Mohammad Nik-Khah

Analyzing Africas approach to the Gaza war

Eighty days have passed since the unprecedented attacks and crimes committed by the Zionist regime against Palestinian citizens in Gaza which have been strongly condemned by public opinion and nations. However the positions of most African countries in supporting the Palestinian cause and condemning Israels current crimes have not been as expected compared to their positions during the wars of 1967 and 1973 which went to the point of completely cutting off relations with Israel.
چهارشنبه ۶ دی ۱۴۰۲

The future of the Wagner group in Africa after Prigogine's death

The Kremlin's confirmation of Yevgeny Prigogine's death in recent weeks has raised concerns in a number of African capitals, including Tripoli, Bangui, and Bamako.
دوشنبه ۲۷ شهریور ۱۴۰۲

The challenges of Russia's game in Africa

Many Western political circles have spoken of the significant reduction in the participation of African leaders in the 2023 joint summit between Russia and Africa compared to 2019 as a failure for the Russians. But realistically, the type of relations between the Russians and Africa suffers from a faulty structure, which made this summit show its weaknesses even more.
چهارشنبه ۸ شهریور ۱۴۰۲

African mediation in the Ukraine war

The announcement regarding the African Peace Initiative to stop the war in Ukraine was officially announced by President Ramaphosa on May 16, raising doubts in political circles. News sources have announced that behind the scenes of this initiative is an incredible French businessman named Jean-Yves Olivier, who is also the head of the Brazzaville Foundation. Since December, he has been trying to pave the way for African leaders to mediate between Russia and Ukraine.
یکشنبه ۲۸ خرداد ۱۴۰۲

Turkish elections and the outcomes of security and foreign policy

Turkey's upcoming elections and the intense competition that is now going on between Erdoğan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu,show more than ever the importance of Turkey's geopolitical role as Iran's most important neighbor. These conditions make us carefully examine future trends and scenarios.
یکشنبه ۷ خرداد ۱۴۰۲

Ukraine and Putin’s Big Game; compulsion or option

Russia’s recent actions to amass one hundred thousand troops on the Ukrainian borders and consequently threatening the west not to expand NATO to the regions under Russian influence, especially Ukraine, have provoked one of the most serious international challenges.
یکشنبه ۱۰ بهمن ۱۴۰۰

Challenges Ahead of the New International Criminal Court

Karim Khan, the UK lawyer with 27 years of practice in International Law, who was appointed by the international criminal court (ICC) as the new prosecutor of the court on February 12 for a 9 year term, will start his work on June 16, 2021, as the third prosecutor of the ICC.
پنج شنبه ۲۷ خرداد ۱۴۰۰

Consequences of Formation of a New Bloc in the Horn of Africa

Following the historic trip of Abiy Ahmed to Eritrea and the dynamic created in the wake for peace in the horn of Africa, the leaders of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, at their third joint session in January of the current year, proposed that the three countries, in cooperation with each other form a new regional cooperation bloc, which later got the name of the Horn of Africa cooperation Bloc. Formation of this cooperation bloc has so far posed contradictory opportunities and threats in the regional cooperation in the horn of Africa and neighboring countries in the red sea and east Africa.
پنج شنبه ۲۷ آذر ۱۳۹۹

Traps lying Ahead of Democracy in Africa

The second wave of popular uprisings in the Arab countries has emerged in Algeria, Sudan, and Tunisia in 2019 in the form of continuous peaceful protests. The Arab protesters , learning from the bitter experiences of the first wave of the uprisings , dubbed by the westerners as the Arab spring, in addition to efforts to topple the despotic rulers, are pursuing to change the authoritarian regimes and reform the defective structures governing their countries. The peaceful but protesting behavioral change of the people in these three countries suggests that these headless movements are not necessarily witless and despite all domestic and external traps that lie in the tumultuous way of democracy in the north of Africa, a common sense learned from the rich religious, cultural and historic teachings, guides their overall behavior in a less faulty way compared to the first wave.
شنبه ۲۴ آبان ۱۳۹۹

Government's challenges in Algeria and Tunisia

After holding two challenging presidential elections, the governments of Algeria and Tunisia are still facing internal political struggles, so that they may not be able to pay to their domestic economic and political crises and reactivate their foreign policy. These crises are in the context of their economies being severely impacted by the negative internal and external consequences arising from the first and second waves of the Arab spring as well as the problems arising from the Covid 19 pandemic.
دوشنبه ۱۹ آبان ۱۳۹۹