The Turkish Gambit
The grain deal boosted Turkey’s influence on major global crises The deal signed in Istanbul to export grain from Ukraine through the Black Sea was welcomed with great enthusiasm. Some commentators hailed […]
Russia’s sanctions ultimatum piles pressure on Europe
DR. DIANA GALEEVA September 09, 2022 Short Url The Kremlin this week put an ultimatum to Europe: If Europe lifts its sanctions, Russia will allow its gas to flow again. […]
A wake-up call for the Arab League
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN AUG 16, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses permanent representatives to the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, July 24, 2022. (AFP […]
‘Gaza’s children are used to the death and bombing’
By Anna FosterBBC Middle East correspondent, Gaza Published 5 hours ago Hala didn’t know that danger was coming when she took her children to the beach. Her nine-year-old daughter Layan […]
Take Türkiye to the EU, there will be no problem
BY MELIH ALTINOK AUG 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH The European Union and Turkish flags fly side by side on the İstiklal Avenue, in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sept. 5, 2020. (Getty […]
Europe ‘shot itself in lungs’ with sanctions on Russia: Orban
BY REUTERS BUDAPEST JUL 15, 2022 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban arrives at a European People’s Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. (Reuters […]
Putin blasts ‘stupid’ Western sanctions as economic ‘blitzkrieg’
At St Petersburg economic forum, Russian president says West trying to crush Russia with ‘stupid sanctions’, amounting to an economic ‘blitzkrieg’. Published On 17 Jun 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Global shortages demand global solutions
Jun 01,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Kaushik Basu THACA — Food shortages are beginning to cast a shadow over the world. One long-term factor is the warming of our planet, which has slowly destroyed agricultural land. But the proximate cause of greatest concern is the war in Ukraine and Russian […]
Under new names, Western brands reborn in Russia
BY REUTERS MAY 22, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A combination of file pictures shows logos of accounting firms PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY. (Reuters Photo) Scores of Western brands have […]
Is diplomacy between Russia and the West still possible?
May 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Richard Haass NEW YORK — Amid more than two months of intense media focus on the war in Ukraine, one story was largely overlooked. In late April, the United States and Russia carried out an exchange of prisoners. Russia released an American (a former […]
What history tells us about sanctions
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted unprecedented sanctions. The question of whether they will have an effect on the course of the war is still open. History shows they have […]
The West will eventually abandon Ukraine too
May 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen NATO’s proxy war on Ukraine has captivated Western leaders and media and created a fresh division largely but not completely between the […]
The West has got its Russia sanctions wrong
May 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman PROVIDENCE — The West responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with sanctions of unprecedented severity and scope. By the standard […]
Russia-Ukraine live news: Lavrov warns of risk of World War III
In a wide-ranging interview, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western weapons sent to Ukraine ‘will be a legitimate target’ for Russia’s military. By Sasha Petrova, Jihan Abdalla and Zaheena Rasheed Published On 25 […]
Sanctions: How They Should Work
EDITORIAL Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih V (aba) has reminded the world multiple times that sanctions that are levied against nations hit the poor people the hardest and that in times of war nations should come together to address the underlying issues and justice should prevail. Published on April 18, 2022 Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih […]
Biden’s sanctions punishes peoples who have nothing to do with Ukraine war
Apr 20,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The Biden administration has reverted to a policy toward Russia originally designed in 1947 by the US State Department’s George Kennan to […]
Russia’s Putin says Western sanctions have failed
Sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine led to a ‘deterioration of the economy in the West’, President Putin says. Published On 18 Apr 2022 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin […]
Wall Street bank warns of commodity price surge
Prices on everything from crude oil to wheat could jump by as much as 40%, JPMorgan Chase says © Getty Images / Ravitaliy JPMorgan Chase says commodities could rise in price by […]
The new art of economic warfare
Mar 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Kaushik Basu NEW YORK — The use of economic weapons during war has a long history. But the rise of globalisation and cross-border supply […]
How to use economic sanctions wisely
Mar 27,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Anne O. Krueger WASHINGTON, DC — To help Ukraine while avoiding a nuclear confrontation between NATO and Russia, the United States and its allies […]