Tag: West

Daily news – February 5, 2022

AFRICA African Union: Focus on Rights, Justice at Summit. Human Rights Watch: President Macky Sall of Senegal should ensure that civilian protection, human rights, and justice...

Daily news – February 4, 2022 p.m.

AFGHANISTAN What the US and its allies left behind in Afghanistan. Amin Saikal, The Strategist: The Afghanistan war is over for the United States and...

Daily news – February 4, 2022

AFRICA Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector. Vera Songwe, Brookings:  Never before in the last half century has Africa’s health care landscape seen so many...

Tough Talks Produce New Russia-West Face-Off (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Diplomats naturally value dialogue; but when it comes to current relations with Moscow, the wisdom of such an approach looks dubious—particularly following the week...

China has done nothing to break the Western alliance, observers say after Trudeau calls for ‘united front’ against China (Global Times)

Shortly after Ottawa joined the US in the campaign of not sending officials to the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Canadian Prime Minister...

When its own democracy fails, why still try to sell it to HK? Senior Chinese policy advisor fights back against Western countries’ criticism over...

Top Chinese policy advisors on Hong Kong affairs slammed the recent criticism made by some Western-led blocs such as the G7, Five Eyes and...

Counter-Threat Regime and Strategic Frivolity (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

At the end of 2021, relations between Russia and the West in the military-political sphere crossed the point of no return to any of the forms of interaction that arose in the first...

Top British Commander Warns Of Soaring Risk Of Russia-West War (RFE RL)

Britain's most senior military officer has warned about the changing "character of warfare," saying in an interview that the world faces the greatest risk...

The World Is Fed Up With China’s Belligerence (Chris Orton, Defense One)

In Chinese-speaking communities beyond the reach of Beijing’s censorship regime, the song “Fragile” has been an unexpected hit. With more than 26 million views on...

Decline of the West? Pros and Cons (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Moreover, there is a very deep intellectual tradition of viewing the West as a deteriorating and doomed community. It’s enough to recall Nietzsche's "God...

West can’t use climate issues as weapon against China in Glasgow (Global Times)

While commending China for its actions in recent years to combat climate change in a speech on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on...

President Raisi: West’s invasion on human rights evident (IRNA)

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi blasted the West's double-standards vis-a-vis the human rights issues, and said that such approach has been harmful to other societies...

Afghanistan/West. The Wages of Defeat in Afghanistan (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

The hasty and chaotic Western retreat from Afghanistan provides several lessons. If the United States and Europe fail to heed them, the cause of...

Is There a New Status Quo in Russia-West Relations? (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Liana Fix writes: The Biden-Putin summit has elicited hopes for a new status quo in relations between Russia and the West, marked by guardrails...

(Russia/West) What is distance based on?

Ivan Timofeev writes for Valdai Discussion Club: The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened...

Georgia/West – Why the West Should Not Forget About Georgia (Natia Seskuria, RUSI)

If the US wants to counter Russian hybrid threats and uphold stability in the South Caucasus, it must put Georgia back on the international...