In today’s summary: On the Liman direction it is declared about the loss of combat capacity of the Russian 144-th motorized rifle division On the cover direction there were shots of the “road of death” from the bodies of the Russian military near Dobropillia On the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Ministry …
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Armenia Wants To Swap Territories With Azerbaijan To Resolve Exclave Problem – Analysis
Key Takeaways: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has proposed exchanging four small Azerbaijani exclaves inside Armenia for the larger Armenian exclave of Artsvashen inside Azerbaijan to eliminate all enclaves and create a single continuous border, though Baku has not confirmed interest and Armenian officials say the issue is not yet …
Read More »The End of the Security Umbrella: Why the Houthis and the Axis of Resistance Are Changing the Rules of the Game in the Middle East
The Houthis are preparing to march on Riyadh while the Revolutionary Guards are driving America out of every continent.America’s security umbrella has failed to provide the Gulf petro-monarchies with the much-touted security against Iran and the axis of resistance. Instead, it has made them more susceptible to the realization of …
Read More »NATO’s Baltic Gambit: Could Closing the Gulf of Finland Backfire?
NATO’s threat to blockade the Gulf of Finland could backfire by disrupting regional trade, triggering Russian military retaliation, and escalating tensions in the Baltic Sea. Rather than weakening Moscow, such a move could expose NATO’s logistical vulnerabilities and undermine its own military readiness. “We are able within a few hours …
Read More »The Army of Kurdistan
The Iraqi Peshmerga, the military arm of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), remains one of the United States’ most important defense partners in the Middle East. This monograph provides an in-depth assessment of Peshmerga combat effectiveness, particularly considering its experience in the war against the Islamic State and its …
Read More »Paris Protesters Block Off Louvre Museum
Protesters blocked access to the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday morning, preventing the world-famous attraction from opening at its usual time as demonstrations continued across France. The blockade was led by students expressing support for the high school student movement and denouncing what they described as “police repression”, according …
Read More »Turkey’s Approach to Yemen: Pragmatism or Offensive?
In 2026, Turkey’s policy in Yemen shifted from exclusive neutrality and mediation efforts to “the brink” of military intervention against the government in Sanaa and the Ansar Allah movement, yet a range of geopolitical, legal and domestic political factors makes this scenario being fully put into practice unlikely. A Brief …
Read More »Why Marco Rubio Is Bringing the Clash of Civilizations Back: When Propaganda Is Dressed Up as a Civilizational Crusade
Marco Rubio’s Athens speech presented American global dominance as the noble defence of Western civilization, but behind the historical scenery lies a cruder political order — restore Western supremacy and make Europe follow Washington. Marco Rubio chose his setting carefully. Standing in Athens, with the Acropolis and the Parthenon behind …
Read More »Washington Tried to Isolate Russia. Now It Needs Russian Oil
Four years after Washington set out to cripple Russia’s energy economy, America’s war with Iran has forced it to seek relief from the very country it tried to isolate, encircle, and defeat. The Sanctions Strategy Meets Its LimitsOn October 9, US President Donald Trump announced an extraordinary agreement with Russian …
Read More »Geopolitical Constraints and Challenges for the Commercialisation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR): A Case Study of the 2026 Pilot Project Using a National Container Ship
This study provides a multifaceted analysis of the 2026 pilot project involving the operation of a national container ship, an initiative led by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea. The project was launched to demonstrate the viability of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as an …
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