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A comment from BESA on Iranian – Chinese relationship
Why Iran Is Turning East
By Emil Avdaliani
August 26, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: US pressure might have been an immediate impetus behind the recently leaked Iran-China deal,...
US seeks formal alliance similar to Nato with India, Japan and...
Washington’s goal is to get countries in the Indo-Pacific region to work together as a bulwark against ‘a potential challenge from China’, says the...
How much does Africa owe, and to whom?
Aug. 29, 2020
African debt is a painful subject for the continent, and in many ways a dark one: no one dares give exact figures,...
Chinese military fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile into South China Sea in...
By Kristin Huang
26 Aug, 2020
China launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea on Wednesday morning, a source close to the...
America’s unholy crusade against China
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Aug. 6, 2020
Many white Christian evangelicals in the United States have long believed that America has a God-given mission to save...
What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?
by John Feffer
August 18, 2020
In 2016, Alan Lichtman departed from conventional wisdom to predict a Donald Trump victory in that year’s presidential election. The...
International consequences of a Greek – Turkish war. A way to...
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
In a previous article we examined the methods third forces may use to provoke a Greek - Turkish military conflict and...
Macron styles himself as Lebanon’s savior, ready to reshape country’s system...
9 Aug, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron has rallied a host of international donors to support Lebanon, and promised that the country’s future “is being...
Chinese military told not to fire first shot in stand-off with...
Aug. 11, 2020
China has told its service personnel “not to fire the first shot” as Beijing looks to de-escalate tensions with the United States...
Black Lives Matter, Gandhi, Soekarno, Africa and Hungary
By Darwis Khudori *
Monday, July 20, 2020, I received an Internet link from one of my Algerian students: « La stèle dédiée au Président Soekarno...