Israel has no military options that could achieve a better result than a negotiated solution or a return to the status quo. As tensions have risen in the border area between Lebanon and Israel, many observers are predicting that Hezbollah and the Israeli military will soon be at war. On …
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Turkey’s Erdogan warns Israel against Lebanon war, calls Netanyahu ‘mentally ill’
The Turkish president’s comments have reignited the war of words between Turkey and Israel. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said Israel has set its eyes on Lebanon as he accused some Western powers of supporting the Israeli government’s plans to expand the war in Gaza. “Israel, which devastated …
Read More »Two ultraconservative candidates exit Iran presidential race
Two ultraconservative candidates have pulled out of Iran’s Friday presidential vote, leaving four contenders including one reformist still in the race. Tehran’s ultraconservative mayor, Alireza Zakani, announced his withdrawal in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, after earlier denying he was ending his campaign. Zakani’s withdrawal came …
Read More »Bomber, Arsonist, Soldier, Spy: A Documentary Unmasks Russia’s ‘Useful Idiots’ in CEE
Polish filmmaker Konrad Szolajski’s new documentary looks at nearly a decade of Russian sabotage, espionage and disinformation across Central and Eastern Europe, with an eery actuality.“Putting the whole project together took a lot of time – it was very difficult,” Konrad Szolajski explains as we meet a few hours before …
Read More »Sioniste ou anti-sioniste, le RN et le Front populaire sont soumis à Soros et Netanyahou
Marine Le Pen est enfin assimilée à l’arc républicain en obéissant aux injonctions du Likoud de Netanyahou et Mélenchon est adoubé par la population musulmane française tout en valorisant le transhumanisme et le lgbtisme de Soros. Face à cette opposition, le lobby bancaire souhaite que Macron mette sous tutelle la …
Read More »«Haïfa aux mains du Hezbollah» : l’inquiétude israélienne grandit face aux échecs sécuritaires récurrents
Les inquiétudes s’accumulent en Israël après la publication par le Hezbollah d’images de drones en gros plan documentant des sites sensibles dans le nord. Alors que les avions israéliens continuant de bombarder le sud du Liban, l’armée israélienne a déclaré que les plans de bataille pour une attaque élargie contre …
Read More »Iran Update, June 24, 2024
Hamas is rebuilding its weapons production capacity in the Gaza Strip as part of a larger effort to reconstitute its military forces. An Israeli military correspondent reported on June 24 that Hamas is establishing small weapons manufacturing sites across the Gaza Strip in order to replenish its stockpiles of military …
Read More »The Return of Peace Through Strength
Making the Case for Trump’s Foreign Policy Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept’s origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian, to whom is attributed the axiom, …
Read More »A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is
Biden and the Search for a New American Strategy “America is back.” In the early days of his presidency, Joe Biden repeated those words as a starting point for his foreign policy. The phrase offered a bumper-sticker slogan to pivot away from Donald Trump’s chaotic leadership. It also suggested that …
Read More »Beyond the Copenhagen Criteria: Rethinking the Political Conditions of EU Accession
As the EU accelerates the process of adding new member states, it also needs to rethink the relationship between enlargement and democracy. The union should develop a “Copenhagen plus” approach to encourage more comprehensive democratic reforms in candidate countries. As the EU prepares for its next expansion, it needs to …
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