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Judy Asks: Will Macron’s Vision for European Defense Gain Traction?

Amid Russia’s aggression and uncertainty around U.S. leadership, Macron is right to call for Europe’s self-reliance in defense. To achieve it, France needs to lead by example and get all allies on board. Célia Belin – Senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and head of its …

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L’imbrication des paradigmes stratégiques

De nombreux Européens opteraient pour le rétablissement de la compétitivité de l’Europe, pour faire de l’Europe un acteur diplomatique plutôt que militaire. Theodore Postol, professeur de science, de technologie et de politique de sécurité nationale au MIT, a fourni une analyse médico-légale des vidéos et des preuves qui ressortent de …

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La grande fringale des armées

L’institut international de recherche sur la paix de Stockholm (SIPRI), qui publie chaque année le tableau le plus vaste et cohérent des dépenses militaires mondiales, le confirme : elles ont pulvérisé tous les records en 2023 en atteignant 2440 milliards de dollars – soit près de 7% d’augmentation sur un …

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L’hystérie sur fond d’agonie n’aidera pas l’Occident

Sergueï Lavrov a le don de résumer de manière concise l’essentiel de la situation. Parfois, quelques mots lui suffisent, qui deviennent ensuite «proverbiaux». On ne sait pas si ce sera le cas des déclarations du ministre des Affaires étrangères lors de son entretien avec trois stations de radio (dont Sputnik), …

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Iran Update, April 29, 2024

Hamas is considering a new Egyptian ceasefire proposal that would require Hamas to release 20 to 33 living Israeli hostages.[i] Egyptian officials reportedly sent Hamas the proposal on April 26 after Egyptian intelligence officials met with the IDF chief of staff and Shin Bet head in Egypt and Israel.[ii] Hamas …

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Iran Update, April 28, 2024

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approved operational plans “for the continuation of the war” during a visit to IDF Southern Command on April 28.[i] He discussed the plans with IDF Southern Command commander Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman and division and brigade commanders. An Israeli war correspondent said that Rafah …

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The geopolitics of labor: Israel’s quest to replace Palestinian workers with Indians

On 10 April, in the thick of the war on Gaza, the Israeli government, facing a labor crisis, announced that it would fly in 6,000 Indian laborers during April and May on state-subsidized shuttle flights. This decision follows Israel’s suspension of work permits for Palestinian construction workers, a move that …

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Yemen downs third US MQ-9 Reaper drone since November

The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, announced on 27 April that Sanaa downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone and that its troops successfully targeted the British-owned MV Andromeda Star crude oil tanker. According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the Yemeni armed forces launched three anti-ship …

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Hamas holds dozens of high-ranking Israeli officers in Gaza: Report

A source within Palestinian resistance movement Hamas told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on 24 April that the group holds around 30 Israeli army generals and officers from the Shin Bet security service as prisoners in the Gaza Strip. “The movement alone has about 30 generals and Shin Bet officers, who were captured …

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