Eurasia

It would be premature to conclude that their prior implied talks about a “New Détente”, or a series of mutual compromises across multiple domains aimed at reaching a “new normal” in their ties, are back on track. Too much has happened since February’s balloon incident derailed that grand strategic trajectory, …

Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, was said to have observed “the guerrilla must swim in the people as the fish swims in the sea”. It is a lesson known to terrorists and revolutionaries from the IRA to the Taliban and is likely to explain the …

Tensions over anti-Pakistan TTP terrorist group, expulsion of Afghan refugees will have implications for U.S. interests. On November 8, in an unprecedented press conference, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul-Haq Kakar offered a blistering critique of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. He announced that the Taliban leadership was supporting the …

In the absence of a political horizon for Palestinians, Israel may opt for the most terrible alternative of all. October 7 was many things for Israel, but above all it was a confirmation that the ambitions of the country’s present leadership are at an impasse. Hamas’s attack against Israeli towns …

The Israeli prime minister may take a page out of Yasser Arafat’s book in order to get out of his perilous political predicament. In a conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is said to have expressed concern about Israel’s role in escalating tensions along …

Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan estimate the cost of construction of the Trans-Afghan railway at almost $7 billion, Kun.uz News Agency reported on Thursday. Recently, the head of the Ministry of Transport, Ilkhom Mahkamov, held negotiations in Pakistan with local industry departments and large transport and logistics companies NLC-Logistics and TCS, …

Almost all of Wagner’s mercenaries have already left Syria on planes departing from the Khmeimim air base, and the remaining few dozen are handing over weapons to the military and processing documents. The history of Russia’s Wagner Private Military Company in Syria is actually over. Only a few dozen mercenaries …

The controversial 2002 letter explains the al-Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind’s reasons for attacking the United States. A 2002 letter written by late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden resurfaced and started trending on TikTok and then on X, channeling antisemitic and hateful messaging on the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war. …

The regional geostrategic reorientation that’s presently unfolding in the “Greater Caucasus” is leading to Azerbaijan becoming a pivotal player in multipolar processes while Armenia is becoming the greatest such obstacle to them. The West had hitherto attempted to maintain the pretense of neutrality towards the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict and particularly its …

Sunday’s march… attracted over 100,000 people, five times larger than the pro-Palestine demo. There were also many Muslim figures [Sunday] including imams of mosques who ignored the “advice” of the Grand Mosque of Paris not to attend. Anti-Semitism isn’t a byproduct of the Israel-Palestine conflict; it is an evil in …