Eurasia

Revealingly, while Belgium’s Press Ethics Council did not trust readers with Vance’s speech on the factual lack of freedom of speech in Europe, the Belgian courts had no issues with a magazine column that incited violence against Belgian Jews. On one hand, the public cannot be trusted with information that …

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing daily updates to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The updates focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to …

Toplines The seniormost Russian military command presented a highly inaccurate assessment of the battlefield situation for the fifth consecutive month, absurdly claiming that Russian forces are advancing west of Kupyansk, which they have not, in fact, taken. Russian Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov met with the …

As Israeli political elites increasingly frame Turkey the way they once framed Iran, could Ankara and Tel Aviv’s rivalry become the Middle East’s new faultline? The fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in Syria in December 2024, coupled with successive Israeli military campaigns against Iran since October 2024 and the setbacks …

From defence to intelligence, UAE-Israel ties have emerged stronger than ever from the Iran war. But how will this deeper cooperation affect the region? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel appear to have emerged from the Iran war with a stronger relationship than ever. The UAE sustained the most …

Tehran has upended traditional maritime arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz and remains in the driver’s seat despite U.S. pressure, so authorities cannot expect to reverse this shift quickly even if the war ends soon. On April 28, a Japanese-owned, Panama-flagged crude oil tanker safely transited the Strait of Hormuz …

The first gathering in a decade by the Palestinian Authority’s dominant party will cast light on a post-Abbas future and governance in Gaza, among other issues. On May 14, Fatah launched its eighth General Conference, which will culminate in the election of officials to lead its various governing bodies. Because …

Finalement, Trump ne nous aura pas déçus : comme ses prédécesseurs à la Maison-Blanche, il s’est proclamé le héraut de la liberté, il a distribué les châtiments et les récompenses, et il veut faire croire qu’il sauve le monde à chaque déploiement d’une puissance matérielle aussi impressionnante qu’inefficace. C’est un …

Tucker Carlson, comme tout génie des médias, a un talent étrange pour se concentrer sur les hommes qui ont quelque chose d’«original» à apporter. Son entretien fin février avec l’ambassadeur américain en Israël, Mike Huckabee, ancien pasteur baptiste et loyaliste de Donald Trump au sein du Parti républicain, était l’une …

J’ai retourné le problème dans tous les sens, comme on tourne un cadavre à la lumière pour comprendre la cause du décès. Et plus je regarde notre époque, plus je crois avoir trouvé l’épidémie qui a le plus ravagé ces deux dernières décennies : le smartphone et son jumeau spectral, …