Excerpts From Just Security The Trump administration comes into office as the United States and its Western allies are on the verge of losing Georgia, and the loss to U.S. interests would be considerable. Once one of America’s most reliable non-NATO partners on the European continent, providing valuable personnel to U.S.-led missions, Georgia also is […]
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Thankfully Mr Mercouris was quiet. Chas Freeman made some very good points and was more realistic on the Turkish/Israel situation, how both nations are actually at odds regarding Syria, which they are! He talks about Turkey and it’s relationship with Sunni Muslims at large. Which is a bit simplistic, but, has some truth. He also […]
Wow! A 100 Year Partnership? AA Ukraine and the UK on Thursday signed a “100 Year Partnership” agreement to deepen defense cooperation and address long-term threats and challenges to maritime security after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the capital Kyiv for his first visit since taking office last year. “Today is a truly […]
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Israel, Syria, Turkey and the US
Excerpts from a round up of related news articles; Syria is about to find out if getting rid of Assad is enough to please Washington By Ivan Timofeev, programme director of the Valdai Club. The recent change in leadership in Syria raises questions about potential reforms of the US sanctions regime against Syria. Over the […]
Surely you’ve all noticed by now I’m not on the same page as many analysts or op- ed writers/journalists that have declared Turkey “the winner” in Syria. I can’t even listen to the Duran when they talk about this situation as their analysis is just absurd to me. Actually they’ve lost me since they’ve been […]
Will inflation rise? Necessitating increasing interest rates? Russia says Ukraine targeted infrastructure of gas pipeline to Turkey Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of launching a weekend drone attack on infrastructure of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Europe via Turkey. The allegation — which Kyiv has not commented on — comes amid […]
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Time to expel Turkey from NATO
As I’d mentioned previously, way to much disinfo spreading regarding Israel & Turkey being in cahoots regarding Syria. Total bullshit. Those that made these claims seemed to be intent on spreading intentional disinfo associating Turkey with Israel to obfuscate Israel’s support of the majority of the proxy forces in Syria, including PKK/YPG as well as […]
I’m not surprised in the least! (I’ve omitted some paragraphs for brevity, read them at the link) Financial Times Two European officials told the Financial Times that discussions with Trump’s incoming team in recent weeks revealed they had not yet decided on how to solve the conflict, and that support to Ukraine would continue after […]
Keep in mind this is from the European Council on Foreign Relations and is a POV attributed to Andrew Wilson Russian gas has stopped flowing to Europe, leaving Transnistria without an energy supply. Moldova, dependent on electricity from the breakaway region, is now facing soaring inflation months away from a crucial parliamentary election Why has […]
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Syria as a massive trap?
This is a very interesting perspective. Much of it makes sense to me. I’m not saying it’s correct. I’m saying Alex Krainer makes some very, very good points regarding the interactions between nations, particularly Turkey. Which, as Alex points out Turkey and Russia have some very serious deals between them. Pipelines, nuclear power plants etc., […]