... would a significant number of Lebanese leave their homes, but also, at least, part of the Syrian refugees currently stationed in Lebanon. At the same time, the humanitarian situation in the region remains difficult; there are
3.7 million
refugees in Turkey alone, of whom 3.1 million are Syrians.
More than one million Lebanese have already fled their homes, while
100,000
Lebanese and Syrian refugees have already moved to neighboring Syria. The number of refugees could increase significantly in the ...
... resources accumulate?
The fantastic success of BRICS as the first alternative to the Western order also leads to the emergence of curiosities, which, at the same time, characterize the state of modern international politics quite well. Quite recently Turkey, a country that is a member of NATO and a territorial base for the deployment of American nuclear forces in Eurasia, has declared its desire to join BRICS. Unlike all the BRICS countries, even Saudi Arabia or the UAE, which are traditionally close ...
... discourage potential participants.
On the other hand, the current list of “requirements,” aside from the sanctions factor, leaves much room for interpretation. In particular, the degree of “sovereignty” in foreign policy raises questions. Can Turkey, a NATO member, or Saudi Arabia, which has
finalized
much of its defense agreement with the U.S. that provides Riyadh with security guarantees, be considered as actors pursuing a fully sovereign foreign policy? Similar questions arise when assessing ...
... increasing.
On August 23, 2024,
another package of US sanctions
was introduced. Blocking sanctions affected 95 companies
from third countries.
Of these, almost half are from China (45 companies). A noticeable share of companies are from the UAE (15) and Turkey (12). In 72 out of 95 cases, that is, in the overwhelming majority, secondary sanctions were implemented in response to the supply of electronics, industrial goods and equipment to Russia. In seven cases, sanctions were imposed on transport and ...
... crises that the Russian economy had gone through at least three times since the beginning of century. Furthermore, the Russian leadership managed to promptly redirect the most important trade flows to non-sanctioning countries, such as China, India, Turkey, which mitigated the anticipated economic fallout of the Western economic pressure on Moscow.
This trend continued throughout 2023. Russia once again outperformed most of the expert expectations: instead of 1.5–2.5% anticipated annual growth,...
... armed opposition in the country, this has had a positive effect on the overall atmosphere in society. Terrorist attacks against the Taliban—publicized by various kinds of “anti-Taliban” groups that are mainly directed from the U.S., Europe and Turkey—are most often virtual in nature. No institutional opposition to the Taliban has emerged in the country since August 15, 2021, and only virtual platforms are filled with bids to fill this “vacancy.” Meanwhile, the Taliban government is showing ...
... threaten its interests.
Iranian media outlets have discussed the risks Tehran would face if this project were to be implemented and the corridor opened. Particularly, they argue that Iran would lose its strategic advantage of being the connector between Turkey and Central Asian countries and could become dependent on Turkey and Azerbaijan for access to European countries.
In the past, Azerbaijan relied on Iranian airspace and territory to supply the autonomous region of Nakhchivan, located between Iran,...
... limestone, phosphates, marble, salt, gypsum and oil—but will the trio manage to extract them on their own (though jointly) in commercial quantities to gain economic sovereignty, not just political one? Or all hopes are again pinned on Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and other non-Western nations? And if so, is “sovereignty” the right word here? Of course, “dependence” on Russia, for example, would differ from neocolonialism by ensuring “fairness” and “equality between partners,” as evidenced ...
... become a real deterrent to their influence[1]. Consequently, Israel has been an important partner in the war from the beginning, starting with plans to rely on the Muslim Brotherhood movement, in addition to the understanding with some Gulf states and Turkey to bet on the ISIS movement and the Al Nusra Front, or a direct and explicit intervention by launching air or missile attacks on Syrian territory. The most important of these was the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus in April ...
... days of independence, Tbilisi hoped to sell its territory for the US to use as a military base for missions against Russia and Iran. Now the Georgian authorities are using their geography for peaceful purposes, becoming a kind of bridge between Russia, Turkey and Western Europe.
Proof of this is the growing volume of German exports to Georgia. According to the latest data from the statistical services of the Federal Republic of Germany, these have tripled since February 2002 - from 30 million to 90 ...
