France has stopped clinging to notions of being a great power and is embracing the middle power moment. But Emmanuel Macron has his work cut out if he is to secure his country’s global standing before his term in office ends. France is leaning into its status as a great …

Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine turned Russia into a pariah state in the West overnight. The Russian president had assumed he could topple the Ukrainian government within days. But as his 40-mile armored column stalled on the road to Kyiv, Moscow found itself in a protracted conflict, with an …

Nous vivons un moment étrange, presque obscène.L’humanité n’a jamais été aussi équipée technologiquement, jamais aussi connectée, jamais aussi capable de prévoir, de modéliser, d’anticiper. Et pourtant, jamais elle n’a semblé aussi proche de replonger, presque mécaniquement, dans les vieux réflexes de domination, de peur et d’escalade. La crise entre les …

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Have Been Friends and Allies for Decades, but They Have Picked Different Sides in the Fighting in Yemen Two gasoline Goliaths of the Persian Gulf are facing off, and neither of them is Iran — in fact, both are allies of the United …

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A Declaration of Arrest Report, issued by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the detention of Ori Solomon on January 31, states that there is a “deeper conspiracy” between an illegal biological lab in Reedley, California and a residence containing apparently dangerous substances in Nevada. Fortunately, in …

AYATOLLAH Ali Khamenei’s top crony has said Iran is “ready” for the doomsday scenario of sustained Trump-sanctioned strikes. The country’s leadership has been putting up a brave front as an armada and fleet of fighter jets – the biggest US military build-up in the region since the Iraq war – …

The amnesty decree issued by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on February 18 has sparked widespread debate among Syrian legal experts and human rights lawyers over its legality and constitutionality, particularly given that it was issued by a transitional authority. The controversy has intensified over the legitimacy of granting such a …

Iran-backed PIJ terror group’s flexible command structure and unfettered emphasis on armed conflict has helped it expand influence in the territory, deepening the challenge for Israel With Hamas constrained by a host of political and military factors, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the most prominent Palestinian terror group after Hamas, has upped …

Trump wants Britain’s help with another illegal war in the Middle East, which could have far reaching consequences US president Donald Trump has signalled that British military bases may be crucial to an attack on Iran, without offering a legal justification for bombing that country. Trump posted on Wednesday: “Should …