Eurasia

Even as the risk of provocation rises, locals on Poland’s border with Belarus are trying to remain calm. What worries them more than the proximity of Wagner mercenaries is an overreaction by a state that’s had its vulnerability to hybrid threats exposed. Two years into the migration crisis and tensions …

Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are leading conduits for the evading of Western sanctions against Russia. Armenia’s current assistance to Russia builds on its three-decade experience in being an intermediary assisting Iran to evade Western sanctions. Armenia’s military, political and trade relationship with Iran has existed since the early 1990s …

U.S. and Iraqi defense leaders discussed an enduring strategic relationship between the two nations during talks at the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Iraqi Defense Minister Thabit Muhammad Al-Abassi for a discussion on U.S.-Iraq joint security cooperation dialogue Monday. This U.S.-Iraq bilateral engagement looks beyond the …

Les contradictions commerciales entre Washington et l’UE s’aggravent. La France va annuler l’accord de vente aux Américains d’une entreprise qui fabrique des pièces pour les réacteurs nucléaires. Il s’agit apparemment d’une réponse aux mesures «discriminatoires» prises par les États-Unis à l’égard de l’Europe. Un motif de controverse En août dernier, …

Putin’s New Conscription Plan Further Militarizes Russia The Russian State Duma voted to raise the maximum age for conscription from 27 to 30, providing more available manpower for Russia’s war effort. The move will enable the Kremlin to replenish its forces participating in the invasion of Ukraine without initiating another …

Comme tous les mois, nous vous proposons un entretien pour vous présenter les sujets traités par Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent dans la Lettre Confidentielle. Au programme de notre nouveau numéro : Les secrets du Biderberg contre la France et l’Europe. La fondation du groupe Bilderberg remonte à 1952, mais c’est en 1954 …

On July 22, 2023, a civilian, Sukka Singh Kachalam, was killed by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on suspicion of being a ‘police informer’, at Rotad village under Chhotedongar Police Station limits in Narayanpur District. On March 28, 2023, a civilian, Ramji Dodi, was abducted along with …

Once upon a time, the term ‘globalisation’ dominated public discourse, presenting itself as the sole available alternative and panacea to all the world’s predicaments. It was viewed as a policy paradigm promising peace, prosperity, economic growth, and human development. However, in recent times, globalisation seems to have vanished from public …

Davit Ratiani glanced up as the Russian military aircraft buzzed across the skies of Georgia, clenching his fist in such anger that his nails tore into his skin. ‘”I will never forget the feeling of powerless that came over me at that moment,’” Ya Shashviashvili remembers her husband later telling …

The Russian government has issued a formal statement about the start of naval exercises in the Baltic Sea. The Russian Navy has played a crucial role in Moscow’s military operations against Ukraine by using ship- and submarine-based cruise missiles and other weaponry to specifically target the country. This phenomenon has …