In recent years, Turkey has been actively expanding its influence in the media sphere, utilizing structures like the Global Journalism Council (GJC) to shape a unified information space for the Turkic world. Under the guise of cultural and media cooperation, Ankara is building a network that is increasingly used to […]
Central Asia
Russia’s Formal Recognition Of The Taliban Comes At A Crucial Time For The Broader Region
Trump wants to return US forces to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase; there are newfound concerns about the North-South Transport Corridor’s viability after the recent Iranian-Israeli War; and Turkiye is making a powerplay to expand its influence into Central Asia. Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan […]
Directive To Iran: Retaliation Bad; De-Escalation Good
De-escalation has become one of those coarse words in severe need of banishment, best kept in an index used by unredeemable hypocrites. It is used by the living dead in human resources, management worthies and war criminals. It’s almost always used to target the person or entity that exerts retribution […]
Analyzing Xi’s Absence From The Latest BRICS Summit
This could stimulate US-Brazilian ties, comparatively reduce China’s role in Brazil’s balancing act if India’s role therein soon becomes more significant, and fuel Western media speculation about China’s commitment to the group. Chinese President Xi Jinping declined to travel to Rio for the latest BRICS Summit on the reported pretext of scheduling […]
Negotiations With The Taliban: Does It Make Sense?
Due to the large number of newcomers in Germany at the moment, the government is actively considering what could be done about it. Attempts to negotiate deportations to Afghanistan and other Asian countries with which diplomatic relations have not been established have been made repeatedly, but for the most part […]
If Iran Won’t Ally With Russia & China, It Will Die
On July 5th, Mark Sleboda makes this clear — that Iran must accept the offers of Russia and China to back Iran up against the U.S. empire, who are determined to get Iran back as being a part of the U.S. empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPKVghUp54 This confirms what I had said on […]
The Crisis Of American Influence
Many Americans were unhappy with the actions of their president. They include the Republican’s closest ally, Elon Musk. His concerns are caused by the adoption of a new budget in the United States, which, according to the businessman, turned out to be too huge, and cuts in financing in other […]
Mercouris Explains Possibility Of Russia And China Becoming Iran’s Protector
https://theduran.com/iran-israel-round-2-diplomacy-and-war-preparations/ Trump’s decision to bomb Iran on June 12th committed America to Israel’s regime-change war against Iran. The debate now in Iran is whether or not to accept the full protection — including their nuclear umbrellas — that Russia and China have offered to Iran. Trump’s decision could thus turn […]
Behind The ’12-Day War’
Operations “The Rising Lion” and “Midnight Hammer” were demonstrations of force mobilizing considerable resources. They lasted no more than 12 days in total. Their results are unknown, but much has been learned about those who planned them. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which relied on AI software rather than the […]
The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American grand strategic interests. Russian-Azerbaijani relations are in trouble as a result of two scandals. The first concerns the recent police raid against suspected ethnic Azeri criminals in […]
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