Latest Developments • Hezbollah Warns Israel Against a ‘War of Attrition’: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem delivered a speech on November 6 in which he asserted that Israel should not rely on a “war of attrition.” Qassem — the successor to Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel in September — …
Read More »Washington doit faire face à la réalité, dit la Chine
Washington doit faire face à la réalité alors que Pékin répond à la répression et à l’endiguement des États-Unis… La Chine insiste sur l’interdépendance, elle a été fabriquée et voulue par l’impérialisme occidental avec son centre et bras doublement armé (la force militaire et le dollar) de celui-ci, et à …
Read More »Notre soumission psychologique
L’excitation des commentateurs politiques de tous les camps semble aujourd’hui à son paroxysme pour la fameuse élection américaine. Jamais la France n’avait semblé si soumise à la domination américaine puisque même les souverainistes français semblent devenir béats devant Trump et son soutien Elon Musk. Il ne s’agit pas de dire …
Read More »L’agonie franco-italienne
Il semble que beaucoup de personnes se fassent des illusions en ce moment sur un soi-disant modèle italien qui contrairement à la France fonctionnerait, en particulier au niveau de l’industrie. Nous avions déjà parlé de l’économie italienne il y a quelque temps déjà, mais c’est une bonne raison de parler …
Read More »Fighting Ideologies: Lessons Learned From The War On Terror And Their Application To Strategic Competition – Analysis
Introduction The United States along with its allies and partners devoted critical time and energy to countering the ideology of al Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) as part of a comprehensive strategy to defeat these groups in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). These …
Read More »From Dollar Monopoly To BRICS Diversification – OpEd
The pressure toward the diversification of world currency reserves intensified after 2008, escalated following 2022 and is accelerating, as evidenced by the recent BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. In the past 15 years or so, BRICS have rapidly grown into a geoeconomic front of the Global South. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, …
Read More »Baku’s Balancing Act: Azerbaijan Between Green Energy and Oil Rents
Climate change could present an opportunity for meaningful political and economic change in Azerbaijan. But the country’s green transition may instead serve to sustain the institutions that reinforce the regime’s stability. The 2024 meeting of the UN Climate Change Conference—known as COP29—will be held in Baku on November 11–22. Azerbaijan’s …
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Sheikh Na’im Qassem, Hezbollah’s Newly-
Appointed Secretary General
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Read More »ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2024
ISIS carried out at least 16 confirmed attacks in September in the Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 32 pro-Assad regime soldiers and one civilian and wounded at least 21 others. There were also five high quality* attacks carried out during the …
Read More »F-35 components sent to Israel from Royal Air Force base
Exclusive: Parts for Israel’s most advanced fighter jet have been secretly shipped from a British military base during the assault on Gaza. F-35 fighter jet parts have been secretly transported to Israel from a British air force base in Norfolk, it can be revealed. At least seven arms shipments have …
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