Eurasia

While EU and Chinese leaders on Thursday (7 December) managed to agree on the need for a more ‘balanced’ trade relationship, they gave little indication of being able to resolve deep-running differences over most issues. The first in-person summit in four years comes as the Chinese leadership is stepping up …

There is often an opinion among the public that small countries cannot be influential and powerful because they are unimportant. Proponents of such a position claim that small states, due to their small surface area and small population, must submit to the larger powers in the region. Such a point …

Battlefield UpdateThis week the main Russian offensive continued to push forward along the eastern axis, with the goals of capturing the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and encircling northern Donetsk. Russian assaults intensified in Kupiansk, Lyman, and the adjacent Bakhmut territory. Supporting offensive activity occurred along the southern axis of assault, …

With the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas crossing the 55-day mark, no breakthrough seems to be in sight that could bring hostilities to a stop despite the successful exchange of some hostages. As Palestinians in Gaza continue to face the brunt of Israeli military reaction to the terror …

Yemen’s Houthi group launched several ballistic missiles at military posts in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the group’s military spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, the Mason, a U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, shot down a drone that originated from a part of Yemen controlled by the …

Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking said, as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war. The Iran-aligned Houthis have waded into the conflict that has …

The UAE-led proposal demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.failed to gain support from the United Nations Security Council after a US veto. The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon, after permanent member and Israel …

One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. While the appalling scope, destructiveness, and duration of the fighting in Gaza may outstrip previous …

Everything that Iran has planned for Hezbollah is reaching a peek point. The war in the South of Israel, the US fleet closing in from both sides, the promises made to Hamas and PIJ in accordance with the big plan of Iran. This is money time, what they trained for, …

Le Washington Post a publié un long article en deux parties sur la «contre-offensive» ratée en Ukraine. Il blâme autant les Américains et les Britanniques qui ont planifié tout ce gâchis que les Ukrainiens qui l’ont exécuté. Les points essentiels de la première partie : Mauvais calculs et divisions ont …