Eurasia

The Biden administration thought painstaking diplomacy could contain Iran and, by extension, its proxies in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. But by papering over the Palestinian question, Washington handed its adversary a strategic opportunity. Short of a nuclear-armed standoff, the stakes arguably couldn’t be higher across the Middle East right …

Aucun pays n’a sans doute autant bénéficié de l’invasion américaine de l’Irak que la République islamique d’Iran. Au cours d’une guerre qui a duré plus d’une décennie, Washington a dépensé plus de 2000 milliards de dollars de ses propres fonds pour éliminer l’un des adversaires régionaux les plus puissants de …

The peculiarity of Hamas-Israel war is that unlike other wars or conflict, India is not directly impacted by the war. It is the spillover impact, which causes concern for India. Israel is not a major trading partner or a major foreign investor in India. Nor is Palestine. Israel accounts for …

The Georgian establishment may be said to anxiously look forward to the decision by the European Union (EU) on whether to grant candidate status to Georgia. However, the decision of the EU is awaited not only in Georgia. The process is most likely being proactively watched by Russia, which is …

Iraq is at a pivotal juncture, diverging from its post-2003 vision of a federated state as pro-Iranian Shia groups in Baghdad aggressively drive recentralization. This transformation is most evident in Baghdad’s aggressive attempts to erode the federal status of Kurdistan, Iraq’s sole autonomous region. This divergence from the post-2003 vision …

The Karabakh conflict and the relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan are often clouded by misinformation. To address this, it is crucial to highlight some historical facts. Despite claims to the contrary, ethnic Armenians began settling in Karabakh following Russia’s decisive triumph over the Persian Empire in the Russo-Persian Wars of …

The US President Joe Biden is convinced that one of the reasons why Hamas launched the attack on Israel was because of the announcement during the G20 Summit in New Delhi on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor . But he also admitted that this reading was based purely on his …

In an emergency session of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) this week, the U.S. called on allies in the Middle East to increase efforts to cut off outside funding for Hamas, the organization that perpetrated a massive attack on Israeli civilians on October 7. The Treasury Department called on …

The chess game at the UN Security Council ends with the United States vetoing the Russian resolution on Israel (supported by only four votes including the Chinese one), and Russia and China vetoing the American one . On Wednesday the countries of the world gathered at the Glass Palace to …

Israel plans to remove Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip but plans for the long-term governance of the territory are yet undefined and fraught with significant challenges.Israel seeks to avoid a renewed occupation of the Gaza Strip and to cede responsibility for its security and welfare to the Arab …