Syria’s defence minister visited Jordan on Sunday to discuss stability on their mutual border, the first such meeting since the Syrian conflict erupted a decade ago when the two neighbours supported opposing factions, officials said. The meeting follows a major army offensive to retake the last rebel bastion in southern …

Forces loyal to a powerful Libyan commander said two military planes crashed on Sunday over a village in eastern Libya, killing at least two officers. The self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces, led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter, said the helicopters collided in the air over the village of Msus, 130 kilometers …

U.S. efforts to uproot al-Qaeda’s Yemeni franchise often overlooked the country’s mercurial politics. As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism the group espoused is still rife on all sides of Yemen’s war. In early 2014, I found …

This Emerging Insights paper analyses Moscow’s ambitions for its ‘pivot to the East’, assesses its progress and evaluates the impact of the Indo-Pacific concept on Russian strategy. Russia’s ‘turn to the East’ (povorot na vostok) has been underway for around a decade. Before 2014, the ‘Pivot’ was principally concerned with …

Russia’s cautious accommodation of the Taliban shows it will likely combine diplomacy with deterrence in the coming months. Since Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on 15 August, Russia has cautiously accommodated the Taliban’s seizure of power. Diplomats, such as Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov and President Vladimir Putin’s …

With Russia increasing its efforts to divert the transit of natural gas via the new TurkStream corridor, the Black Sea’s littoral states must take coordinated action to reduce energy supply risks. Ukraine’s Crimea Platform, an international platform launched last month to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence, …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and said he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. China reacted angrily when Biden, Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used a virtual news conference …

Die Probleme mit der „grünen“ Stromproduktion zeigen, dass Wunsch und Wirklichkeit weit auseinanderklaffen. Zeit, die Klimastrategie zu überdenken. In Großbritannien sperren die ersten Betriebe zu, weil die Stromkosten gerade durch die Decke gehen. In Deutschland, dem Land mit den derzeit höchsten Strompreisen Europas, ist im ersten Halbjahr die Kohle wieder …

Επικίνδυνες ατραπούς ανοίγει το τριμερές σύμφωνο ασφαλείας που ανακοίνωσαν οι ΗΠΑ, η Βρετανία και η Αυστραλία. Η συμφωνία για στρατιωτική αναβάθμιση της Αυστραλίας, η οποία με αμερικανική και βρετανική τεχνογνωσία θα μπορεί να κατασκευάσει υποβρύχια που θα κινούνται με πυρηνική ενέργεια, στρέφεται ευθέως κατά της Κίνας και απειλεί να παρασύρει …

Ein neues Bündnis im Pazifik stellt sich gegen den chinesischen Vormarsch in der Region. Australien geht auf Konfrontation, die USA liefern U-Boote – und Frankreich zahlt einen bitteren Preis. Selten hat ein Akronym die Welt verändert – dieses hier ist eine Ausnahme: Aukus setzt sich zusammen aus den Buchstabenkürzeln der …