Eurasia

US intelligence discovered that Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, which has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, CNN and the New York Times reported on Thursday (11 July). The plot to kill Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger was one of a …

Le sommet de trois jours de l’OTAN à Washington DC a atteint l’objectif pour lequel il avait été organisé, à savoir créer un forum public dans lequel les 32 membres de l’Alliance pourraient exprimer leur soutien unanime aux attaques à venir contre la Fédération de Russie. Tel était le véritable …

The Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) should declare a state of “migratory emergency” in the whole of Spain and not just in the Canary Islands – the region currently hardest hit by the influx of irregular migrants from West Africa – the main opposition centre-right Partido Popular …

The Iranian people voted for him because they wanted a “reformist” who’d gradually change their country’s domestic and foreign policies, knowing that nothing radical can be expected due to the strict system of checks and balances that’s in place to prevent this. Iranian President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian, who won the snap …

L’usage journalistique et la facilité de langage conduisent souvent à accoler un suffixe en -isme au nom d’une personnalité politique pour désigner un courant politique qui s’incarnerait à travers un responsable. C’est ainsi qu’est apparu « le macronisme. » Dans une acception faible, ce serait un courant plus ou moins …

Latest Developments With China attempting to boost its influence in the Middle East, Hamas and Fatah leaders will meet in Beijing next week to conduct another round of Chinese-led unity talks that have so far failed to deliver results, The New York Times reported on July 15. Hamas’s political chief, …

As NATO leaders and other key officials gather in Washington this week to commemorate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, they must avoid talk of celebration. The world is in turmoil, and they must focus hard on explaining to their various agitated and unsure constituents what their strategy really is for the …

Amidst war and turbulence in our region, Iran’s political system demonstrated remarkable stability by conducting elections in a competitive, peaceful, and orderly manner, dispelling insinuations made by some “Iran experts” in certain governments. This stability, and the dignified manner in which the elections were conducted, underscore the discernment of our …

North Korea continues to modernize and grow its nuclear weapons arsenal. In this Nuclear Notebook, the authors cautiously estimate that North Korea may have produced enough fissile material to hypothetically build up to 90 nuclear warheads, but has likely assembled fewer than that—potentially around 50. To deliver the warheads, North …

Responding to Ukrainian spy chief’s admission that Kyiv has tried to kill Russian president multiple times, Moscow spokeswoman says Washington created ‘terrorist structure’ Moscow on Sunday accused the United States of bankrolling Ukrainian attempts on the life of Russian President Vladmir Putin, hours after former US president Donald Trump was …