Latest Developments Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Turkey on February 12 — the first trip by a Russian leader to a NATO country since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will likely discuss matters related to energy cooperation, the Ukraine …
Read More »Don’t reward Erdogan
After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington and other NATO capitals were jubilant. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “welcome[d] Turkish President Erdogan’s signature of the Articles of Ratification for Sweden’s …
Read More »In Year Three of the Ukraine War, It’s Time to Learn the Lessons of the First Two
As the second anniversary of Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine approaches, the time is right to take stock of the past year and look ahead to the third year of the war. This is not an abstract exercise, but an essential task Ukraine and its supporters face as they prepare …
Read More »Bruxelles : Les services secrets sur pied de guerre
Depuis quelques années, le monde du Renseignement bruxellois est en ébullition. Bruxelles joue aujourd’hui le rôle qui était autrefois prêté à Bonn, l’ex-capitale de la République fédérale allemande : celui d’abriter un nid d’espions. La présence des institutions européennes ; du siège de l’OTAN et de plusieurs grandes multinationales explique …
Read More »Hamas provoque un électrochoc planétaire en dévoilant la nature génocidaire du sionisme (2)
Les Pharisiens de mèche avec l’Occident refont l’histoire, redessinent les destins des hommes et des États Les Sionistes et leurs vassaux occidentaux conquis, s’arrogèrent le droit et le pouvoir de défaire et de faire des États et des frontières (Saoudie, Jordanie, Émirats, Koweït, etc.), à leur solde, comme ils ont …
Read More »La relation de la Chine et de la Russie avec les Taliban inquiète les États-Unis
La reconnaissance diplomatique du gouvernement taliban en Afghanistan le 31 janvier 2024 par la Chine doit être mise en relation avec deux autres mesures de politique régionale de grande portée prises par Pékin dans l’ère de l’après-guerre froide – les Cinq de Shanghai en 1996 – plus tard renommées Organisation …
Read More »How to End America’s Hypocrisy on Gaza
The Biden Administration Must Assess Israel’s Conduct—and Hold It to Account The military campaign that Israel launched in response to Hamas’s brutal October 7 attacks has killed more than 27,000 people in the Gaza Strip and injured more than 60,000 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. About 75 percent …
Read More »Russia’s Adaptation Advantage
Early in the War, Moscow Struggled to Shift Gears—but Now It’s Outlearning Kyiv Throughout the war in Ukraine, Kyiv and Moscow have waged an adaptation battle, trying to learn and improve their military effectiveness. In the early stages of the invasion, Ukraine had the advantage. Empowered by a rapid influx …
Read More »Escalation scenarios between Iran and the United States in Syria and Iraq
The US-Iranian escalation has taken a new turn when Washington announced strikes on command and control centers, intelligence facilities, and weapon storage facilities used by Iran-backed militias to attack American forces and the International Coalition. Through a series of attacks, the United States targeted 85 locations in Syria and Iraq, …
Read More »Israel’s Self-Destruction
One bright day in April 1956, Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), drove south to Nahal Oz, a recently established kibbutz near the border of the Gaza Strip. Dayan came to attend the funeral of 21-year-old Roi Rotberg, who had been murdered the …
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