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Tag: Somalia

Posted inAnalysis

Under Afghan fire, Biden assures East Asian allies

by Andrew Salmon August 20, 2021August 25, 2021

SEOUL – With US credibility hammered by the fall of Kabul, President Joe Biden said the situations of South Korea and Taiwan were “fundamentally different” from that of Afghanistan. “There’s a fundamental difference between Taiwan, South Korea, NATO,” Biden said in an interview with broadcaster ABC News on Thursday. The US president is on the […]

Posted inAfghanistan

America’s longest war was a short-sighted affair

by Andrew Salmon August 17, 2021August 21, 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish Presidential Palace via Reuters/Cem Oksuz
Posted inOpinion

Turkey’s strategy to build influence focuses on Africa

by Henri J Barkey January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
Posted inUnited States

Trump orders pullout from Somalia

by Paul Handley December 5, 2020December 5, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Ethnic feuds shatter Ethiopia’s fragile calm

by Faisal Al Yafai November 16, 2020November 16, 2020
A Black Hawk helicopter being transported from a ship at Taiwan's Kaohsiung port. Photo: Handout
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

American war is off the charts

by Tom Engelhardt April 17, 2019February 18, 2020
US soldiers rest after military exercises by US and South Korea troops at Daegu in March 2005.  Washington and Seoul have just signed a long-term military agreement, although a key aspect is still unclear. Photo: AFP / Kim Jae-hwan
Posted inUnited States, World

Why America can’t win wars

by David Isenberg February 1, 2019February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Colombian President Iv·n Duque after his speech at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Posted inAfghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, World

Is Donald Trump signaling adieu to allies?

by Prakash Katoch December 24, 2018
The DDG-167 Shenzhen missile destroyer returns to port in Zhanjiang,, Guangdong Province, after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden in this file pic from August 2009.Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Chinese Navy makes waves, spreads wings over Gulf, Indian Ocean

by Emanuele Scimia December 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Somali soldiers patrol in convoy near Sanguuni military base, where an American special operations soldier was killed by a mortar attack on June 8, about 450km south of Mogadishu, on June 13, 2018. Photo: AFP / Mohamed Abdiwahab
Posted inWorld

How civil initiatives will help to defeat al-Shabaab

by Tatiana Kanunnikova July 9, 2018
Map of Gulf. Photo: iStock
Posted inEgypt, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The UAE weaves a regional ‘string of pearls’

by Andrew Brennan May 26, 2018May 27, 2018
The face of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a billboard in Ankara. Photo: AFP/Adem Altan
Posted inBahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey’s outreach hints at Ottoman revival

by Jonathan Gorvett February 18, 2018February 18, 2020
A female soldier is seen at the PLA's base in Djibouti. Photo: PLA Daily
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Anti-piracy mission helps China develop its blue-water navy

by Emanuele Scimia January 8, 2018
Iraq, one of the 24 countries where Filipinos are officially banned from working. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria

Filipinos prohibited from working in 24 countries

by Asia Times staff January 2, 2018February 18, 2020
A U.S. special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 4, 2014. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, China, Germany, Vietnam, World

Washington’s African pivot in the ‘war on terror’

by Andrew Brennan November 1, 2017November 1, 2017
A minority of Catalan citizens favored independence until recently, but Madrid's handling of the crisis has played into the hands of separatists. Photo: Reuters/Juan Medina
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The who, where, and when of secession

by Joseph S. Nye Jr. October 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, where the drama occurred on Saturday. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Knife-wielding Somali arrested for attacking Pakistani man

by Asia Times staff August 21, 2017February 18, 2020
Representational image. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

How corrupt officials open doors for terrorists

by Tatiana Kanunnikova June 15, 2017June 15, 2017
Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

China’s rational mix of hard and soft power

by Emanuele Scimia May 11, 2017May 12, 2017
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

The honeymoon of the generals

by Tom Engelhardt April 24, 2017

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