Eurasia

The Qatar-owned channel Al Jazeera has unjustifiably become part of the Gaza war story. In January, two Al Jazeera reporters, Hamzah Dahdouh and Mustafa Thurayya, were killed in the war. On Monday, the Israeli military freed Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza Ismail Al-Ghoul, hours after arresting him during its renewed …

Climate, of course, is a global issue: if Europe reduces its emissions to zero, while the rest of the world continues to increase them, the effect on the climate will be zero. As a result, the German plan will not save a single euro in terms of the damage caused …

Kataib Hezbollah Secretary General Abu Hussein al Hamidawi said during a meeting with unspecified leaders in Iran’s so-called “Axis of Resistance” in Tehran on March 20 that the current pause in attacks on US forces does not mark the end of efforts to expel US forces from Iraq .[i] Hamidawi …

It’s very likely that their protests will keep growing and could continue morphing into a new Solidarity movement that poses a serious challenge to the government. An estimated 70,000 protesters blockaded around 570 locations in Poland this week in the largest demonstrations thus far in support of their farmers, whose …

One Israeli expert frequently consulted by American officials says, “I have been asked by a serious administration figure what it is that will force the Netanyahu coalition to collapse. They were interested in the mechanics, what can we demand which will collapse his coalition.” [O]ur intelligence apparatus is rotted through …

With Friends Like Chuck Schumer, Who Needs Enemies? Rather than taking tangible steps towards peace, [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud] Abbas has done nothing but bypass and evade bilateral negotiations with Israel, while taking extremely tangible steps toward terrorism – from rewarding terrorists, or the families of those who murder Jews, …

Russia’s war on Ukraine makes cooperation among France, Germany, and Poland more important than ever. Public disagreements can only weaken the EU and play into Putin’s hands. It happened back in 1991, just as the Cold War was ending and the Eastern and Central European countries were making the transition …

The Palestinian Authority Has Outlived Its Purpose—It’s Time for the State Since the first weeks of the brutal war in the Gaza Strip, Washington has devoted an inordinate amount of attention to the idea that reforming the Palestinian Authority is an essential part of any postwar governance in the territory. …

La junte au pouvoir au Niger a dénoncé, le 16 mars dernier, l’accord de coopération militaire passé avec les États-Unis il y a douze ans. Un revers pour Washington qui possède une base aérienne de premier plan à Agadez. Détails. Jusqu’au bout, les États-Unis ont pensé pouvoir sauver leurs installations …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is an Iraqi state security service that Iran has infiltrated and uses to wield significant influence in Iraq. Iran’s cooptation of the PMF enables Tehran to pursue its objectives in Iraq while obfuscating its actual involvement in Iraqi internal affairs. Understanding how Iranian leaders wield …