Eurasia

Echoes of the Run-Up to 9/11 From his confirmation hearing to become director of Central Intelligence in May 1997 until September 11, 2001, George Tenet was sounding an alarm about Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. In those four years before al Qaeda operatives attacked the World Trade Center and …

Iran’s electoral Guardian Council has approved the candidacy of six political figures for the snap elections that follow the death of Ebrahim Raisi, rejecting dozens of other potential candidates. Iran’s Interior Ministry announced Sunday the final list of candidates for the upcoming presidential elections that was approved by the hard-line …

Former United States President and leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump made headlines earlier this year by claiming to have told the leader of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state that the USA would not come to its defence against a Russian attack if the state …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 52 attacks on military and civilian targetsin northern Israel. Falaq-2 rockets were used for the first time. A soldier was killed and 12 otherswere injured in a UAV attack in Hurfeish, and a UAV fell in the Jezreel Valley, 40 kilometers fromthe border, …

The Bosnian Croats’ reaction and that of their neighboring eponymous NATO-member state to Republika Srpska’s planned separation will be the most pivotal factor for determining whether the West resorts to military force to stop the Serbs. President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik confirmed in an interview with TASS at last …

Abstract: Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, YouTube has remained a primary platform for ordinary Russians to access uncensored information, in contrast to global news media banned by the Russian government. Analysing massive comments posted on YouTube is an imperative step to figuring out what Russian …

Central Asian and South Caucasus nations should use the interest in East–West trade through their territory to boost regional connectivity. This year, an estimated 150,000 tons of freight will be shipped from central China, the eastern terminus of the ancient Silk Road, through Central Asia and across the Caspian Sea …

As it presently stands, Confederation has a real chance to redefine what it means to be a conservative-nationalist in Poland similar in spirit to how the complementary Make America Great Again and America First movements have already done in the US, though they still need more time to reach that …

Le jugement populaire selon lequel les peuples d’Europe se sont précipités dans la Première Guerre mondiale par pur aveuglement et stupidité politique est toujours d’actualité. Le best-seller «Les somnambules» (2012), écrit par l’historien australien Christopher Clark, reflète de manière exemplaire cette vision. Mais elle est inexacte. Les cercles maçonniques et …

Fin mars, le Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations unies a publié le rapport de Francesca Albanese confirmant ce que les chercheurs en génocide, les reporters sur le terrain à Gaza et les États-nations à la Cour internationale de justice ont soutenu pendant des mois à propos de la …