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A new catastrophic phase in the Syrian carnage

April 12, 2018 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

At a time when Donald Trump, the US President of ‘America first’ had just urged his military to leave Syria, the gas attack in Douma, near Damascus seems to change the prospect for Washington abandoning this country to Assad, Putin, Erdogan and the Iranians. Last Saturday, more than 60 people died and about 1000 were […]

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US, Russia oblige each other in Syria and Ukraine selling off allies

February 9, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The US – Russia rapprochement, as having been set in motion by the new tenant of the White House, is to be tested first and foremost in Syria and Ukraine. Washington and Moscow support opposing sides in two catastrophic and bloody civil wars, which have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and thrown millions of […]

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Syria: Why did the US now take the Russian offer for a truce? What next?

February 29, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The US-Russia plan for a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, endorsed by the UN Security Council on Friday 26 February kicked off in the early hours of Saturday and two days after is still more or less observed. Understandably the cease-fire may collapse at any moment but the US and Russia seem determined to keep […]

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This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Alexandros K. Liakopoulos. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Current affairs bomb us all every second with hard doses of reality. Reality is not about conversations, bullet points and […]

Pandemics of the Past and the Uncertain Road Ahead

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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Dr. Amity Gumber. Public Health, Professional as a niche in Health Policy analysis from India. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one. Throughout history, humanity has faced numerous […]

Monkeypox, an emerging pandemic

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This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Ms. Maryam Omar Alamodi, a 4th year medical student at Alfaisal University, college of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. While the world is […]

The Baltic States and the European Defence Fund: results for the first call available

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This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr Donatas Palavenis. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. The commentary reviews the results of the 2021 Calls for Proposals for the European Defence Fund (EDF) where participants from […]

Georgia’s EU bid: chasing a solution to domestic issues?

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This article was written for The European Sting by the political correspondent Ms. Katarzyna Rybarczyk. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Since the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia began in 2009, Georgia has come a long way in terms of preparing to […]

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