Tag: Germany

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 4, 2022 p.m.

AFGHANISTAN What the US and its allies left behind in Afghanistan. Amin Saikal, The Strategist: The Afghanistan war is over for the United States and...

Daily news – February 4, 2022

AFRICA Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector. Vera Songwe, Brookings:  Never before in the last half century has Africa’s health care landscape seen so many...

Daily news – February 2, 2022 p.m.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO  At least 60 people killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo. Erikas Mwisi Kambale, Reuters: At least 60 people were...

China-Germany cooperation must not be derailed by big mouth (Global Times)

After meeting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, pledging to refrain from "megaphone diplomacy," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock relapsed to tough...

China, Germany pledge to deepen cooperation and refrain from ‘microphone diplomacy’ (Global Times)

China and Germany have pledged to enhance mutual understanding and refrain from "microphone diplomacy" on the basis of mutual respect on Thursday when Chinese...

What Germany’s climate movement got right: Breaking rules (Clara S Thompson, Al Jazeera)

In late November 2021, Germany’s new coalition government announced its aim to phase out coal power across the country by 2030, eight years ahead of...

Israel inks $3.4 billion submarine deal with Germany (The Associated Press, Defense News)

Israel signed a €3 billion (U.S. $3.4 billion) deal Thursday to buy three cutting-edge submarines from Germany, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced. The Dakar-class diesel-electric submarines...

Germany holds its ground on denying weapons for Ukraine (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Officials in Berlin have rejected a renewed request by Ukraine for lethal, defensive equipment in the face of Russia’s massive troop buildup, effectively testing...

Energy trilemma causes a headache for Germany’s new leaders (Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings)

Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister, met her counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday, after a visit to Kyiv the day before. Arguably, a...

Blinken To Visit Ukraine, Germany This Week Amid Russian Invasion Fears (RFE RL)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Kyiv on January 19 for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show...

Berlin Calls For Diplomacy Over Ukraine, Warns Russia Against Attacking (RFE RL)

During a visit to Kyiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said diplomacy is "the only way" to resolve a tense standoff between Moscow...

Germany has sentenced a Syrian colonel to life for crimes against humanity. Will others face the same fate? (Atlantic Council)

Human-rights activists are applauding a German court’s sentencing of a former Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity that were committed at...