Eurasia

It is well known that the three Baltic States, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, are distinct yet share many similarities. They are comparable in size and have similar social, political, and economic development. They are situated in similar geostrategic positions within the same military operational theatre. For this reason, questions have …

Information Cutoff: 2:00pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. Click here to see CTP …

Since Russia launched a large-scale military operation against Ukraine in February 2022, the Russia-Ukraine war has continued, with the battlefield situation remaining in a stalemate. In modern society of the 21st century, it is an extremely rare human tragedy for such a large-scale war to last for so long, resulting …

The effects of the overthrow of the Kremlin’s Syrian client Bashar al-Assad on Russian influence in the Middle East and Africa has become a hot topic of conversation abroad. So far, relatively little attention has been given to what is likely to prove to be an even more important result …

In today’s summary: In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces went on the offensive south of Sudzha in an area of ​​15 square kilometers and advanced to a depth of 5 kilometersIn the Pokrovsky direction, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces has “slowed down to a minimum”, the …

US President Donald Trump and his team are seriously proposing to deport two million Gazans to neighboring Middle Eastern countries or even to Indonesia for the time needed to rebuild the war-torn region. Although the likelihood of these plans coming to fruition is extremely low (none of the proposed countries …

Trump, in positioning himself as both a political leader and a real estate mogul, offers a disturbing vision of the future in which state power is wielded to clear land for private enterprise. U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest proposal concerning the future of Gaza has sent shockwaves throughout the international …

Israel’s PM is expected to use the high-stakes meeting to secure a commitment from the US to co-operate with it on future military attacks on Iran Benjamin Netanyahu will seek Donald Trump’s support for a joint Israeli-US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites in return for maintaining the ceasefire in Gaza …

The departure of most Russian forces from post-Assad Syria has created a power vacuum benefitting Israel and Türkiye, in particular.Moscow’s reported relocation of military assets from Syria to bases controlled by eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar will enhance Russia’s influence in parts of Africa.The Kremlin will rely even more heavily …

Governments in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon are trying to strengthen the power of the state by reining in non-state actors backed by outside powers.Leaders of the three countries want to prevent non-state militia forces from further embroiling their countries in unwanted conflict with neighboring and other outside powers.Non-state actors in …