Eurasia

IntroductionIn the years to come, the European Union will likely face difficult strategic decisions: whether to back the United States in its geopolitical competition with China; whether to punish China for its support of Russia; whether to rebuild relations with Russia after the war. These decisions will affect European citizens …

Russia’s regional governors have been set the fiendish task of reacting to emergencies while maintaining the semblance of peace in their regions. The recent drone attacks on Moscow and cross-border incursions into Russia’s Belgorod region did not lead to any radical changes on the map of hostilities, but they revealed …

In Bratislava, President Macron presented a vision for a militarily capable EU that enlarges eastward. But making this a reality means revising the bloc’s governance. Last week, when embarking on his trip to Bratislava to attend the GLOBSEC Forum and then to Moldova for the second summit of the European …

Il est amusant de constater qu’à la guerre, rien n’est totalement nouveau, et rien n’est totalement pareil. À la bataille navale de Navarin, le 20 octobre 1827, on avait fait usage de brûlots, de petites embarcations chargées d’explosifs ou de matériaux inflammables et qu’on envoie se promener vers des navires …

Ukraine, Russia, and the Lessons of World War I On February 24, 2022, the great Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and his wife were awakened in their home in Kyiv by the sound of Russian missiles. At first, he could not believe what was happening. “You have to get used psychologically …

The export of Iranian military products increased threefold in the past year, the country’s defense minister said. In an address to a gathering of Defense Ministry officials on Saturday, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the export of products developed by his ministry tripled in the previous Iranian year, which …

La guerre hybride 2.0 contre le Sud mondial n’a même pas commencé. États pivots, vous êtes tous prévenus. Les spécialistes des think tanks américains ne sont pas vraiment familiers avec Montaigne : «Sur le plus haut trône du monde, on n’est jamais assis que sur son cul». L’orgueil conduit ces …

Le document rapporté ici a été publié le 18 mai par l’agence de presse chinoise Xinhua, et analyse les stratégies utilisées par les États-Unis dans l’application de la diplomatie coercitive contre leurs rivaux et alliés. Vous trouverez ci-dessous la traduction intégrale en français (d’après la version italienne).Introduction Les États-Unis ont …

The UN, ostensibly dedicated to protecting human rights, and has, in fact, devolved into hurling bogus, tabloid-style allegations as it joins other blood-libel false charges by considering the addition of Israel to its list of blacklisted entities in its 2023 Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Report. The UN resolution draft …

Assad’s militia is deliberately sowing security chaos among different military factions originating from the same towns or regions, Orient Net writes. In recent days, the governorate of Damascus countryside has experienced a resurgence of assassinations, security turmoil, and an alarming proliferation of weapons. These incidents have been occurring across different …