... these differences may fade into the background. In any case, Iran has a chance to take advantage of the situation. Such a development of events precludes the formation of a coalition among countries under sanctions, which theoretically could include China, Russia, Iran and Venezuela. China will cooperate with all three, but not to the detriment of relations with the West.
All in all, the new stage of the Ukrainian crisis will have global consequences. For some, it will bring short and medium-term costs, and very significant ...
... exceptions to its sanctions, many of which were in place long before the pandemic. They concern Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela and Russia [
viii
]. A joint US-Swiss relief supply channel for Iran has become operational [
ix
]. We saw the first transactions ... ... bear in mind that the help in fighting the epidemic provided by the countries hit by the sanctions, such as Russia, Cuba and China, to the initiators of the sanctions will not make the latter lift the sanctions afterwards.
In other words, COVID-19 does ...
... policy), jumped in and suddenly withdrew from this plan of the former U.S. security advisor John Bolton. Even though the secretary of state Mike Pompeo
characterized
Trump’s endeavours as “crystal clear and incredibly consistent”, the future of Venezuela does not seem that clear, especially if foreign interventions will continue to complement country’s further domestic instability.
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China, another country where instability was recently evoked by mass demonstrations in Hong Kong, is going through the toughest period of relationship with America since Mao Zedong. Trade wars and spy scandals cannot and will not disappear as Trump actively ...
... trade restrictions, pushing them toward Russia and China. China’s economic position in the region is much stronger than Russia’s, so could China overshadow Moscow’s plans?
Venezuela: main theater of operations
The confrontation between Russia and China is most apparent on the Venezuelan arms market.
After coming to power in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed for political rapprochement with Russia and China. This resulted in military-technical cooperation with Russia, but only really came into effect after the Americans ...
... and Egypt. Some businessmen and government officials of Middle Eastern heritage in Venezuela started pushing for an OPEC organization to countervail the U.S. dominated... ... Palestine Saudi Arabia and Syria (232 million).
The declared Islamic population of the Russian Federation (16.4 million) is about four times greater than that of Palestine... ... the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia still do business? Yes.
A similar situation exists in China, where the government of Xi Jinping continues the policy of selling weapons and...
Although the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin has authorized writing off 90% of Cuba’s $32 ... ... and Guyana, where similar conditions exist.
Photo: EFE, Spanish Press Agency
China, the quiet winner in the Latin American hegemony game
Representing around 11.6%... ... of the move will bring far greater rewards to the Chinese economy than what Cuba and Venezuela offer.
China has made it a priority to develop assembly and manufacturing...