Eurasia

Russian Invasion Changed Security Calculations Worldwide, Austin Says

The outcome of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine is profoundly important to Ukraine, Europe and all nations of the world, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at the end of the NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels Wednesday. Austin also chaired a meeting of the …

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US-GCC Partnership Can Underpin A More Secure Middle East – OpEd

This week, the Gulf Cooperation Council is hosting a delegation of senior US defense and military leaders in Riyadh to continue the important collaboration of the US-GCC Defense Working Groups. Two key themes have emerged from our collective efforts: That the US is committed to this region and its security, …

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How Bosnia’s Rocky Terrain Aided Wartime Massacre Cover-Ups – Analysis

Dozens of pits and ravines and in mountainous Bosnia and Herzegovina were used to hide bodies of massacre victims and conceal crimes from outsiders during the 1992-95 war – as they were also used during World War II. In mid-June 1992, as the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina began in …

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Une Russie qui change la donne

Pendant ce temps, des nouvelles du cirque Alors que l’Amérique est prête à payer pour que le dernier Ukrainien meure pour elle, le monde occidental parle d’autre chose : Harry Windsor a révélé le secret de famille. Le secret de famille était que Harry est un idiot, dont les ficelles …

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China Lasers Hawaii, Prepares for War

This [spy balloon’s eight-day flight] path certainly suggests China is gathering intelligence for either a first or second strike on America’s nukes. Combined with the green lasers collecting atmospheric data useful for a strike by a hypersonic glide vehicle on Hawaii, American defense planners should be alarmed. The real story …

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Nicola Sturgeon ran out of road but Scottish independence has not

Independence remains defining issue in Scottish politics and is likely to stay so regardless of who picks up the SNP baton Nicola Sturgeon ran out of road. It is as simple as that. Scotland’s first minister, a supreme communicator with a strong claim to being the most effective political leader …

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Stop the war in Ukraine!

Former president Milan Kučan and many other prominent names are calling on countries to end the war in Ukraine. Several prominent politicians, intellectuals and artists called on the EU, NATO, the United States of America and the Russian Federation to end the war in Ukraine in a public letter signed …

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Evgueni Prigojine : « La tâche principale dans toute guerre est de détruire l’armée ennemie »

La SMP « Wagner » est une société militaire privée fondée, financée et dirigée par Evgueni Prigojine, homme d’affaires et aventurier quelque peu hors normes. Le fait que ce soit une société privée ne veut pas dire qu’elle soit sans foi ni loi – ni surtout sans patrie : la …

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How was Kosovo’s independence declared in 2008 and what did Koštunica, Vučić and Tadić say then?

On February 17, 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo adopted by acclamation the Declaration on the Independence of Kosovo. All 109 Albanian MPs voted for the declaration. As Danas wrote at the time, the Kosovo Parliament continued its work in an extraordinary session by adopting the state symbols – the coat …

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United Arab Emirates Continues Its Policy Of Modernizing Intelligence Services – Analysis

The geopolitical evolutions in the Middle East marked by the so-called “Arab Spring”, the conflict in Yemen, the threat represented by the Iranian nuclear program and other global geopolitical developments determined United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take some important steps for modernizing and improving its intelligence services starting with the …

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