A confrontation between the U.S. and Iran has been brewing ever since Trump repealed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) informally known as the Iranian Deal.
Op-Ed
In the past 20 years in Middle East things have changed a lot. How does Qatar look like in 2020?
Christmas Day 1991. As the collapse of the Soviet Union starts to become inevitable, the administration of George H.W. Bush took the first step to launch a new democratic era in Ukraine. Until that day, the official policy had been to leave Ukraine under Moscow’s umbrella, but this all changed in one swift announcement. The United States was recognizing Ukraine’s independence!
37 months have passed since the Democratic Party lost an election they had been sure of. In November 2016, Donald Trump took the political world – and arguably himself, by surprise.
Demonstrations and protests are not new in Iraq. The country has a long history of violence and unrest
The situation in Libya is at the centre of the world politics in the last few years, when the civil war started. Despite financial aid, international actions and political solutions, Libya remains strongly unstable.
Until now, the U.S. foreign policy has been characterized by tension. But given the anxiety about President Donald Trump and what his administration might do – pull out of NATO, start a war with Iran or North Korea – it was something to be grateful for.
Vladimir Putin – the modern Tsar of Russia– is serving as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008. In between his presidential terms, he was also the Prime Minister of Russia under his close associate Dmitry Medvedev (Putin was barred from a third consecutive term by the Constitution). However, Vladimir Putin gained 76% of the March 2018 presidential vote and was re-elected for a six-year term that will end in 2024.
