira. After the second round of presidential elections, the Turkish lira has been falling in value almost daily, breaking new historic lows. Thus, on June 22 it overcame the psychological mark of 24 lira per dollar. All of this was the result […]
Сообщение Turkish economy has to adjust to new challenges появились сначала на New Eastern Outlook.
Political statements made before and after elections frequently diverge drastically. To a casual observer, it may appear that we are not discussing the same country. This is not even a matter of internal politics, where candidates lavishly spread slogans like “power to the people,” “only the people are masters of the state’s fate,” “corruption is […]
As you are aware, current US-Iranian relations have been separated into two phases: collaboration from 1947 to February 1979, before Iran’s Islamic Revolution, and conflict from February 1979 to the present. Following the Islamic Revolution, the overthrow of Reza Shah Pahlavi’s rule and capturing the US Embassy officers in Tehran in 1980, the United States […]
Tunisia is a nice little Arab Mediterranean country located in the very north of Africa (I know this well, for I was the Russian ambassador to Tunisia in the late twentieth century). Except for considerable phosphate reserves, there are hardly any minerals. Since gaining its independence in 1956, Tunisia has placed a strong emphasis on […]
Syria is one of the most pressing concerns on the global diplomacy agenda, with Russia combining a successful peacekeeping role with focused diplomacy. Since the fall of 2015, it has been evident that the United States, its NATO allies, and the armed opposition organizations they were backing have failed to fulfill their primary goal of […]
Сообщение The Astana platform on Syria ended… появились сначала на New Eastern Outlook.
The war started on October 6th, 1973 on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) – the most important and holiest day of prayer and fasting during the whole Jewish year.
For a “new” model for the peace process, Israel will have to turn to China. In 2020, it seemed that Israel, with US support, was able to take a step towards the Arabs after the signing of the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain. Despite this, the changing geopolitical landscape and the emergence of […]
Сообщение US policy in the Middle East has not met Israel’s expectations появились сначала на New Eastern Outlook.
Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton spoke at the 2023 Ron Paul Institute Houston Conference on the lies behind America’s Middle East wars and the new Cold War with Russia.
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