Nine years after the outbreak of the Arab Spring (2011) that initially overturned Muammar Gaddafi and the outbreak of the civil war in Libya, the situation in the long-suffering country of North Africa has reached such a point that the internationally recognized government of Tripoli led by Fayez al-Saraz, who controls a small area around
At the dawn of 2020, the US and Iran for the first time were involved in real fire using the national territory of Iraq as a battlefield and geo-strategic chessboard, leaving behind the secret war that was held between them so far in the entire Middle East. The extermination in Baghdad by the United States
By the end of the 21st century, the centre of gravity of world markets is expected to move to the Indian Ocean and South Asian Pacific Ocean, even though the West for global capitalism remains the symbol of success. Economies of countries such as India, Indonesia and of course China are expected to star as
Recent illegal Turkish hydrocarbon research in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and specifically in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus (EU) and the illegal establishment of an EEZ between Turkey and Libya that violates grossly International Law, causing friction with the neighboring countries of Turkey, while emitting Turkey as an international factor
The region of the Middle East has always been in the spotlight and especially after the end of the Second World War, due to the national movements that led to the independence of the states of the region and because of its oil and commercial routes. In the current era when the riots continue in
The Iranian regime has recently used fierce brutality to suppress the uprisings of its indignant citizens. Anecdotal evidence published in the international press reported dead numbers ranging from 100 to 200, thousands wounded and arrested respectively. Indeed, the theocratic regime in Iran was not confined to the application of wild pogroms but blamed the revolutionary
NATO’s seventy years birthday will be celebrated at the London summit in December, but not in a festive atmosphere as it will appropriate and given the criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron as to how he sees NATO’s function. Of course, President Macron particular criticism that NATO is “brain-dead” is based on the ever-increasing autonomy
The Nile River, which the ancient Egyptians considered a source of all life and follows a northwest direction by establishing fertile all the valleys of North-East Africa and always from the day of the planet’s existence, defining a major role in the course of human civilisation continues to be the subject of a very complex
Since May until today, North Korea has been involved in testing three short-range ballistic missiles. On 3 October it triggered a mid-range ballistic missile between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Sea from an underwater vessel. On October 31 North Korea made a successful-always according to North Korea news agency-test of a launch system “multiple
The Turkish invasion of northern Syria and its successful military outcome for Turkey, while the inability to establish an intense and well-organised EU response on this issue, highlighted the very low power that the EU holds to influence any geopolitical developments in the Middle East neighbourhood. This EU weakness is based on geopolitical mistakes in
