Eurasia

It finally happened—our questions on Russia and Putin’s resoluteness have been answered. After a nearly two-month hiatus of major long-range strikes on energy infrastructure, Russia struck back again last night with what’s again being called one of the largest strikes of the war, which not only reportedly utilized a fleet …

The New York Times (NYT) and Washington Post reported that US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukrainian forces to use US-provided ATACMS in limited strikes against Russian and North Korean military targets within Kursk Oblast. The NYT and Washington Post reported on November 17 that unspecified US officials expect Ukrainian …

The IDF killed the head of Hezbollah’s media office, Mohammad Afif, in central Beirut on November 17.[1] The IDF conducted a strike targeting Afif in a residential building in Ras al Nabaa, a neighborhood in central Beirut.[2] Hezbollah confirmed Afif’s death.[3] Afif was reportedly visiting a Syrian Ba’ath Party in …

In today’s summary: The intensification of attempts by the Russian Armed Forces to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk bridgehead has so far only led to huge losses of equipmentThere is growing evidence of mass looting by Russian military in the Kursk regionRussian units are amassing forces on …

During October 2024, fighting continued in the Gaza Strip, Judea, Samaria, and southLebanon, with attacks on Israel from pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Yemen. Lebanon: The fighting escalated with the start of the IDF maneuver against Hezbollah insouth Lebanon on October 1, 2024. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 806 attacks on …

The top takeaway isn’t that Ukraine might soon develop nukes, which it couldn’t make any progress on without Russia detecting it, but that Ukraine might soon build its own long-range ballistic missiles and thus lead to Russia compromising on its goal of demilitarizing Ukraine if it’s unable to stop this. …

In August 2021, the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan precipitated the collapse of the previous Afghan government, resulting in the Taliban’s resurgence and subsequent control over Kabul. For nearly twenty years, the insurgents have actively been involved in military confrontations with the US and NATO forces. Shortly …

Excerpt America isn’t the only country that just held a consequential election. In the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia, citizens recently voted in contests where aspirations to join the West were on the ballot. In both cases, Russia appears to have sought to influence the outcomes, as Moscow …

Latest Developments • Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Commander Eliminated in Gaza City: The IDF said it had killed Alkaman Abed Elslam Khalil Anbar, in charge of carrying out rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, in a precision strike on November 15, 2024. According to the IDF, Anbar was also a “significant …

Iran was actively conducting research that would support construction of a nuclear device — a process known as weaponization — at a site the Israeli Air Force destroyed during its October 25 counterstrike against the Islamic Republic, an Axios report revealed on November 15. The small building, known as Taleghan …