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Olivenölhändler in Spanien zweifeln an Trumps Zollstrategie

Euractiv.de - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 10:04

Während die handelspolitischen Spannungen erneut hochkochen, versuchen die Händler des „flüssigen Goldes“ dennoch optimistisch zu bleiben.

Categories: Europäische Union

Les Balkans en festivals (4/5) | Serbie : vitrines du pouvoir ou foyers de contestation ?

Courrier des Balkans / Serbie - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 07:25

À Zrenjanin, il n'y a pas d'eau potable, mais un festival. Les appels au boycott des 40ᵉ « Dani piva » se sont multipliés, tout comme à Odžaci ou Loznica où les festivals financés par les autorités locales sont accusés d'entretenir « l'illusion de la normalité » dans une Serbie secouée par une vague de contestation inédite.

- Articles / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Vucic, Serbie, Culture et éducation, Politique

Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Coke en stock entre Paraguay et Albanie : un puissant réseau de trafiquants démantelé

Courrier des Balkans / Albanie - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 07:11

Une des principales organisations criminelles albanaises impliquées dans le trafic de cocaïne d'Amérique latine vers l'Union européenne a été démantelée. Elle blanchissait ses gains illicites en Albanie via des entreprises, des complexes hôteliers et des opérations immobilières.

- Articles / drogues, Courrier des Balkans, Défense, police et justice, Albanie

Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Less Axis, More Allies

Foreign Policy Blogs - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 20:34

The three points of security contention for the West; Russia, Iran and China, seemed to become ever closer until recently when Russia stepped aside during the US attack on Iran’s nuclear program. For years, closer ties came with North Korean soldiers and former PLA Chinese mercenaries contributing to Russia’s front with Ukraine, a relationship previously thought to be only as a parts supplier of China to Russia’s industrial base. China’s links in the Middle East and recent moves in becoming a broker between Saudi interests and Iran’s interests ended with an evacuation of the region as entrenched Russian allies fell and international shipping became targets, affecting Russian, Chinese and international trade interests.

Much of the reversal of the Axis came with assertive moves from the US and their allies against ties between Russia, Iran and China. With the US and Europe now fully united in the re-invigoration of NATO and a full defense of Ukraine, moves by the Axis has galvanised the West militarily on the Ukrainian front, in focusing on Iran, and may quickly collect a united front if China was to attack Taiwan or India. A tactical error that would mirror Sweden and Finland’s ascension into NATO would be for China to pressure both NATO and India’s common security interests as India and NATO would rapidly form defensive alliances if either interests faced military pressure from China or their regional allies in Asia.

The lack of success on the battlefield by the Axis may explain other policy developments that are designed to fracture the Western alliance, mostly by playing the Delay Card and forcing internal upheaval in Western countries. The targeting of Western norms, via the normalization of disproportionately eroding actions in local communities, clearly function by permanently altering Western interests and the internal degradation of Western norms. Most of these orchestrated events come about when there is a Western victory or paradigm shift towards Western interests, often countered by leadership in the West that have low approval ratings or are in power due to outside interest campaigns.

The race to tear down the internal strength of Western powers must be juxtaposed with the deterioration of regimes in Russia and China due to age or political divisions within their Cabinets and ruling party politics. It is hoped that stability can hold so that Western countries would not fracture, nor would countries like Russia or China fracture, as it would likely lead to a more complicated security situation in both countries. A fractured Russia and/or China is bad for the West as it would harm both local allies and adversaries of Western powers. The race to the bottom must not hit the floor, as the end result is bad for everyone.

Categories: Diplomacy & Crisis News