Eurasia

For two days during the June 15-16 summit for peace in Ukraine, senior officials from more than 90 countries focused on the most devastating conflict in Europe since World War II. As the delegations dispersed, participants lauded the launching of a process to keep the dialogue going and the prospect …

Falling birthrates in East Asia are causing concerns over whether the region’s military forces will be able to maintain their troop levels in future. As a result, China, Japan, and South Korea are changing their recruitment standards even though they have invested heavily in programmes to boost birthrates. However, some …

Why does it seem the Pentagon is far better at spending money than actually putting together a successful operation? The failed “Operation Prosperity Guardian” and the disastrous floating Gaza pier are but two recent examples of enormously expensive initiatives that, though they no-doubt enriched military contractors, were incapable of meeting …

France, Germany, and Poland have concrete ideas for making EU foreign policy more coherent and effective. The union’s incoming leadership should use these proposals to strengthen the bloc. France is in the middle of an election campaign after President Emmanual Macron called a snap parliamentary election in the wake of …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 80 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel, compared to 52 attacks the previous week. Attacks escalated in response to the killing of Taleb Sami Abdallah, the commander of the al-Nasr unit and a long-time Hezbollah operative. Hezbollah increased its use …

It’s not too early to plan for Ukraine’s reconstruction as a strong, free-market democracy. Today, the free world is united in supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression and understands that the eventual winner must be the Ukrainian people, not Vladimir Putin. But while winning a war is important, …

CIA Director William J. Burns has declared that the “key to Israel’s—and the region’s—security is dealing with Iran. The Iranian regime has been emboldened by the crisis and seems ready to fight to its last regional proxy, all while expanding its nuclear program and enabling Russian aggression.” [1] Hamas’ invasion …

Le Congrès international de Kazan sur l’intégration eurasiatique se positionne comme une plateforme importante pour le grand espace que représente l’Eurasie et les processus d’interaction et d’intégration qui s’y déroulent, mais également constitue un rappel aux acteurs néfastes qui n’y sont pas les bienvenus. Tous ces aspects renforcent d’une manière …

The risk of World War III breaking out is now higher than it’s ever been since the Cuban Missile Crisis due to the US’ dangerous game of nuclear chicken with Russia, and the only reason why everything got to this point in the first place is because Poland helped sabotage …

Arms trafficking is a loaded term. It conjures images of containers full of AK-47s, gangsters toting grenade launchers or fierce shootouts between rival gangs. And there is some truth to this in many parts of the world, from shiploads of assault rifles sent by Iran to the Houthis, Mexican cartels …