Eurasia

La résistance irakienne rejoint le Yémen pour imposer un blocus naval à Israël

En réponse aux nouvelles frappes des avions américains sur l’Irak & le Yémen, la Résistance islamique en Irak a promis de mettre les ports israéliens «hors service» jusqu’à la levée du blocus de Gaza. Le secrétaire général des Brigades Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Ala al-Walaei, a annoncé aux premières heures du …

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Iraq: US launches new strikes on Iran-backed militant group

The US government said the strikes were a response to attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria. Recent months have seen an uptick in US strikes in Iraq and Yemen. The United States targeted three facilities linked to Iran-backed militants in Iraq on Tuesday in response to drone and …

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Genocide in Gaza as an Opportunity: What Ben-Gvir Wants in the West Bank

Relatives mourn 17-year old American Tawfiq Ajaq at his funeral in his family’s Palestinian home village Al-Mazra’a ash Shaqriya, West Bank, January 20, 2024. Ajaq was killed by Israeli fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) If what is currently happening in the occupied Palestinian West Bank took place before October 7, our …

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Monroe Doctrine: Two Centuries of Implacable Imperialism

Latin America must forge a path toward a future where self-determination and international cooperation prevail. Since its inception in 1823, the Monroe Doctrine has been the ideological manifestation guiding the United States’ foreign policy toward Latin America. Its intrinsic nature has served as an instrument of American expansion and domination …

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Russia’s Outrage Over U.S. Strikes Against Houthis Is Just Bluster

Moscow has little to gain from a major flare-up in the Red Sea, which means Washington’s efforts to stop Houthi attacks on shipping are likely to be quietly welcomed. Predictably, Russia has been deeply critical of strikes by the United States and the United Kingdom against Yemen’s Houthi militia, which …

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Putin’s Achilles Heel: Ukraine targets Russia’s vital but vulnerable energy industry

Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in southern Russia early on January 25, sparking a blaze that highlighted an emerging new front in the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin almost two years ago. The incident was the latest in a series of recent attacks on Russian energy infrastructure as …

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Germany’s Paralysis Holds Back Europe

Past German governments have relied on Russian gas and the U.S. security umbrella. With Putin’s war in Ukraine and the prospects of a Trump presidency, Berlin needs a strategic mindset to lead Europe. When the German economy was in full swing, the government of the day rarely matched its economic …

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Is Moldova Ready to Pay the Price of Reintegrating Transnistria?

Not only will reabsorbing the breakaway region be expensive and complicated, but Russia is unlikely to cede its influence without a fight.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine initially sparked fear in Moldova. But when Moscow’s troops failed to reach the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, anxiety gave way to confidence. Moldova …

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The Eastern Maritime Corridor Is Shaping Up To Be The Next Big Thing In Russo-Indo Relations

The Kremlin’s intentions in building the “Russo-Indo Ring” around the Asian half of Eurasia are to promote friendly, gentle, and non-hostile Sino-Indo geo-economic competition aimed at accelerating equitable development and multipolar integration in this space. The inaugural Russia-India workshop for Operationalization of the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) took place in …

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