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Tensions in Ethiopia fulfil the instability in Djibouti

With the war in Tigray starting to spill over into the Afar region, interethnic tensions have been resurfacing either side of the border between Ethiopia and Djibouti amid a struggle…

August 5, 2021Afar, Djibouti, Issa, Somalia

Conflict

Ethiopia faces ethnic conflict, feeded by war crimes in Tigray

The conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region appears to be escalating, with reports that Tigrayan and Amhara forces are recruiting more youths to fight in the country's north. Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara,…

July 20, 2021Ethiopia, Tigray

Conflict Opinion

China will have most influence in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

Today, the Taliban's offensive continues unbated in Afghanistan. The Taliban will gain control of most of Afghanistan, surely. They will face resistance in some parts of the country dominated by Uzbeks,…

July 6, 2021Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Taliban, USA

Conflict Terrorism

Russia will be forced to return to Afghanistan and unleash war with the Taliban

Despite Russia seeking to use the pullback of U.S. forces and their allies from Afghanistan to boost own influence across Central Asia, it's highly likely that in the longer perspective,…

July 3, 2021Afghanistan, Russia, Taliban

Conflict ideology

Why is Serbian Orthodox Church following Milosevic’s agenda in Kosovo?

On almost all significant occasions in Kosovo, Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) attempts to do something that asks for trouble in Kosovo. Not only that they have never spoken about their…

June 14, 2021Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia

Conflict Geopolitics

How the Balkans was Balkanized?

Prior to the 1992-1995 Balkan war, the European Community delegated the British and Portugese diplomats, Lord Carrington and Jose Cutileiro, to design a suitable scheme for ethno-religious partition of Bosnia-Herzegovina,…

June 7, 2021Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Conflict Intelligence ops

Russia uses Venezuela as foothold to stage operations against Brazil

The government of Brazil faces with a high-priority task at the military and intelligence level to minimize the destabilization activity carried out by the Russians from the territory of Venezuela.…

May 25, 2021Brazil, Russia, Venezuela

Conflict Opinion

Prisoners of two Extremisms

My daughter is twenty-three years old and lives in Chicago. In these days she has enthusiastically participated in the demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people that took place in…

May 20, 2021Israel, Palestine

Conflict Geopolitics

Russia figures to bolster influence in Middle East, backing Palestine in rift with Israel

Russia has launched out on carrying the ball in current Arab-Israeli escalation. Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk in a conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister…

May 16, 2021Israel, Palestine, Russia

Conflict War crimes

Can Kosovo sue Serbia for genocide?

Twenty-two years after the war, Kosovo announced for the second time that will prepare the case to sue Serbia for the genocide caused during the period 1998/99 in Kosovo. The…

May 13, 2021Arbesa Hoxha, Kosovo, Serbia