Eurasia

It took a mere minutes after the headlines spread across the globe for the hawks and neocons to call on the White House to “hit them hard”—in reference to Iran and Iranian-linked groups believed responsible for the attack on a US outpost along the Jordanian border which killed three American …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile Friday at a United States warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden, forcing it to shoot down the projectile, and struck a British vessel as their aggressive attacks on maritime traffic continue. The attack on the U.S. warship, the destroyer USS Carney, marked a further …

«La Résistance islamique en Irak a revendiqué la responsabilité d’une attaque majeure contre une base militaire américaine en Jordanie. Les États-Unis ont déclaré que le nombre de victimes «pourrait augmenter»». Trois soldats américains ont été tués et plus de 30 autres blessés dans une attaque de drone contre une base …

The Houthis Have Become Key Partners in Tehran’s Quest for Regional Dominance Since November, the Red Sea has become the site of escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthi movement, the armed group that governs most of Yemen’s population. These assaults, which the Houthi rebels say are designed to pressure Israel to …

How Russia Stopped Ukraine’s Momentum A Deep Defense Is Hard to Beat Many held high hopes for Ukraine’s 2023 summer offensive. Previous Ukrainian successes at Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson encouraged expectations that a new effort, reinforced with new Western equipment and training, might rupture Russian defenses on a larger scale …

Latest Developments The United States will continue to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) despite announcing a temporary pause in funding, according to a January 27 report. In light of allegations that 12 UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the State Department announced …

Since Russia’s 2022 large-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO militaries have been getting ready to fight. Thus far, less attention has been given to societal readiness for war, but there are signs that this imbalance is starting to be addressed. The 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea was an insufficient wake-up call …

The UK is in this for the long haul — and our fellow allies must step up too. 2024 marks a pivotal crossroads: The greatest democratic year in history, with nearly half of the world’s population heading to the polls, it’s also the year that may decide the fate of …

On pense bien sûr à la manière dont Marx s’inspire de l’histoire mais lui donne une tout autre capacité d’enseignement. En particulier il remet en cause la manière dont deux écrivains français (Victor Hugo et Proudhon) vont accorder un poids démesuré à un individu qui apparait d’une insigne médiocrité Napoléon …

Data Cutoff: January 26, 2024, at 9 a.m. Key Takeaway: The US secretary of state met with key US partners in West Africa as Russia and Iran are bolstering their ties with authoritarian regimes in the region. Russia and Iran have capitalized on the rise of a bloc of anti-Western …