{"id":476,"date":"2021-02-21T00:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T23:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2022-02-26T02:26:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T01:26:36","slug":"the-new-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/the-new-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NEW COLD WAR"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;63px&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-477\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDIT03-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>EDITORIAL: <strong>ON THE BRINK OF A NEW WORLD CONFLICT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most people don&#8217;t know it, but planet Earth has been on the brink of world war again for several years. We don&#8217;t know and we don&#8217;t expect that, because we no longer have a clear picture of the balance of forces. It is believed that a conflict would be nuclear and would involve the opposition between NATO (United States and European Union) and Russia or China. A big mistake. And when the word Middle East is suggested to &#8216;help a little&#8217;, most people respond: Ah, of course, Arabs versus Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>Totally wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The balance of terror, due to opposing nuclear arsenals, is still intact, also because now even the dumbest dictator (North Korea) knows full well that once a nuclear war is started it would kill. everyone, including those who triggered it. As for the Israelis, if you missed the last episodes of the soap opera, the Saudi monarchy and Egyptian tyranny have become their best allies. Two Arab countries ready to wipe out Palestine with a single blow of the sponge and greetings to those who have not understood it.<\/p>\n<p>If there will be war, it will be started by the smallest of the neutral countries, namely the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a nation of sand and stones as large as Austria in size and population: around 9 million people. Almost twice the size of the quintessential neutral nation \u2013 Switzerland \u2013 but without cows, watches, Gruy\u00e8re and ice hockey. This tiny country is ranked 36<sup>th<\/sup> military power in the world by the Global Firepower Agency at the end of 2020 \u2013 having climbed more than 40 positions in the past five years<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"umsMapStyles_4_33179\">\r\n\t#ultimate_maps_4_33179 {\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n        height: 500px;\r\n\t        border: 0px solid ;\r\n        margin: 0px;\r\n    }\r\n\t#mapsControlsNum_4_33179 {\r\n\t\twidth:100%\t}\r\n\t.umsMapDetailsContainer#umsMapDetailsContainer_4_33179 {\r\n\t\theight:500px;\r\n\t}\r\n\t.ums_MapPreview#ultimate_maps_4_33179 {\r\n\t\t\/*position:absolute;*\/\r\n\t\twidth:100%;\r\n\t}\r\n\t#mapConElem_4_33179{\r\n\t\twidth:100%\t}\r\n\t<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"ums_map_opts\" id=\"mapConElem_4_33179\" data-id=\"4\" data-view-id=\"4_33179\" > <div class=\"umsMapDetailsContainer\" id=\"umsMapDetailsContainer_4_33179\"> <i class=\"umsKMLLayersPreloader fa fa-spinner fa-spin\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/i> <div class=\"ums_MapPreview \" id=\"ultimate_maps_4_33179\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapMarkerFilters\" id=\"umsMapMarkerFilters_4_33179\"> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProControlsCon\" id=\"umsMapProControlsCon_4_33179\"> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProDirectionsCon\" id=\"umsMapProDirectionsCon_4_33179\" > <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProKmlFilterCon\" id=\"umsMapProKmlFilterCon_4_33179\" > <\/div> <div class=\"umsSocialSharingShell umsSocialSharingShell_4_33179\"> <\/div> <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div> <\/div> \n<p>This list does not take into account the alliance network or the impact of the technological factor: the latest clashes between states considered likely to trigger (USA, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, France, Great Britain , Brazil and Pakistan<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>) have all been caused by the so-called cyber warfare<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> \u2013 it&#8217;s a war without the need for armies on the ground, but only waged by digital weapons that are maneuvered at enormous distances<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, in the complicated system of the Middle East question, the exponential growth of the UAE armed forces is considered all the more dangerous because, unlike other countries in the world, it can only be compared to the autocratic dictatorship in Pyongyang. In Abu Dhabi, everything is concentrated in the hands of one person \u2013 someone who is completely out of control. We are talking about Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan who holds political power (he is the head of an absolute monarchy<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a>), military power (he is also Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a>), power industrial (it owns the EDGE group<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a> and the Mubadala group<a href=\"#_ftn8\" name=\"_ftnref8\">[8]<\/a>, which arms the army, but also Aquila Aerospace<a href=\"#_ftn9\" name=\"_ftnref9\">[9]<\/a>, which has armed the mercenary militias under its private command<a href=\"#_ftn10\" name=\"_ftnref10\">[10]<\/a>) and technological espionage (which has bought all the most intrusive technologies and effective in the world<a href=\"#_ftn11\" name=\"_ftnref11\">[11]<\/a> and has already used them against his opponent&#8217;s politicians<a href=\"#_ftn12\" name=\"_ftnref12\">[12]<\/a>). Names unknown to the vast majority of people and therefore even more dangerous, especially if (as much as possible) Mubadala is going to buy the Inter football team as well<a href=\"#_ftn13\" name=\"_ftnref13\">[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE has strong and loyal allies who are allies due to the shared fear of anti-monarchist movements, Iran and Turkey \u2013 allies who constantly hold their hand on the trigger and, when they feel hopeless , are ready to kill, as has already been the case \u2013 for example with journalist Jamal Khashoggi<a href=\"#_ftn14\" name=\"_ftnref14\">[14]<\/a>: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman. Their policies are so aggressive that they force those who have remained outside the alliance (Turkey and Iran, but also Palestine, Lebanon and Qatar<a href=\"#_ftn15\" name=\"_ftnref15\">[15]<\/a>) to coordinate their defenses among themselves for fear of national security, as the war shows. relentless triggered by Saudi Arabia and the Emirates in Yemen<a href=\"#_ftn16\" name=\"_ftnref16\">[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this duopoly of terror, the great powers (USA, China and Russia) are trying by all means to prevent a military escalation and therefore to negotiate as best they can (they too are entangled by economic interests and alliances already existing) with the parties concerned \u2013 with the same happiness and efficiency that has been demonstrated since 1948 in dealing with the question of Jerusalem. So no. So we come back to the situation we have faced twice in the last century: two enemies facing each other gritting their teeth and sharpening their swords.<\/p>\n<p>Good old 20<sup>th<\/sup> century &#8230; The world as it has been born after the Yalta Conferences was considered a duopoly, and the confrontation between these two poles, motivated by a profound difference in dialectics between the individual and the State, became balanced by the principle of mutual possibility of destruction: the Cold War was the division into two blocks of the entire planet based on the idea that the United States and the Soviet Union were the only ones with a nuclear arsenal, which would have been enough to destroy life on the planet. According to this idea, each small country could choose to join one of the blocs or try to remain neutral<a href=\"#_ftn17\" name=\"_ftnref17\">[17]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This simplistic scheme was propaganda and never worked in reality: after 1945, every conflict faced the financing of dictatorial coups, and when that was not enough (as in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, in Iraq), there were invasions that killed thousands of people and which, if defeated militarily at all, were all lost due to the inability to cope with the aftermath of the backfire \u2013 which s&#8217; is produced after the official war.<\/p>\n<p>It was a sign that the duopoly couldn&#8217;t work and that things had already changed. For centuries, the survival of an independent state had been ensured by its army, and this army had to be large and well-equipped to offer a guarantee against foreign conquest ambitions. The Swiss governments are aware of the fact that they fought several times, especially after the end of the Napoleonic era (whose struggles cost human life dearly in the Confederation<a href=\"#_ftn18\" name=\"_ftnref18\">[18]<\/a>), an \u201carmed neutrality\u201d sanctioned by the Treaty of The Hague of 1907<a href=\"#_ftn19\" name=\"_ftnref19\">[19]<\/a> then repeated and updated in several successive laws until the definition of 2000 when the Federal Council took note that the world has changed and that the dangers do not come from the size of the army, not from possession of nuclear weapons \u2013 not just enemy ones, but destroying the entire planet \u2013 but the quality of weapons technology<a href=\"#_ftn20\" name=\"_ftnref20\">[20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The real cause of the Cold War crisis lies in the failure of the ideology of unlimited industrial progress. First, there was the replacement of countries that were victims of colonialism. Then, in the early 1970s, things took on a new shape. In the countries on the fringes of the large areas of power (Argentina, Chile, Philippines, Indonesia, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland), libertarian conflicts broke out, during which years of oppression and misery were repressed with anger and violence by transferring wealth to the heart of the duopoly; in the countries which succeeded in freeing themselves thanks to oil exploration (especially after the birth of OPEC), ethnic and \/ or religious conflicts broke out; and in the Far East, China began its path to prosperity and superiority<a href=\"#_ftn21\" name=\"_ftnref21\">[21]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The duopoly retained control for another twenty years because it had a monopoly on nuclear power and sold arms to all contenders in all disputes. But now this phase of planetary history is also over. We go back to the beginning, when the center of all wars was the so-called Asia Minor \u2013 and then we go back to the great masterpiece of Peter Hopkirk<a href=\"#_ftn22\" name=\"_ftnref22\">[22]<\/a>, who told us what we knew about but who is now crucially important: If the blasted planet it probably won&#8217;t be a Dark Evening official hiding in a Siberian bunker, it won&#8217;t be a pompous general covered in friezes and stars in a soundproof room in Arlington, it won&#8217;t be official Chinese Party composure \u2013 but a man in a white caftan sitting in the desert, full of hatred for everything and everyone. The purpose of this file is to make it clear to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfirepower.com\/countries-listing.asp\">https:\/\/www.globalfirepower.com\/countries-listing.asp<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giorgiosbaraglia.it\/la-guerra-cibernetica-caso-piu-famoso\/\">https:\/\/www.giorgiosbaraglia.it\/la-guerra-cibernetica-caso-piu-famoso\/<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/tecnologia\/sicurezza\/2020\/05\/20\/news\/israele_vs_iran_il_nuovo_fronte_di_guerra_e_il_cyberspazio-257140929\/\">https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/tecnologia\/sicurezza\/2020\/05\/20\/news\/israele_vs_iran_il_nuovo_fronte_di_guerra_e_il_cyberspazio-257140929\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfirepower.com\/countries-listing.asp\">https:\/\/www.globalfirepower.com\/countries-listing.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cybersecurity360.it\/nuove-minacce\/dal-concetto-di-cyber-attack-al-cyberwarfare-luso-della-forza-in-ambito-cyber\/\">https:\/\/www.cybersecurity360.it\/nuove-minacce\/dal-concetto-di-cyber-attack-al-cyberwarfare-luso-della-forza-in-ambito-cyber\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Peter Warren Singer, \u201cCybersecurity and cyberwar\u00a0: what everyone needs to know\u201d, Alan Friedman Publishing, Oxford 2014; George Lucas, \u201cEthics and Cyber Warfare: The Quest for Responsible Security in the Age of Digital Warfare\u201d, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/uae-leader-returns-after-lengthy-unexplained-absence\">https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/uae-leader-returns-after-lengthy-unexplained-absence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpc.gov.ae\/en-us\/thecrownprince\/HHsBiography\/Pages\/RolesandResponsibilities.aspx\">https:\/\/www.cpc.gov.ae\/en-us\/thecrownprince\/HHsBiography\/Pages\/RolesandResponsibilities.aspx<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamm.abudhabi\/about-abudhabi-page\/Rulers%20of%20Abu%20Dhabi\/mohamed-bin-zayed\">https:\/\/www.tamm.abudhabi\/about-abudhabi-page\/Rulers%20of%20Abu%20Dhabi\/mohamed-bin-zayed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/edgegroup.ae\/about\">https:\/\/edgegroup.ae\/about<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref8\" name=\"_ftn8\">[8]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mubadala.com\/en\/who-we-are\/board-of-directors\">https:\/\/www.mubadala.com\/en\/who-we-are\/board-of-directors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref9\" name=\"_ftn9\">[9]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationshield.ae\/index.php\/home\/details\/events\/uae%E2%80%99s-top-defence-players-to-participate-at-dsei-2019\/en#.YC3tcnnSLIU\">http:\/\/www.nationshield.ae\/index.php\/home\/details\/events\/uae%E2%80%99s-top-defence-players-to-participate-at-dsei-2019\/en#.YC3tcnnSLIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref10\" name=\"_ftn10\">[10]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/geopolitica_intelligence\/golfo-persico-la-guerra-dopo-larmistizio\/\">https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/geopolitica_intelligence\/golfo-persico-la-guerra-dopo-larmistizio\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref11\" name=\"_ftn11\">[11]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-spying-raven\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-spying-raven\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref12\" name=\"_ftn12\">[12]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2018\/05\/uae-activist-ahmed-mansoor-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-social-media-posts\/\">https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2018\/05\/uae-activist-ahmed-mansoor-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-social-media-posts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref13\" name=\"_ftn13\">[13]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/sport\/calcio\/serie-a\/inter\/2021\/02\/12\/news\/inter_la_tentazione_di_zhang_di_resistere_e_non_cedere_il_club_grazie_un_prestito-287266288\/\">https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/sport\/calcio\/serie-a\/inter\/2021\/02\/12\/news\/inter_la_tentazione_di_zhang_di_resistere_e_non_cedere_il_club_grazie_un_prestito-287266288\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref14\" name=\"_ftn14\">[14]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/\">https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref15\" name=\"_ftn15\">[15]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/geopolitica_intelligence\/golfo-persico-la-guerra-dopo-larmistizio\/\">https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/geopolitica_intelligence\/golfo-persico-la-guerra-dopo-larmistizio\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref16\" name=\"_ftn16\">[16]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/germania_medio-oriente\/inferno-yemen-armi-tedesche-per-larabia-al-qaeda-ed-i-mercenari-americani\/\">https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/germania_medio-oriente\/inferno-yemen-armi-tedesche-per-larabia-al-qaeda-ed-i-mercenari-americani\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref17\" name=\"_ftn17\">[17]<\/a> Jonathan House, \u201c<em>A Military History of the Cold War, 1944\u20131962<\/em>\u201d, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK 2012; David Miller, \u201c<em>The Cold War: A military history<\/em>\u201d, Pimlico\/Penguin random House, New York, 2001; Edward H. Judge, \u201c<em>The Cold War: A Global History With Documents<\/em>\u201d, Prentice Hall\/Simon &amp; Schuster, New York 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref18\" name=\"_ftn18\">[18]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infranken.de\/lk\/gem\/mit-napoleon-kam-das-leid-art-5142398\">https:\/\/www.infranken.de\/lk\/gem\/mit-napoleon-kam-das-leid-art-5142398<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/dam\/PRS-Web\/de\/dokumente\/unter-franzoesischer-herrschaft-1798-1815_DE.pdf\">https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/dam\/PRS-Web\/de\/dokumente\/unter-franzoesischer-herrschaft-1798-1815_DE.pdf<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admin.ch\/gov\/de\/start\/dokumentation\/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-45500.html\">https:\/\/www.admin.ch\/gov\/de\/start\/dokumentation\/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-45500.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref19\" name=\"_ftn19\">[19]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/dam\/eda\/de\/documents\/aussenpolitik\/voelkerrecht\/Die%20Neutralitaet%20der%20Schweiz.pdf\">https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/dam\/eda\/de\/documents\/aussenpolitik\/voelkerrecht\/Die%20Neutralitaet%20der%20Schweiz.pdf<\/a>, page 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref20\" name=\"_ftn20\">[20]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedlex.admin.ch\/eli\/fga\/1999\/1_7657_6903_6561\/de\">https:\/\/www.fedlex.admin.ch\/eli\/fga\/1999\/1_7657_6903_6561\/de<\/a>, page 13 (316): \u201c<em>Technologische Entwicklungen werden auch in Zukunft einen gro\u00dfen Einfluss auf die Sicherheit der Schweiz aus\u00fcben. Dies nicht nur durch die Entwicklung der R\u00fcstungstechnologie, sondern auch durch die Verwundbarkeiten bzw. Schutzwirkungen, welche die Verbreitung neuer Technologien in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Staat zur Folge haben kann. Aus der Vielzahl absehbarer technologischer Entwicklungen geben besonders die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien Anlass zu Sicherheitsbedenken. Ein zweites Gebiet, das besondere Beachtung verdient, sind die Biowissenschaften. Die technologische Entwicklung wird einen tiefgreifenden Wandel bei den Streitkr\u00e4ften ausl\u00f6sen und jene Armeen benachteiligen, die mit dieser Entwicklung nicht Schritt halten k\u00f6nnen. Insgesamt wird der Faktor Zeit gegen\u00fcber den Faktoren Raum und Kr\u00e4fte an Bedeutung gewinnen. Zu erwarten sind insbesondere verbesserte Aufkl\u00e4rungsf\u00e4higkeiten, eine Beschleunigung der Entscheidungsprozesse durch leistungsf\u00e4higere Informationssysteme, das Aufkommen von Laser- und Mikrowellenwaffen, eine weitere Verbreitung von \u00abStealth\u00bb(\u00abTarnkappen\u00bb)-Eigenschaften, die Erh\u00f6hung der Reichweite von Waffensystemen und gr\u00f6\u00dfere Einsatz-pr\u00e4zision. Eins\u00e4tze werden voraussichtlich zunehmend mit unbemannten Mitteln oder zumindest kleineren Besatzungen erfolgen. Der Trend wird sich verst\u00e4rken, die direkte Bek\u00e4mpfung gegnerischer Streitkr\u00e4fte auf kurze Entfernung durch die Bek\u00e4mpfung aus gr\u00f6\u00dferer Distanz zu ersetzen oder aber die F\u00fchrungsf\u00e4higkeit auszuschalten und damit eine fr\u00fche Entscheidung zu bewirken<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref21\" name=\"_ftn21\">[21]<\/a> Robert Service, \u201cThe End of the Cold War: 1985\u20131991\u201d, MacMillan, Basingstoke (UK), 2015; James Graham Wilson, \u201cThe Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev&#8217;s Adaptability, Reagan&#8217;s Engagement, and the End of the Cold War\u201d, Ithaca Press, Reading (UK), 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref22\" name=\"_ftn22\">[22]<\/a> Peter Hopkirk, \u201c<em>The Great Game<\/em>\u201d, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<form  class=\"is-search-form is-form-style is-form-style-3 is-form-id-417 \" action=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/\" 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AMERICAN SPORTOCRACY<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">7 August 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCristiano Ronaldo goes to play in the desert, in a league that, as a whole, is not worth the sum...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/between-guns-and-football-the-director-from-abu-dhabi\/\" title=\"BETWEEN GUNS AND FOOTBALL, THE DIRECTOR FROM ABU DHABI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FRA016-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"BETWEEN GUNS AND FOOTBALL, THE DIRECTOR FROM ABU DHABI\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"BETWEEN GUNS AND FOOTBALL, THE DIRECTOR FROM ABU DHABI\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/between-guns-and-football-the-director-from-abu-dhabi\/\">BETWEEN GUNS AND FOOTBALL, THE DIRECTOR FROM ABU DHABI<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">1 March 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-france\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World France\" rel=\"author\">IBI World France<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8216;My grandfather rode a camel, my father also rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/as-long-as-there-is-war-there-is-a-lobbyist\/\" title=\"AS LONG AS THERE IS WAR THERE IS A LOBBYIST\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SVE019-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"AS LONG AS THERE IS WAR THERE IS A LOBBYIST\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"AS LONG AS THERE IS WAR THERE IS A LOBBYIST\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/as-long-as-there-is-war-there-is-a-lobbyist\/\">AS LONG AS THERE IS WAR THERE IS A LOBBYIST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">12 February 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-sweden\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World Sweden\" rel=\"author\">IBI World Sweden<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe fact that modern lobbyists can act anywhere undisturbed, they have become, in this century, fearsome competitors for the &#8216;old&#8217;...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/anwar-gargash-the-man-of-military-alliances\/\" title=\"ANWAR GARGASH: THE MAN OF MILITARY ALLIANCES\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/USA017-01-scaled-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"ANWAR GARGASH: THE MAN OF MILITARY ALLIANCES\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"ANWAR GARGASH: THE MAN OF MILITARY ALLIANCES\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/anwar-gargash-the-man-of-military-alliances\/\">ANWAR GARGASH: THE MAN OF MILITARY ALLIANCES<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">14 January 2023 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe long wave of the Brussels bribery scandal continues to fill the pages of the newspapers &#8211; and that is...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/the-pen-that-kills-more-than-the-sword\/\" title=\"THE PEN THAT KILLS MORE THAN THE SWORD\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/USA018-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"THE PEN THAT KILLS MORE THAN THE SWORD\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"THE PEN THAT KILLS MORE THAN THE SWORD\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/the-pen-that-kills-more-than-the-sword\/\">THE PEN THAT KILLS MORE THAN THE SWORD<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">30 December 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHis name is Lorenzo Vidino, an Italian transplanted to America, and he dedicates his life to trying to convince the...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/jonathan-gray-paris-has-its-new-richelieu\/\" title=\"JONATHAN GRAY: PARIS HAS ITS NEW RICHELIEU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FRA023-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"JONATHAN GRAY: PARIS HAS ITS NEW RICHELIEU\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"JONATHAN GRAY: PARIS HAS ITS NEW RICHELIEU\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/jonathan-gray-paris-has-its-new-richelieu\/\">JONATHAN GRAY: PARIS HAS ITS NEW RICHELIEU<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">6 August 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-france\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World France\" rel=\"author\">IBI World France<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA lobbyist is one who, for a fee, gets governments to make decisions that, without a powerful incentive, they would...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/palestine-where-every-day-cain-returns\/\" title=\"PALESTINE, WHERE EVERY DAY CAIN RETURNS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/UK028-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"PALESTINE, WHERE EVERY DAY CAIN RETURNS\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"PALESTINE, WHERE EVERY DAY CAIN RETURNS\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/palestine-where-every-day-cain-returns\/\">PALESTINE, WHERE EVERY DAY CAIN RETURNS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">10 June 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter centuries of anti-Semitism, the horror provoked by the Holocaust made possible the birth of the State of Israel &#8211;...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/the-parisian-friend-of-the-sheikhs-of-the-persian-gulf\/\" title=\"THE PARISIAN FRIEND OF THE SHEIKHS OF THE PERSIAN GULF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FRA009-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"THE PARISIAN FRIEND OF THE SHEIKHS OF THE PERSIAN GULF\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"THE PARISIAN FRIEND OF THE SHEIKHS OF THE PERSIAN GULF\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/the-parisian-friend-of-the-sheikhs-of-the-persian-gulf\/\">THE PARISIAN FRIEND OF THE SHEIKHS OF THE PERSIAN GULF<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">10 December 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-france\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World France\" rel=\"author\">IBI World France<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIncreasingly, as the process of globalisation transforms and permeates the life of the entire world, characters almost unknown to the...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/mohammed-dahlan-assassin-for-the-king\/\" title=\"MOHAMMED DAHLAN, ASSASSIN FOR THE KING\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FRA008-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"MOHAMMED DAHLAN, ASSASSIN FOR THE KING\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"MOHAMMED DAHLAN, ASSASSIN FOR THE KING\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/mohammed-dahlan-assassin-for-the-king\/\">MOHAMMED DAHLAN, ASSASSIN FOR THE KING<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">28 November 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-france\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World France\" rel=\"author\">IBI World France<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHis whole life is a cemetery. Of people killed or had killed, of orchestrated revolutions, of ferocious repressions, of intrigues...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/socotra-the-last-wonderful-enchanted-island\/\" title=\"SOCOTRA, THE LAST WONDERFUL ENCHANTED ISLAND\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UK009-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"SOCOTRA, THE LAST WONDERFUL ENCHANTED ISLAND\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"SOCOTRA, THE LAST WONDERFUL ENCHANTED ISLAND\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/socotra-the-last-wonderful-enchanted-island\/\">SOCOTRA, THE LAST WONDERFUL ENCHANTED ISLAND<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">12 November 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur planet has fewer and fewer surprises in store, and with globalisation, the extermination of many animal and plant races,...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/good-brother-and-bad-brother-how-the-al-nahyan-dynasty-hides-its-true-face\/\" title=\"GOOD BROTHER AND BAD BROTHER: HOW THE AL-NAHYAN DYNASTY HIDES ITS TRUE FACE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/UK011-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"GOOD BROTHER AND BAD BROTHER: HOW THE AL-NAHYAN DYNASTY HIDES ITS TRUE FACE\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"GOOD BROTHER AND BAD BROTHER: HOW THE AL-NAHYAN DYNASTY HIDES ITS TRUE FACE\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/good-brother-and-bad-brother-how-the-al-nahyan-dynasty-hides-its-true-face\/\">GOOD BROTHER AND BAD BROTHER: HOW THE AL-NAHYAN DYNASTY HIDES ITS TRUE FACE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">24 June 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World UK\" rel=\"author\">IBI World UK<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe earth is not at peace. The New Cold War is no longer the opposition between the United States and...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/persian-gulf-the-war-after-the-armistice\/\" title=\"PERSIAN GULF: THE WAR AFTER THE ARMISTICE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FRA004-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"PERSIAN GULF: THE WAR AFTER THE ARMISTICE\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"PERSIAN GULF: THE WAR AFTER THE ARMISTICE\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/persian-gulf-the-war-after-the-armistice\/\">PERSIAN GULF: THE WAR AFTER THE ARMISTICE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">15 February 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-france\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World France\" rel=\"author\">IBI World France<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFor years, the Persian Gulf has been the scene of a heated clash between Iran and its neighbors. A question...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents\/\" title=\"FROM SCI-FI TO NIGHTMARE: HOW SPYWARE ARE USED TO TRACK DOWN OPPONENTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GER008-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"FROM SCI-FI TO NIGHTMARE: HOW SPYWARE ARE USED TO TRACK DOWN OPPONENTS\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"FROM SCI-FI TO NIGHTMARE: HOW SPYWARE ARE USED TO TRACK DOWN OPPONENTS\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents\/\">FROM SCI-FI TO NIGHTMARE: HOW SPYWARE ARE USED TO TRACK DOWN OPPONENTS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">8 February 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-germany\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World Germany\" rel=\"author\">IBI World Germany<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries\/\" title=\"YEMEN\u2019S HELL: GERMAN WEAPONS FOR ARABIA, FOR AL-QAIDA AND FOR AMERICAN MERCENARIES\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GER007-01-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"YEMEN\u2019S HELL: GERMAN WEAPONS FOR ARABIA, FOR AL-QAIDA AND FOR AMERICAN MERCENARIES\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"YEMEN\u2019S HELL: GERMAN WEAPONS FOR ARABIA, FOR AL-QAIDA AND FOR AMERICAN MERCENARIES\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries\/\">YEMEN\u2019S HELL: GERMAN WEAPONS FOR ARABIA, FOR AL-QAIDA AND FOR AMERICAN MERCENARIES<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">6 February 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-germany\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World Germany\" rel=\"author\">IBI World Germany<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-custom-frame-wrapper alignleft\"><div class=\"custom-frame-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"custom-frame-padding\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/if-abu-dhabi-believes-to-guide-donald-trump\/\" title=\"IF ABU DHABI BELIEVES TO \u201cGUIDE\u201d DONALD TRUMP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ITA004-1-60x60_c.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"IF ABU DHABI BELIEVES TO \u201cGUIDE\u201d DONALD TRUMP\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"teaser-title\" title=\"IF ABU DHABI BELIEVES TO \u201cGUIDE\u201d DONALD TRUMP\" href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/if-abu-dhabi-believes-to-guide-donald-trump\/\">IF ABU DHABI BELIEVES TO \u201cGUIDE\u201d DONALD TRUMP<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date-author\">21 August 2020 by <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/author\/ibi-world-italy\/\" title=\"Posts by IBI World Italy\" rel=\"author\">IBI World Italy<\/a> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFor nearly four years, the governments of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have believed they could persuade, if...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- end widget_recent_posts -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;63px&#8221;][vc_column_text] EDITORIAL: ON THE BRINK OF A NEW WORLD CONFLICT &nbsp; Most people don&#8217;t know it, but planet Earth has been on the brink of world war again for several years. We don&#8217;t know and we don&#8217;t expect that, because we no longer have a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}