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Turkey Continues Peace Initiative To End Russia-Ukraine Conflict, mid-March 2022
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on March 16, 2022, in Moscow to discuss finding a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Prior to their discussions, the two foreign ministers held a press conference, at which Lavrov admitted that the countries had some differences of opinion, yet added that…
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An Emergency Summit Meeting of NATO in the Offing, mid-March 2022
Yiannis Palaiologos, a journalist for the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, reported on March 14, 2022, that an emergency NATO summit was being planned to coincide with the regular EU summit meeting that was scheduled to be held in Brussels the coming week. According to Palaiologos’ multi-sourced information, there would be an “overlap” whereby non-members of one…
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Kazakhstan Distances Itself from Russian Military Activities in Former Soviet Sphere of Influence
Russian independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta (NG), on Saturday, February 26, 2022, reported that around 200 persons had demonstrated that day in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s capital, against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which had begun two days earlier. Telling, the article noted, was that no one was arrested, although the demonstrators were said to be…
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Foreign Jihadists and Mercenaries Said To Be Fighting Russians in Ukraine, early March 2022
A Greek report posted to The World News platform, based on Syrian News Agency (SANA) and Al Mayadeen satellite media network information, noted on March 9, 2022, that approximately 450 Salafist jihadists had left Idlib, Syria, and entered Ukraine for the purpose of fighting against Russian forces as well as pro-Russian non-combatants there. The jihadists…
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German Chancellor’s Last-Ditch Attempt at Diplomacy Fails To Sway Putin, mid-February 2022
The takeaways from Der Tagesspiegel’s (The Daily Mirror) February 16, 2022, article of German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz’ meeting in Moscow with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, are: Despite Putin’s willingness to hold discussions with various world leaders on the Ukraine crisis, it is obvious from the arguments he put forth to Scholz that he had already…
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An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887: Book Review
A good friend of mine who is not particularly interested in cycling, but who is a history buff, recommended this book to me, knowing that while I too read a lot of history, I am also a cycling enthusiast. And this book is definitely a win-win for anyone who enjoys either or both of these…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Justifies Ukraine Incursion, 24 Feb 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the world on February 24, 2022, in a televised speech, in which he faulted the aggressive behavıor of the West, i.e., the western alliances of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) as the reason for his decision to invade Ukraine. Of course, he was…
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Amid Growing Tensions with Russia, German Government Calls for Germans to Leave Ukraine
The following is a German News Agency (dpa) report, updated as of February 12, 2022, with a timestamp of 18:21. Because the report is straightforward, with little repetition, and because the information contains very recent material regarding the preparations of various countries for what was thought to be an eventual, sooner-rather-than-later invasion of Ukraine by…
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Book Review
Istanbul, City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World In his 360-page narrative history, the author, Thomas F. Madden, encapsulates the progression of events that eventually led to the establishment of the ancient Greek city of Constantinople through to its present representation in the form of the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Madden focuses on…
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NATO Secretary-General Thanks Turkish President for Efforts To Solve Ukraine Crisis
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a telephone conversation on February 7, 2022, for his efforts toward finding a solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. To that end, Erdoğan had recently traveled to Ukraine to engage in discussions with his counterparts. According to the online report provided by the Turkish newspaper,…
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