Eurasia

None of the facts shared in this analysis should be spun as taking a side in the Venezuelan-Guyanese dispute, nor do they discredit critiques of Guyana’s energy ties with Exxon and its growing military ones with the US. “The Venezuelan-Guyanese Dispute Is A Classic Security Dilemma” for the reasons argued …

The United States, attempting to contain the spread of Israel’s war in Gaza, is pitching allies on expanding a multinational naval task force to address an alarming rise in attacks on commercial vessels traveling near Yemen that have posed a significant threat to global shipping. The White House says it’s …

Abstract: The world has never been safe for small and vulnerable countries. Their perilous position has been largely determined by weak economic, political and military capabilities, which deprive them of the ability to ensure their national security effectively. The existing literature concerning national security of small and vulnerable countries reveals …

Zelensky himself set this divisive process into motion by recently warning that Russian agents are supposedly plotting to carry out a “Maidan 3” against him. Ukrainian National Security Council chief Alexey Danilov claimed that the Times of London misinterpreted his words when they quoted him as saying that the secret …

To summarize: 1) Ukraine is bracing for a Russian counteroffensive by fortifying the entire front; 2) that scenario could be averted, however, by freezing the conflict; 3) but Zelensky refuses to do so due to his messianic delusions of victory despite sobering up a bit lately; 4) A Russian breakthrough …

Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine gives this civilization-state a chance to defend its independence and sovereignty that are under existential threat by the US-led West. In preserving his Great Power’s geostrategic existence, President Putin is actually attempting to retain some semblance of stability in the increasingly destabilized world that’s …

L’annonce vendredi par le président russe Vladimir Poutine qu’il se représentera pour un cinquième mandat n’a pas été une surprise. Le fait qu’il ait choisi l’occasion d’une cérémonie au Kremlin pour remettre les médailles de Héros de la Russie à des militaires ayant participé à l’opération militaire russe contre l’Ukraine …

Ramallah is a dusty city built, you soon realise, around a fort. This is the Mukataa, or the “headquarters”, separated from the streets by walls and watchtowers. Mandate officials, Jordanian officers and the IDF have all been based here — running prisons, courts and successive occupations. Today, it is the …

The origin and meaning of Nakba The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” or “disaster” in Arabic, refers to the exodus of Palestinians following the 1948 war between Israel, which had just proclaimed its independence after the end of the British mandate over Palestine, and a coalition of Arab countries. The concept …

La nouvelle force conjointe du G5 Sahel, dont l’opérationnalisation a été actée début juillet 2017, a suscité beaucoup d’espoir depuis sa création, dans la région du Sahel et au-delà. Mais elle semble en butte à nombre de difficultés qui pourraient nuire à son efficacité dans une région confrontée au terrorisme, …