Eurasia

“GRAY AREAS OF GRAY MATTER”: THE MENTAL EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE WARFARE

Our brain, or, as E. Poirot said, “little gray cells,” meaning the gray matter of the brain, is today in a state of uncertainty and confusion, characteristic of a state of cognitive dissonance, i.e. places of internal psychological conflicts. If we consider this statement from the point of view. modern …

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DESTRUCTIVE-ORIENTED NARRATIVES OF NON-TRADITIONAL ISLAM AS A TOOL OF US FOREIGN POLICY

“Terrorism is when the United States installs a dictatorial regime somewhere, relying on bayonets and using terror against his own people.” Former CIA employee F. Agee. Intervention in the internal affairs of foreign states became one of the primary directions of US foreign policy immediately after the end of the …

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MENTAL AND COGNITIVE WARFARE: ISSUES OF DEFINITION, GOALS AND MEANS

The post-Soviet phase of the hybrid war, which began on February 24, 2022, including the “hot” part on the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR, revealed to the general public the wretched and uncompromising side of information and psychological operations carried out by the enemy and directed both inward, to …

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ON THE GEOPOLITICS OF TRANSCAUCASIA

The South Caucasus poses a serious problem for Russia. However, like all neighboring countries, with the exception of Belarus. Only with Minsk are relations fundamental and reliable. Everything else is highly problematic. It’s all about the lack of a clear strategy. Over the past 30 years, Russia has been moving …

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THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TRANSPORT ROUTES OF EURASIA

Against the backdrop of another conflict in Palestine, the news that Saudi Arabia suspended negotiations with Israel became the reason for a broader interpretation of events affecting the interests of India, Iran, the EU, Russia and China. Although wars in the Middle East have always affected the whole world, especially …

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MIDDLE EAST: ESCHATOLOGICAL SCENARIO

Let’s try to describe one of the possible scenarios for further escalation in the Middle East. The Palestinian uprising begins in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Fatah cannot contain the situation. Seeing how Israel is carrying out full-fledged genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are launching a total …

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Israel is using a colossal intel failure as fuel for genocide in Gaza

On 25th May 2000, Israel’s occupation of South Lebanon came to an ignominious end. What was planned as an orderly withdrawal over several weeks turned into a chaotic rout, sneaking back over the border in the middle of the night as gun battles flared barely yards away, leaving their collaborators …

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What will Israel’s ground invasion mean for Gaza?

Israel has been heavily bombing the Gaza Strip for ten days following Hamas’ unprecedented attack on 7 October, with its forces now mobilising in huge numbers for an impending ground assault. So far, nearly 2,800 Palestinians have been killed and more than 10,000 wounded by Israeli airstrikes, with Gaza experiencing …

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Under threat from Turkey, is the PKK changing its strategy?

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) continues to wage its decades-long conflict against the Turkish government, but it has been several years since it staged a major operation in a Turkish city. That changed on 1 October when it launched a suicide attack at the entrance of the Ministry of Interior’s …

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What US military support to Israel means for the Gaza war

When US President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday, he was doing so in the wake of a bombing that killed hundreds of Palestinians at a hospital in Gaza, a tragic escalation in a conflict that broke out just over 10 days ago and is quickly developing by the …

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