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August 31, 2018 www.intellinews.com
The end of the post WWII world order
Ben Aris in Berlin
It's a tough time to be a diplomat at the moment as the madness of US President Donald Trump has caused so much chaos on the international stage that he is catalysing the break-up of the post WWII order. Germany is now vocally saying it wants to leave the US security umbrella and take its place as a leader on the world stage. Many
of Berlin’s proposals dovetail with policies the
Can ‘Stans’ integration tempt the Taliban into breakthrough talks?
Kanat Shaku in Almaty
The five “core” Central Asian nations — namely Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan — have long found themselves largely devoid of interaction with war-torn neigh- bour Afghanistan. Headlines from local news providers have seldom ventured beyond general
The G20 is the nearest thing there is to global governance these days and German Chancellor Angela leads Europe.
Kremlin has been pursuing to break Washington’s hegemony over global politics.
Germany’s new Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently called the US an “unreliable partner,” as he grapples with a range of crises. Missile strikes
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Taliban insurgents turning themselves in to Afghan National Security Forces at a forward operating base in Puza-i-Eshan.
worries on the potential for spillovers from the in- tractable war in the form of incursions by Islamic extremist groups, or on interceptions of Afghan heroin consignments.
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