The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)’s apparent hesitancy to disarm Hezbollah has increased international frustration and concern about a potential resumption of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Deputy US Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in Beirut on October 27 to meet with senior Lebanese officials in hopes of preventing renewed fighting …

La tentative de Trump de construire un «scénario de Budapest» (c’est-à-dire un sommet Poutine-Trump fondé sur «l’agrément» antérieure en Alaska) a été unilatéralement annulée (par les États-Unis) en pleine acrimonie. Poutine avait initié l’appel de lundi, qui a duré 2 heures et demi. Poutine aurait eu des mots forts dénonçant …

The Russian military has undergone a rapid and comprehensive transformation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 by optimizing itself to fight a positional war. The Russian military has made a virtue of necessity in that optimization, but its degraded force is now likely incapable of effective maneuver …