Le principal acquis de la visite du président iranien, Ebrahim Raïssi à Pékin va bien au-delà de la signature de 20 accords de coopération bilatéraux. Il s’agit d’un point d’inflexion crucial dans un processus historique intéressant, complexe, qui dure depuis des décennies : l’intégration de l’Eurasie. Rien d’étonnant à ce …

South africa’s navy, like much of the country, is dilapidated. Its fleet spends less than half the time on the seas than it did a decade ago. It has few working ships, a result of budget cuts by the ruling African National Congress (anc). So it makes sense that the …

A YEAR AGO, Vladimir Putin launched the first full-scale invasion of a sovereign European country since the second world war. Badly planned with badly led, badly equipped and badly motivated soldiers, Russia’s offensive stalled against Ukraine’s courageous resistance. The defenders were inspired by Volodymyr Zelensky, led with military flair, and …