Eurasia

Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government coalition has de facto seized control of the parliamentary committee overseeing the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS), traditionally led by the opposition, leading to fears about its impartiality and ability to investigate matters such as the alleged purchase of Pegasus spyware and concerns about bomb threats …

Nearly two-thirds of foreign-made components in Russian weapons are produced in or re-exported from China, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday (24 September). Vladyslav Vlasiuk, an advisor on sanctions policy to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told reporters in Brussels that roughly 60% of foreign-made microchips, circuit boards and other critical …

Chancellor Scholz’s party secured a narrow win in the state of Brandenburg. But the victory cannot disguise Germany’s political and economic woes that also affect the EU. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lived to fight another day, thanks to Dietmar Woidke. But Germany faces multiple crises and how it manages them …

Large scale immigration has led to important changes in political discourse across much of Europe. The lack of successful integration policies has put pressure on government services, thereby weakening social cohesion and, unsurprisingly, producing a vocal and sometimes violent backlash. Large scale immigration has led to important changes in political …

Lebanese sources say a top Hezbollah missile commander Ibrahim Qubaisi is among six killed in an IDF strike on Beirut. The top Hezbollah commander in charge of the terror group’s missile unit was killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment building, two Lebanese security sources have told Reuters. …

Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported Wednesday, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. Lebanese officials said hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled their homes in the south this week to avoid …

How to Avert a Larger War That Neither Side Should Want Within 24 hours of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack, Hezbollah followed with an attack of its own, launching projectiles from Lebanon into northern Israel. Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, explained that the campaign was intended to strain Israel’s resources and …

Why the Future of the Bloc Will Shape Global Order In late October, the group of countries known as the BRICS will convene in the Russian city of Kazan for its annual summit. The meeting is set to be a moment of triumph for its host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 77 attacks on military and civilian targetsin Israel, including the first attacks on the Jezreel Valley, the Lower Galilee and the suburbsaround Haifa. An attempt by a Hezbollah terrorist squad to plant an explosive device bombnear an IDF post was foiled. Two IDF …

Les relations entre l’Ukraine et la Pologne battent de l’aile. Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky accuse de plus en plus Varsovie de ne pas fournir suffisamment d’aide à Kiev. «Selon les participants à la conversation, l’atmosphère entre Zelensky et Sikorski était extrêmement tendue, au point qu’on pouvait parler de dispute», …