Eurasia

Summary Some two hundred million Muslims live in India, making up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group.For decades, Muslim communities have faced discrimination in employment and education and encountered barriers to achieving wealth and political power. They are disproportionately the victims of communal violence.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the …

Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal have garnered increased international scrutiny amid its flaring conflict with Israel. Introduction Many foreign policy experts warn that if Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it would be broadly destabilizing for the Middle East and nearby regions. A first-order concern is that Iran’s possession …

Earlier this week, Israel began a ground invasion of Lebanon. This followed Israel’s significant aerial bombardment of Hezbollah weapons stockpiles, and its assassination of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. On Tuesday, Iran, which backs Hezbollah, fired some two hundred missiles at Israel; no Israelis died in the barrage—which was repelled …

Modern antisemitism is a repackaging of historic tropes. Antisemites have adapted conspiracy theories of the blood libel as well as Jewish influence in economic and governmental affairs to fit new circumstances, such as the accusation that Jews are responsible for spreading COVID-19, just as Jews were accused of spreading the …

Once dependent on imports from Russia, India’s diamond city is now experiencing a surge in suicides. Vaishali Bhen had always had confidence that her husband, Nitin Bhai, would find a way to support their family. For years, he worked in the diamond industry in the west Indian city of Surat, …

Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes has hit its highest annual level since records began. On the morning of Sept. 9, two large demolition machines arrived unannounced at the Abu Aram household in the southern West Bank village of al-Khalidiya. While their appearance that morning was unexpected, everybody knew exactly what …

Since 1948, Israel has made a habit of targeting Palestinian refugee camps, striking the people it’s already displaced. During the thick of summer, around 8 a.m. one day in late July 1971, bulldozers crept into the Gaza Strip’s Jabalia refugee camp. The Israeli military had already warned several families of …

Exclusive: The UK military devised a project to improve Israel’s capacity to confront Iran and Hezbollah, leaked files indicate. Boris Johnson greets Benjamin Netanyahu in Downing Street, 2019. (Photo: Aaron Chown / Alamy) The UK secretly developed a defence plan with Israel, Declassified can reveal. According to leaked documents, the …

Exclusive: The British army’s 77th brigade held secret exchanges with the IDF, leaked files reveal. Britain secretly advised the Israeli military on psychological warfare techniques, Declassified has found. Leaked documents reveal how the British army’s 77th brigade discussed strategy and tactics with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The 77th brigade …

In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”. This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change in the security landscape” in which there was “a growing threat from state actors”. But alongside …