Eurasia

Kyiv Should Target the Kerch Bridge—but Needs Missiles to Take It Out When Russia annexed Crimea in February 2014, the peninsula became crucial to Moscow’s strategy to dominate Ukraine and the Black Sea region. Critical to that domination is the bridge spanning the Kerch Strait, the narrow strip of water …

The Digital Front of the Israel-Hamas Conflict Is a Preview of Fights to Come The Israel-Hamas war began in the early hours of Saturday, October 7, when Hamas militants and their affiliates stole over the Gazan-Israeli border by tunnel, truck, and hang glider, killed 1,200 people, and abducted over 200 …

As we count down toward the 2024 general election, we should expect to hear from media pundits about candidates and their viability, swing states and the electoral college, likely voters and poll results, and much more. Occasionally we may hear about some issues of importance. Most likely, we will hear …

International relations scholar Richard Falk once summarized Christopher Hitchen’s The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001). Falk reminded readers that Hitchens listed six major crimes carried out by Kissinger: 1) The deliberate mass killing of the civilian population in Indochina. 2) Deliberate collusion in mass murder, and later in assassination in …

After the New York Times begn publishing “The Pentagon Papers” on June 13, 1971, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger told President Richard M. Nixon that Daniel Ellsberg was “the most dangerous man in America and that he must be stopped at all costs.” Nixon was not inclined to seek legal …

Latest Developments Israeli forces entered Khan Younis — the largest city in southern Gaza — on December 5 after several days of intensified shelling of Hamas targets. The head of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, said that IDF troops are engaged in the “most …

Les ventes des entreprises d’armes américaines ont chuté, malgré de grands conflits internationaux. Washington veut aider – et commence de nouveaux conflits. Un nouveau rapport de l’Institut de recherche pour la paix de Stockholm (SIPRI) a révélé des chiffres désagréables pour les entreprises militaires américaines. Non seulement le chiffre d’affaires …

«La France ne pratique pas de double standard … toutes les vies se valent et il n’y a pas de hiérarchie» a récemment déclaré Emmanuel Macron a propos de notre façon de considérer les victimes civiles, selon qu’elles soient israéliennes ou palestiniennes, depuis les évènements du 7 octobre. Une phrase …

Contrairement à la manière dont on présente le Qatar, l’émirat n’est pas un négociateur neutre dans l’affaire des otages de l’opération Déluge d’Al-Aqsa. Une bévue de sa ministre, Lolwah Al-Khater, venue suivre les négociations à Tel-Aviv, montre, au contraire, que Doha exerce une autorité sur le Hamas. Les nouveaux membres …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that he had ordered an expansion of defensive fortifications across the battlefield. Following the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, Zelenskyy’s announcement may signal that Kyiv intends to adopt a defensive posture in 2024. Digging in could help Ukraine repel future Russian offensives while …