Eurasia

“About 14 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being.” So begins Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), by the Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, and so began one of the 21st century’s most astonishing academic careers. Sapiens has sold more than 25 million copies in …

During August 2024, the ISIS weekly al-Nabā’ published two editorials referring to Hamas inconnection with the war in the Gaza Strip. ISIS rejected Hamas’ methods, accusing the Sunni movement of cooperating with theIranian-led Shi’ite axis and stating that the only way to deal with Israel and the Jews was ajihad …

Elections in East Germany reveal how Russia’s war on Ukraine can be exploited for political gain. Rising domestic pressures fueled by societal discontent are becoming a risk for collective Western support for Kyiv. Germany’s regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony on September 1 spelled out the weakness of the country’s …

The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law lack the motivation and military indoctrination required to actually aim their weapons and fire at Russian soldiers. “Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the enemy in the firing position in trenches but don’t …

Finland sees the weaponization of migration as a form of hybrid warfare and has introduced legislation to combat it. No border, large or small, can be controlled without the cooperation of both sides. This is as true of the U.S.-Mexican border as it is of the Sino-Russian border. The management …

La visite officielle du président russe en Mongolie est fortement importante non seulement pour les relations bilatérales russo-mongoles, mais aussi pour tous les pays des BRICS et du Sud global, y compris sur le continent africain. La visite de Vladimir Poutine en Mongolie a bien eu lieu et revêt une …

Le régime de Zelensky vacille, démissions en masse dans son gouvernement dont celle choc du ministre ukrainien des Affaires étrangères : Kuleba. Zelensky doit changer la moitié du gouvernement. Nuit d’incendie : attaques russes sur Kiev et Lviv La nuit dernière a été une autre nuit de feu pour l’Ukraine. …

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending in August 2021, created favorable conditions for Russia to reassert itself as a regional hegemon in broader Central Asia. Historically, as great powers retrench from a territory, the resulting void can be filled either by rival powers or by friendly successor states responsive to …

In Western military thinking, air superiority has long been considered the key to victory. However, achieving complete dominance of the skies not only comes with excessively high costs but is also unrealistic, especially in a near-peer fight. It’s time to reconsider this assumption and focus on building an air force …

In July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would be open to hosting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a visit to Turkey. Normalization will not come easily or soon, but Erdoğan’s push for rapprochement is in itself remarkable. Given the intensity of Turkey’s commitment a decade ago to overthrowing …