Middle East
Middle East

The Russian Information War – How the Ukraine Question Also Affects the Middle East and Africa

In Europe and also in North America, Russia is losing the information war to influence public opinion, except for a few actors who are ideologically firmly on Russia’s side, such as parts of the AfD and the Left, but also the SPD in Germany.[1] Meanwhile, the German “peace movement”[2] is also divided along generational lines on this issue.[3] In Europe, therefore, it looks bad for the time being that Russian propaganda can catch on. However, the situation is different in other parts of the world. In India, for example, Russia is winning the information war.[4] On the African continent and in the Middle East, on the other hand, Moscow’s propaganda …

Brief Analysis of The Situation In Iran

      This document is a working paper of the Foreign and Security Policy Working Group of the Pirate Party Germany. Unless otherwise indicated, it does not represent an official position or statement of the Pirate Party.   1. Presentation of The Status Quo On January 8, 2020, the Ukrainian passenger plane en route from Tehran to Kiev was shot down by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards shortly after take-off. Protests then erupted in Iran against the Guards as well as the Iranian government.3 International protests erupted in September 2020 following the execution of popular Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, whom the government accused of killing a security guard during the …

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