Yenisafak Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says Armenia will leave Collective Security Treaty Organization if country’s area of responsibility is not defined clearly Armenia on Tuesday threatened to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) if the six-nation military alliance, which includes Russia, failed to clearly define the country’s area of responsibility. “If the CSTO answers […]
Month: March 2024
The forest is more than one tree Posted on March 10, 2024 by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Read entirely at link-‘Novorossiya’ rising from ashes like phoenix ‘Novorossiya’ historically — signifies a major initiative in the Kremlin’s geo-strategy, with global ramifications, as the conflict in Ukraine meanders toward a new phase. What lends poignancy to the occasion […]
Originally at NYT’s via archive.ph Disclaimer: I’m not a fan of the Pope. Nor am I taken with his alleged celebrity (the state of being well known). What is interesting to me is that someone well known, with a very large following would say these words aloud. Words that make sense in this situation. My […]
Oilprice.com Israel has greenlighted plans for 3,5000 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli media report that the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expecting to be in Gaza for at least 10 years with the initial stage of war lasting 1-2 years, following by eights years of stabilizing a new […]
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article286422855.html A warning from the U.S. embassy in Russia that “extremists” are planning an imminent attack on large gatherings in Moscow has sparked backlash in the country. “The U.S. Embassy stated that terrorist attacks are possible in Moscow in the next two days; a similar warning was also issued by the British Foreign Office,” wrote […]
State Dept Press Statement Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State March 5, 2024 Victoria Nuland has let me know that she intends to step down in the coming weeks as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs – a role in which she has personified President Biden’s commitment to put diplomacy back at the center of our foreign policy and revitalize America’s global leadership at a crucial time for our nation and the […]
Miami Herald Two Egyptian officials said the latest round of discussions had ended. They said Hamas presented a proposal that mediators would discuss with Israel in the coming days. Benny Gantz, a member of Netanyahu’s War Cabinet and his main political rival, met with senior U.S. officials in Washington on a visit that drew a […]
AA Russia on Tuesday opposed the dismissal of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ (UNRWA) employees based on Israeli claims. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council Vasilya Nebenzya urged the agency management to reconsider the step. “We note that these employees were immediately dismissed […]
Interesting piece from The New Yorker (excerpts below) Amid the escalating horror in Gaza, the President will have to go around Benjamin Netanyahu to forge a postwar vision for the region. “As for his postwar plan for Gaza, Netanyahu offered a laconic mixture of counter-insurgency and Greater Israel fantasies, to which the hostages’ lives seem […]
NATO trying to pass itself off as relevant, to justify it’s continued existence, in an entirely different world than when it was first created. But there is still no evidence that Vladimir Putin intends to invade any NATO member. John Sitilides- John Sitilides is a Senior Fellow in the National Security Program at the Foreign […]