Tag : United Nations

Tag: United Nations

Amateur hour for US diplomacy in Albania

On December 11, Sali Berisha, a two-term Prime Minister and President of Albania, was addressing some ten thousand jubilant Democratic Celebration congress members within the Tirana important soccer stadium. The political occasion was a novelty in so...

How do we stop the neocons from starting another disaster in Ukraine?

If anything, Washington’s neoconservatives have an unerring intuition for survival. Having caused multiple disasters within the 20 years since 9/11—from the Iraq Conflict to the dual debacles in Libya and Syria—the neoconservatives appear to have per...

Why China cannot invade Taiwan

China’s current aerial incursion in Taiwan air protection zone and President Xi Jinping’s confrontational remarks re-prompted a debate on whether or not Beijing is capable of conquering Taipei. The character of this delicate dichotomy nonetheless re...

Tales of mystery and imagination in Skopje – Part 2

North Macedonia’s conservative opposition failed in its November 11 bid to topple Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s authorities. This happened solely because ruling coalition lawmakers have been capable of halt a no-confidence vote over a scarcity of quoru...

Let us celebrate democracy and let us make it stronger

The eyes of the world’s main overseas coverage wonks have been all on Washington, DC, after President Joe Biden met with fellow democratic leaders on the “Summit for Democracy”. This was a key realization of his campaign pledge of 2020 and – co...

Support for frontline staff and volunteers is key to overcoming Europe’s fresh COVID onslaught

In some ways, Europe is way better placed to face up to its second pandemic winter. Although instances are surging across the continent and the new Omicron variant has sparked recent considerations, many nations have succeeded in somewhat decoupling...

Why Biden shouldn’t use the ‘Summit for Democracy’ to start more Cold Wars

On December 9 and 10, President Biden will host a digital “Summit for Democracy.” The gathering will deliver together leaders from 110 nations who work in government, civil society and the personal sector, with the officially declared function of cre...

Instability in Libya is set to exacerbate Europe’s migrant crisis

No less than four dinghies reached the shore at Dungeness in Kent on Sunday, carrying dozens of people determined to succeed in Britain before worsening winter weather makes the crossing unattainable. This latest group of arrivals will add to the 24,...

The ‘European Army’ scheme is just a cover for France to get back into the big power game

The thought of a so-called ‘European Army’ has come out and in of style in the Brussels bubble for about 20 years. After every international occasion the place armed battle becomes a risk, the viability of a pan-European army pressure is...

Qatar is forging its own path

A quick take a look at a map of the Close to East and North Africa reveals two key information: 1) The area is politically divided into sparsely populated, however geographically monumental nations on one aspect; smaller nations on the opposite, most...

Europe’s chance for peace in the South Caucasus

Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, announced on November 19 that in the margin of the Japanese Partnership Summit to be held in Brussels on December 15, there can be a gathering between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Arme...

Border pains: A set play by Belarus

Determined migrants sandwiched between the Belarussian-Polish border is a nasty quagmire. Additionally it is an impressively manufactured crisis. With threats to each EU and NATO borders on the middle of the state of affairs, an air of hysteria and a...