Pourquoi le goulot d’étranglement pétrolier le plus célèbre au monde ne concerne pas que le pétrole.Introduction : l’erreur Nous appelons le détroit d’Ormuz un goulot d’étranglement pétrolier parce que le pétrole est la matière première la plus visible. Quand une crise émerge dans les eaux entre l’Iran et Oman, la …

Rien ne sera plus jamais comme avant, et rien n’est acquis. Donald Trump continue de balayer les idées reçues, de consolider les alliances et d’ouvrir des négociations avec des interlocuteurs considérés comme des «ennemis» des États-Unis. Trump continue de surprendre le monde, mais en réalité, il semble poursuivre la stratégie …

Key Takeaways:An RFE/RL-led report notes that the Center of Experimental Physiology on Lisy Island in Tver’s Vyshnevolotskoye Reservoir—closed after a 2023 “natural monument” designation—is led by Vladimir Maksimov, a former official of the Defense Ministry’s 48th Central Research Institute, which the U.S. sanctioned in 2020 over alleged biological and chemical …

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to use contradictory language about the possibility of achieving peace in Ukraine to obscure Moscow’s true objectives. Putin addressed the Eastern Economic Forum on September 3 and stated uncertainly that, in his opinion, there is a chance that Russia and Ukraine can hold constructive peace …

Le rapprochement entre la Turquie, le Qatar et le Pakistan ne constitue pas, contrairement à ce qu’une lecture rapide pourrait laisser croire, un «axe des Frères musulmans». La réalité est plus complexe et, pour cette raison même, beaucoup plus intéressante : derrière trois États aux histoires, aux institutions et aux …

The real question, however, is: Unity with whom, and against whom? Why is Hamas being treated as a legitimate political organization rather than a terrorist group that needs to be disarmed, dismantled, and removed from power? Egypt, a key ally of the United States, should be asking these questions. Instead, …

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Israel’s conduct in Syria since the fall of Assad is commonly described as a “strategy,” or at least a “policy.” It is neither. It is a disorganised product of several impulses, some of them in tension with one another: the trauma of October 7th, a near-total ignorance about the group …

A view through the lens of systems theory Assad is gone and the Geneva process is history. Yet the international governance system that failed Syria for more than a decade has largely survived by adapting itself to a new diplomatic script while leaving its underlying incentive structures intact. Beneath the …

Against the backdrop of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran–US conflict, Turkey and Iraq have agreed to expand the pipeline network, which allows Baghdad to diversify its oil exports and Ankara to strengthen its position as an indispensable energy hub in the region. As the …