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A Few Lessons from Iran-Israel War!

Paradoxically, President Donald Trump appears to have secured an end or perhaps a pause to the 12-day Iran-Israel war with a fragile ceasefire but there is no guarantee that it will not resume again. Even Trump isn’t confident about the “ceasefire” he is taking credit for. Interestingly, notwithstanding the claims …

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Regional Terrorism Trends Before and After October 7

Abstract: The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel triggered a rapid escalation in regional conflict and reshaped the operational landscape of Iran-backed violent non-state actors. Using data from the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center’s GRID database, this article compares patterns of terrorist violence in the Middle East one …

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Il devient urgent de sortir de l’OTAN

Alors que le conflit entre Israël et l’Iran semble s’être calmé du moins pour le moment. Donald Trump s’est comporté comme à son habitude en empereur de l’Occident en imposant une augmentation des budgets militaires des membres de l’OTAN. Convenons-en, il est probable que les pays européens ont beaucoup trop …

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En fait, l’Amérique s’est-elle déjà retirée d’Asie ?

C’est probablement l’analyse géopolitique la plus importante que j’ai entendue cette année, sinon cette décennie. Hugh White est largement reconnu comme l’un des plus grands penseurs stratégiques australiens. Il a été le premier directeur de l’Institut australien de Politique Stratégique (ASPI) et l’ancien Secrétaire adjoint à la Stratégie et au …

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The dagger in the Ayatollah’s cloak

The uranium enrichment plant at Fordow was known as the jewel in the crown of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s “supreme leader.” It would have been more accurate to call it the dagger in the ayatollah’s cloak, or maybe the bomb in the terrorist’s backpack. It was one ingredient in a decades-long …

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Russia Won’t Sit Out A US-China Asia-Pacific War – Analysis

Contrary to the popular assessments of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, Chinese and Russian national interests primarily converge in the Asia Pacific and Arctic, not in Europe and Ukraine. For the last two decades, the United States has not paid adequate attention to this convergence at our peril. Overall assessments by …

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