On July 21, Germany and the United States announced that they had reached an agreement on Nord Stream 2. To avoid criticism and get out of the stalemate, the agreement between Merkel and Biden established a new partnership between Berlin and Washington on climate change and energy, which aims at
The Armenian and Russian defense ministers, Harutyunyan and Shoigu, met on 28 May to discuss the possible deployment of Russian border guards on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. This was reported by the Yerevan Dicastery, according to which the deployment should take place in the provinces of Gegharkunik and Syunik. Harutyunyan noted
Looking at the evolution of the protests in Belarus, we have seen a particularly violent confrontation between the regime of Lukashenko and the protesters followed by a downward spiral into inaction. This has brought the country to a stalemate. Now everything seems suspended, waiting for a process of constitutional reform.
Geopolitics moves into space: the heads of the space agencies of China and Russia signed a memorandum on the 9th of March to join forces in the construction of an outpost on the Moon. As stated by Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA (China National Space Administration) and Dmitry Rogozin,
The removal of Governor Naci Agbal from the Turkish central bank exposes the government to a potential currency crisis. Erdogan’s move seems to be targeted at demolishing the hopes of those who considered Agbal the epitome of a newly obtained autonomy for the monetary institution. Erdogan, declining in consensus and
The Cold War ended three decades ago and the USSR no longer exists. Eastern Europe is free and now considered an integral part of the West. Post-communist Russia is certainly not a model for democracy, but it does not threaten US interests as it once used to do. So why
The Gulf of Guinea embraces the most economically dynamic and populous countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as evidenced by their average 3% annual GDP growth. While hydrocarbon resources contribute account for the main share of national revenues in Nigeria and Angola, the impact of oil extraction on GDP has been steadily
The Navalny case smells of gas and destabilization. Moscow threatens the rupture of relations with the E.U. in the event of new sanctions. Germany responds by calling the ultimatum “bewildering.” Simply put, Navalny and the North Stream 2 project are just the latest products of rising tensions between Russia, overdependence
France has reached an agreement with Greece for the provision of 18 Rafale frigates over the next two years for Athens’ navy. Of these, 12 are used and six are brand new. This operation is estimated to cost the Greek government at least 2.5 billion US dollars. A vast array
On December 12, despite the ceasefire formally in force since July, Ukrainian mortars and grenade launchers hit several areas in the Eastern formerly autonomous regions of Donetsk (RPD) and Lugansk (RPL), including Jakovlevka, Spartak, and Trudovskaja. Two militiamen of the RPD were also killed in the village of Leninskoe by
Hundreds of students from the Kankara Government Science Secondary School have been rescued by Nigerian authorities. The students were kidnapped in Nigeria’s north-western state of Katsina on Friday, 11 December. Governor Aminu Bello Masari explained that the state security agencies had located the hostages in the Rugu forest, in neighbouring
