Eurasia

Assad is still there, a pyrrhic victor offering no credible prospects of reconciliation for the Syrian people and exercising limited sovereignty over a land left prey to foreign powers. After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, …

Brent crude, the international standard, surpassed $70 per barrel for the first time in over a year. Oil prices remained elevated Monday as Saudi Arabian oil facilities were targeted by drone strikes just days after the largest crude exporting nations in the world said they would not increase output. Brent …

Over the years, Information Technology has transformed the modes of communication. We are living in the age of information revolution which has actually changed the nature of power and has boosted its diffusion. Power over information is extensively dispersed but not limited to governance bodies, policy makers, corporations, non-profits and …

The commander went on to further boast about the cooperation between the army, navy and the IRGC, claiming that it stands to deter any “destabilizing measures by interventionist forces,” IRNA stated. The Iranian naval chief has promised to respond to any form of aggression from Iran’s “foes” with a “crushing” …

On March 2, 2021, the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘executed’ a Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) militant, Thokchom Nando Singh, at an undisclosed location for “raping and murdering”, Lungnila Elizabeth (8), in 2003. Elizabeth, the daughter of Francis Ngajokpa, the then Minister for Taxation and General Administration, was abducted by …

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says there’s sufficient evidence to warrant labeling the country’s main opposition party, the populist far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, as “anti-constitutional” and an organization hostile to democracy. With nationwide elections just half a year away, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) wants …

Le concept d’islamo-gauchisme provoque chez certains journalistes et commentateurs une défiance immédiate et des critiques virulentes. Le lien entre les deux idéologies-religions n’est pourtant pas nouveau, ils ont des racines communes. Les similitudes entre le communisme et l’islamisme en sont la preuve, dans le dogme et le mode de fonctionnement …

Le prestigieux CNRS est-il une conquête de l’extrême-gauche? Depuis les propos fracassants de Frédérique Vidal, politiques, presse et scientifiques s’écharpent sur la question. Les Français, dans leur grande majorité et à juste titre, sont attachés à l’excellence de la recherche scientifique française. Attachement qui ne doit rien au hasard, tant …

“One tank, in its firepower, equals a company of infantry soldiers.” As the IDF closely follows Hezbollah’s moves behind the northern border, the 71st Armored Battalion is completing its readiness for a possible confrontation in Lebanon.

In seventh mission into CENTCOM’s area of operation in the last four months Israeli Air Force F-15s accompany B-52 heavy bomber over Israel. In a clear signal to Iran, a United States Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” bomber flew over the Persian Gulf, before the plane was spotted in Israeli airspace …