Eurasia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked on Tuesday how the United Nations (UN) can defend the rights of others when it is unable to protect the rights of its own staff amid Israeli attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon. “We all watched in shame how helpless the UN Security Council and …

“Israel was established by a decision of the United Nations (UN),” French President Emmanuel Macron reminded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This statement comes after Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres persona non grata. Subsequently, Netanyahu stated that UN peacekeeping forces must be evacuated from southern …

Israeli citizen Vladimir Verhovsky (35) has been accused of planning an assassination of Israeli officials, acting under the orders of Iranian intelligence services, according to Israeli police and prosecutors. According to the indictment, Verhovsky, who lives in central Israel, was in contact with foreign agents connected to Iran. The indictment …

Hezbollah’s October 13 drone attack targeting an IDF base is likely part of an effort to impose costs on Israel as Hezbollah faces operational challenges in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah conducted a drone attack on October 13 targeting a training camp south of Haifa for the IDF 1st Infantry Brigade that …

Persistent ethnic tension in north Kosovo could trigger a repeat of violence seen in the area last year, when four people died in a gun battle and NATO peacekeepers were hurt in clashes, a senior official from the military alliance warned on Saturday (12 October). Kosovo is predominantly ethnic Albanian …

Des décennies après la fin de la guerre froide, les États-Unis continuent d’avoir recours aux guerres par procuration comme stratégie centrale dans leurs confrontations avec les principaux rivaux mondiaux, en particulier la Russie et la Chine. Cette approche leur permet d’étendre leur influence et de poursuivre leurs objectifs géopolitiques sans …

Policy Analysis | This paper deals with the scenario of Iran becoming a nuclear state. Many estimates indicate that Tehran is close to crossing the nuclear threshold for military purposes. This analysis investigates two views, one sees Iran’s possession of a nuclear weapon as a condition that can be tolerated, …

While the prospect of a full-scale war between Iran and Israel is a worry for the Kremlin, it could also have a significant financial upside for Russia. The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is beginning to impact Russian interests in the Middle East, as well as threaten a whole …

Something big is coming, and whatever it is, there’s now a heightened chance that the US will become directly involved. The Pentagon confirmed that it’ll dispatch nearly 100 troops to Israel to operate one of its premier air defense systems, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), of which it …

Pakistan As Pakistan gears up for the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit scheduled for October 15 and 16 in Islamabad, in which nine full members, including China, India, Iran and Russia, are participating, stepped up insurgent violence in Balochistan has become a serious headache for the Pakistani establishment. In …