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The India-Middle East Food Corridor: How the UAE, Israel, and India are forging a new inter-regional supply chain

As countries around the world cope with supply shortages of staple foods, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel, and India are creating an India-Middle East Food Corridor — a new West Asia value chain that harnesses the three states’ commercial and technological synergies to form what promises to be a …

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One sided and incomplete, Yemen’s truce faces implementation hurdles as extension deadline nears

The U.N.-sponsored truce of April 2022 between the government of Yemen, the Saudi-led military coalition, and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels remains very fragile. Yet it is the longest pause in fighting Yemen has experienced since the Houthi armed rebellion broke out in September 2014 and the Saudi-led coalition forces intervened …

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Terrorism is Less of an Existential Threat than Russia and China

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum’s joint address with the FBI Chief on 6 July saw a welcome rebalancing of the security service’s focus towards nation-state threats. Counterterrorism is an important function, but it was allowed to dominate for two decades while Russia, China and other belligerent states were insufficiently monitored. …

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The Russia–China Alliance versus the West: What about the Rest?

As evidence mounts that the Global South is leaning closer to the Russia–China position over Ukraine, the West needs to think hard about how to regain the initiative in the narrative battle. The Ukraine war has further entrenched and exacerbated the geopolitical rivalry between the West and the Russia–China camp. …

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Chain Reactions: The Iranian Nuclear Programme and Gulf Security Dynamics

This paper examines the perceptions of Iran and the six GCC states of the interaction between the Iranian nuclear issue and regional security dynamics in the Gulf. This paper endeavours to capture the perspectives of Iran and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states on the interactions between the …

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Gazoduc transsaharien : Alger, Abuja et Niamey matérialisent leur engagement

Le mégaprojet de transport de gaz reliant l’Algérie, le Nigeria et le Niger permettra d’acheminer, à terme, du gaz nigérian vers l’Europe. Lors de la troisième réunion ministérielle tripartite Algérie-Niger-Nigeria, le 28 juillet à Alger, le ministre algérien de l’Énergie et des Mines, Mohamed Arkab, et ses homologues du Nigeria, …

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RDC : Eni, TotalEnergies, Exxon… Les majors prêtes à livrer bataille pour le pétrole congolais

Largement dépendante du secteur minier, Kinshasa a officiellement lancé les appels d’offres pour 30 blocs pétro-gaziers (au lieu de 16 initialement prévus), dont deux appartenant au magnat israélien Dan Gertler. De quoi susciter l’appétit des géants.

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Iran claims to arrest ‘Mossad-linked terrorists’

According to Tehran, five people have been arrested for planning attacks in Iran in cooperation with Israel’s national intelligence service. The Iranian intelligence organization known by its Persian acronym FARAJA has announced the arrest of five people accused of plotting to carry out attacks inside Iran in cooperation with Israel’s …

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Turkey, Russia gas ties grow contentious amid Ukraine war

Russian gas giant Gazprom’s sudden “maintenance” shutdown of a major pipeline carrying gas to Turkey coincided with the talks over Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership bids. With Russian gas giant Gazprom this week again slashing its gas exports to Europe and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accusing Moscow …

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Israel sees nuclear deal with Iran as inevitable

The working assumption according to which the Mossad is currently operating is that eventually the world powers will reach an agreement with Iran. “Now is the time to save the Iran nuclear deal” was the headline of a July 26 op-ed by European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell in …

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