Moldova is very likely to be Putin’s next move on the chessboard, as Russia continues to extend its influence and, if possible, outright control in the non-NATO areas around it. Putin hopes to achieve either [Citește]
The German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere vowed revenge on EU fellow states over their part in the refugee chaos, accusing the rest of Europe of trying to „shift the collective problem onto our back”. [Citește]
While Bashar al-Assad wants to drain Syria of civilian opposition, Vladimir Putin seeks to flood Europe with unwelcome refugees. With Russian planes pounding civilian targets in Syria, it clearly fits into Moscow’s strategy not only [Citește]
On January 2, 2016, 47 convicts, including the prominent Saudi-born Shia Islam cleric Nimr al-Nimr, were executed in several Saudi cities, setting the Middle East ablaze. The execution prompted condemnation in the Shiite Arab World, [Citește]
The November 13 Daesh attacks in Paris, followed shortly by the hostage-taking by al-Mourabitune at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali, an African country supposedly defended by France, brought into the [Citește]
Social roots for radical Islamism France has accommodated its almost 5 million Muslims badly. The result has been tension, violence, and radicalization, both among the French right, and among Muslim activists. Today, France experiences that [Citește]
On 17 November 2015, France invoked for the first time article 42(7) or the mutual assistance clause of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), asking for aid and assistance from the other European Union [Citește]
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