The narrow and composite feature of the majority that elected the new president of the European commission suggests that the political reality of the European Union has evolved. In fact, the new president was chosen thanks to the decisive support ...
At the end of September, the EU and Japan signed an agreement designed to add a new dimension to these two global economic powerhouses’ joint effort in the field of transport, energy and digital technology. This expansion of ties between ...
Expert of the Valdai International Discussion Club, political analyst and Iranist Farhad Ibragimov spoke about relations between Russia and Iran. – In early November, Iran once again refused to follow part of its obligations under the nuclear deal. In your opinion, ...
As protests surge in Iraq and Lebanon, the Iranian regime also has to deal with its own protest movement. Since late 2017, there have been hundreds of protests in Iran per month about such issues as deteriorating economic conditions, environmental degradation, ...
Ankara enjoys strong partnership with both Washington and Moscow and uses each of these relations as leverage against the other. The US, however, has a strong arsenal of potential punishment against Turkey, writes Valdai Club expert Güney Yıldız. ...
Just before the meeting, both sides have clear priorities. What Trump actually wants is no crisis in his last year in office before running for reelection. But he also needs to sell his foreign policy as a success story to ...
At a time when demand for diversified foreign policy in the South Caucasus is clear, Beijing is building political frameworks that are attractive to countries in the region. In addition, China’s reluctance to get involved in the ...
Donald Trump’s abrupt decision following an October 6 telephone call with Turkish PresidentRecepTayyipErdogan to endorse Turkish military operations against the United States’ Kurdish allies and effectively surrender large areas of northeastern Syria to Turkish, Russian, and Syrian Army forceshas deepened ...
The US withdrawal of military support for the Syrian Kurds and the subsequent operation of the Turkish army have exacerbated relations between Ankara and Washington. As one of the deterrence measures, the US authorities imposed sanctions against three Turkish ministers ...
Russian officialdom has lately developed an enormous appetite—bordering on patriotic hysteria—for historical politics. On November 10, 1982, the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died. The editors of Pravda, the country’s main newspaper, confronted something of a dilemma. A black ...