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The Era of Wild Putinism: How War Is Changing the Russian Regime and Elites

In today’s Russia, no one knows what tomorrow may bring. Everyone must be prepared to be arrested or imprisoned at any moment, regardless of their position and rank. The country’s elites are gradually descending into survival mode: it’s every man for himself. Russian President Vladimir Putin is invariably described by …

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The Gulf Shifts Policies in Response to the “New” Syria

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have long opposed regime change. But they’re switching course with Syria, where they’re embracing new dynamics and power realities. On December 8, 2024, armed militias toppled the brutal dictatorship of the Assad family, ending a nearly fourteen-year civil war in Syria. Back in March 2011, …

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Imaginer la Riviera de Gaza et autres folies

Netanyahou remporte une autre victoire face à une Maison-Blanche ignorante. Le problème est que les personnes qui regardent nerveusement ce que fait le président Donald Trump pour remodeler le Moyen-Orient au profit d’Israël ne regardent pas assez profondément les changements de politique intérieure américaine qui sont également promus et qui …

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