Eurasia

US President Donald Trump surprised almost everyone when he announced in an Oval Office briefing — with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting right beside him — that high-level direct talks on Iran’s nuclear program were scheduled for April 12 in Oman. It is unclear whether Iran wanted to keep …

Over the last year and particularly in the last several weeks, both Ukrainian and Russian officials have insisted that they have no interest in a frozen conflict. Kyiv has ever more pointedly claimed that Ukraine could not survive such an arrangement, and Russia has declared that any peace accord must …

Turkey’s History of Hamas SupportBy Jonathan Schanzer Thousands of people rallied at Istanbul’s iconic Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day 2025 in support of the Palestinian cause and to protest Israel. Bilal Erdogan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son, was among its speakers. Bilal spoke of the “martyrs” of Palestine, including …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on April 9 that Ukraine is interested in purchasing a large package of weapons from the United States, possibly within the framework of a future US-Ukraine mineral deal, as part of Ukrainian efforts to obtain security guarantees that would deter a future Russian invasion.[1] Zelensky …

Dans l’essai d’hier sur les «réalités parallèles», j’ai exploré la façon dont le tri algorithmique et la manipulation de l’information ont créé des réalités fragmentées où nous ne partageons plus une compréhension commune des faits. Aujourd’hui, je me penche sur le revers de la médaille : pourquoi nos esprits s’accrochent …

The Kremlin continues to deny the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government as part of efforts to claim that Ukraine is not a legitimate negotiating partner and to demand Ukrainian regime change and demilitarization. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on April 7 that Russian President Vladimir Putin supports the idea of …

Regional diplomatic sources told CNN on April 6 that the Yemeni government is preparing for a ground offensive against the Houthis. The offensive would reportedly consist of advances from the south and east and along the western Yemeni coast to take Hudaydah.[1] The Yemeni government is led by the Presidential …

Ce texte a pour but de réfuter l’idée communément admise sans preuves historiques que les juifs européens, notamment, sont les descendants de juifs expulsés de Palestine depuis la destruction du temple d’Hérode en 79 de notre ère, en montrant comment des communautés juives sont apparues en Europe au Ve siècle …

Après une nouvelle série de frappes américaines et israéliennes contre des positions pro-iraniennes, la situation dans la région a atteint un point critique. La Russie a mis en garde contre les conséquences catastrophiques d’éventuelles attaques contre les installations nucléaires iraniennes, alors que Téhéran a répondu en menaçant de frapper les …

Ce que l’on comprend maintenant, c’est que «nous ne jouons plus aux échecs». Il n’y a plus de règles. L’ultimatum de Trump à l’Iran ? Le colonel Doug Macgregor compare l’ultimatum de Trump à l’Iran à celui que l’Autriche-Hongrie a adressé à la Serbie en 1914 : une offre, en …