Sans aimants, pas de moteur, pas de radar, pas d’avion. Et sans la Chine, pas d’aimants. Environ 90% de la production mondiale d’aimants à terres rares provient de la République populaire. Ils sont présents dans chaque moteur électrique, chaque drone, chaque F-35. Ce qui peut sembler être un détail technique …
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Al-Qaeda’s Comeback in Afghanistan Isn’t Just Old News
It feels strange to even write this, but Al-Qaeda is back in Afghanistan. Not in whispers or shadows, but in a way that looks a lot like their pre-9/11 presence. More than two decades after the “war on terror” began, the group has carved out space under Taliban protection. Reports …
Read More »After Israel’s war halted, who is clashing with Hamas in Gaza?
The Doghmush clan reportedly fought against Hamas in a clash that killed at least 27 people. Israeli air strikes on Gaza may have halted, and a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is ongoing, but tucked behind the headlines, tensions are brewing in Gaza between Hamas and armed groups. On …
Read More »Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will restart Monday
Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and …
Read More »The Far Right: How Right-Wing Populist Politics Threatens the EU Economy
It’s generally accepted that right-wing politicians in power are a boon to economic growth, since, unlike leftists, they favor business freedom, strong competition, and reasonably low taxes. In the current context of a pan-European economic downturn, moderate right-wing governments are forced to implement unpopular reforms, as in Italy and Greece. …
Read More »The Challenge of Disarming Hamas
Asked earlier this week at a press conference about whether or not Hamas would lay down its weapons as part of the newly agreed-upon ceasefire deal, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “well, they’re going to disarm because they said they were going to disarm, and if they don’t disarm, we …
Read More »Building Beyond the Great Powers: The New Geopolitics of Central Asia
Bottom Line Up Front Over the past year, Russian authorities have intensified raids on migrant workers from Central Asia — actions widely viewed as a reflection of rising public Islamophobia and xenophobia and a key source of mounting tension between Moscow and the region. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) …
Read More »Generation Z Protests Sweeping the Globe, Motivated by Rising Inequality
Protests continued in Madagascar for a third week in a row, led by Generation Z—people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—inspired by protests and demonstrations elsewhere throughout the Global South, including in Nepal and Kenya, which are also plagued by political instability and economic fragility. One of the drivers …
Read More »Les ports africains, ces nouvelles artères du monde multipolaire sur les routes de la soie
Les quais africains, jadis simples zones d’embarquement du pillage colonial, deviennent les points cardinaux d’un basculement historique : celui du transfert du centre de gravité du monde vers le Sud global. Dans les vagues de la mer Rouge et de l’océan Indien s’écrit désormais le destin multipolaire du XXIe siècle. …
Read More »Hypothèses sur l’évolution des fronts après les « cinquante jours de « Trump »
Alors que le front continue de subir la poussée russe dans le Donbass et au Nord, la stratégie occidentale se confirme et se précise.Analyse de la situation ennemieLe théâtre trumpiste Il existe deux méthodes pour dissimuler une intention et perturber l’analyse adverse ; la première consiste à jeter un voile …
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