Denmark's top military official repeated NATO’s new line that Russia could attack the alliance within three years to test the alliance’s adherence to its collective defense package called Article 5.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Feb 13 2024
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RUSSIA, CHINA CONDEMN U.S. FOR MIDDLE EAST BOMBING CAMPAIGN
Moscow and Beijing called for an emergency meeting last week at the UN Security Council to voice their collective outrage about the Biden administration’s decision to bomb Iraq and Syria in retaliation to recent attacks on American bases in the region.
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U.S. PUNISHES YEMEN OVER HOUTHI ATTACKS BY BLOCKING PEACE DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA
The Biden administration’s decision to re-designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terror organization for defending Gazans against the Israeli genocide means a peace deal between Sana’a and Saudi Arabia is unlikely.
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IRAN SLAMS U.S.’S BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN IRAQ, SYRIA AS BLATANT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN, said last week that the U.S.’s decision to bomb Iraq and Syria was “illegitimate, illegal, unjustified, and blatantly violates the basic norms and principles of international law.”
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U.S. AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ WILL PUSH AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF THE COUNTRY
The repeated U.S. airstrikes in Iraq “compels” Baghdad to speed up the process of terminating the mission of the American coalition in the country that has been on the ropes in recent months anyway.
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SCHOLZ: PUTIN CAN WIN IF WEST DOESN’T STAY COMMITTED TO WAR
Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last week—before a visit to Washington—warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin could emerge victorious in Ukraine if the West does not stay united in its support.