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February 5, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient, South East Asia
Thanks to the Biden administration’s weak and vacillating leadership, Iran, Russia and China have been emboldened to levels never before seen. [T]he Biden administration has not been taking any action to deter, disincentivize or punish those who breach the sanctions. Ever since the Biden administration assumed office, in fact, Iran’s …
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February 5, 2023 Eurasia
Triste coïncidence de l’actualité, au moment où le ministère de l’Intérieur publie le peu reluisant bilan de l’insécurité et de la délinquance de 2022, le meurtre de la jeune Sihem fait la « Une », tragique illustration du bilan de l’(in)action du gouvernement et du législateur. Inaction ? Oui, ou …
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February 5, 2023 Africa, Eurasia
La présidente Meloni, en visite officielle à Tripoli, a engagé l’Italie dans une « coopération à 360° avec la Libye ». Mais avec quelle Libye ? Le « Gouvernement d’Unité nationale » libyen, « internationalement reconnu », présidé par Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Il a été « élu » en 2021 …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The targets include eight senior executives of an Iran-based firm involved in the manufacture of drones used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US Treasury Department on Friday unveiled new sanctions targeting an Iranian drone manufacturer’s board of directors, as part of the Biden administration’s wider effort to choke …
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February 3, 2023 Balkans, Eurasia
Život Danila Vučića je bio ugrožen nakon što je Istraga.ba objavila dokument koji potvrđuje da je sin srpskog predsednika Aleksandra Vučića, službeno prisustvovao obeležavanju neustavnog dana Republike Srpske. Ovo je, piše istraga.ba, suština pisma koje je visoki predstavnik Kristijan Šmit poslao svim stranim ambasadorima u BiH, pozvavši ih da pojedinačno …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia
A few days ago I happened to review the cartoon “Asterix and the Kingdom of the Gods”, based on the immortal writings and drawings of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The similarities with what we have experienced (and are experiencing) from the birth of the “unipolar moment” onwards are perfect …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia
On the so-called Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion in Davos, on January 19 this year, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson confidently claimed that President Putin will never use nuclear weapons and that the collective West can therefore calmly continue arming Ukraine with increasingly heavy weapons so that it …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Social protest sweeping the country. Economic isolation and a deteriorating security situation in the region. The Islamic Republic of Iran is currently going through one of the most difficult periods in its 44-years old history. Is this the time of the end of clerical rule? Let’s look at the processes …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
U.S. Central Command executed 43 operations targeting Islamic State operatives in Iraq and Syria in January as it escalates efforts to stabilize the region. CENTCOM recapped the first month of 2023 in a report released Thursday detailing the progress made by U.S. and ally forces. Across 43 operations, the coalition …
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February 3, 2023 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Britain’s Foreign Office has blocked a plan that would have led to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) proscribed as a terrorist organisation, according to a report. The government department cited the need to keep communication channels with Tehran open as relations between the two countries continue on a downward …
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