Eurasia

Israeli Strikes on Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon Kill Nearly 500

Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon killed almost 500 people, including dozens of women and children, and wounded more than 1,600, according to Lebanese authorities, in the deadliest wave of strikes since the current hostilities began in October. The Israeli military said it launched strikes against more than 1,300 locations …

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In a high-risk move, Israel ramps up escalation against Hezbollah

In recent years, many Israelis, both regular citizens as well as policymakers, have concluded that a war with Hezbollah was necessary — perhaps inevitable — given the Lebanese militant group’s on-again, off-again missile strikes against Israel’s border communities. This perception only intensified after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, when …

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Biden Can Halt Wider War: Stop Sending Arms

Israel’s violence toward its neighbors, long out of control in its destruction of Gaza, now threatens to open new fronts, involve new nations, and even drag the United States into direct conflict. Promises of a ceasefire from the Biden Administration have come to nothing. Soft, behind the scenes diplomacy has …

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When Britain armed Iraq’s genocidal war on the Kurds

Conservative and Labour governments supported Baghdad’s brutal attack on the Kurds 60 years ago, knowing it may have constituted genocide, declassified files show. UK ministers stepped up arms exports to Iraq’s regime after it launched a “terror campaign” against the Kurds in 1963Thousands of rockets were sent to Baghdad knowing …

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Une contrée sauvage de miroirs : La dernière guerre de l’Hégémon

Andrei Martyanov s’est taillé une place unique, auréolée d’une pensée critique profonde sur toutes les questions de guerre et de paix. Dans ses livres précédents, sur son blog Reminiscence of the Future et dans d’innombrables podcasts, il est devenu la source incontournable pour tout ce qui concerne les rouages de …

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Why Israel’s Assault On Lebanon’s Hezbollah Puts Iran’s IRGC In An Unprecedented Dilemma – Analysis

As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, global attention is glued to the latest escalation taking place in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah, which has brought the region yet another step closer to all-out war. On Monday, nearly 500 people, including 35 children, …

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European Union Morphs Into NATO’s Financial War Machine – OpEd

Two key posts – in foreign and defense policy – reveal the militarist and anti-Russia direction of the European Union. Ursula Von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission – which works as the executive branch of the European Union – announced her new team of commissioners for the …

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What the U.S. Election Means for Ukraine

A Trump Win Would Cause a Crisis for Kyiv—but Wouldn’t Guarantee Defeat Having a strategy—a theory of victory—is essential to winning a war. In 2022, Russia’s initial plan to capture Kyiv and decapitate Ukraine’s leadership failed, and its current approach of grinding down Ukraine’s resistance through attritional war is just …

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Tehran’s damage control tactics amidst Hezbollah’s setbacks

In light of the significant losses suffered by Hezbollah and the escalating concerns in Tehran regarding a potentially unpredictable Israeli attack, the regime’s current strategy appears to be one of damage control. Iran believes that so long as there remains a foundation to build upon, it can eventually reestablish its …

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