December 18 marked the end of the 2022 World Cup. The date, which coincided with Qatar’s national holiday was fitting to celebrate an event seen as the pinnacle of Qatar’s impressive economic development and growth strategy. Much of this economic development is credited to the visionary leadership of two men: …

“The internet is an effective incubator of radicalisation and violent extremism, producing echo chambers wherein virtual social networks serve as a shield for radicalised individuals, denying them an opportunity to encounter contrary descriptions of reality.” – Colin P Clarke, Director of Research at The Soufan Group, explores the evolution of …

11-months into the war in Ukraine, significant Russian military casualties have forced Moscow to rely more heavily on the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked private military company. Amid battlefield attrition of his forces, Wagner head Prigozhin has lowered recruiting standards and is actively recruiting from Russian prisons. Prison recruitments will inevitably …

Yemen’s long-running civil war between the internationally recognized Republic of Yemen Government and the Iran-backed Houthi movement diminished in 2022, but a permanent solution will likely remain elusive in 2023. Two negotiating tracks – one led by U.N. mediators and a separate Oman-brokered Saudi Arabia-Houthi dialogue – have failed to …

U.S. and allied policy toward Iran will grow even more hardline in 2023 as the various threats posed by Tehran have become more acute, particularly its alliance with Moscow. Long-stalled negotiations to revive the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement are unlikely to resume, and Iran will advance its nuclear program …

The emergence of new centres of power in Eurasia has entailed a re-reading of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s book which drew an analogy between the Eurasian supercontinent and a grand chessboard. Following the global financial crisis of the last few years, countries like China, Russia and India have started to project greater …

Les médias se font l’écho du fait que le système de production d’armements tourne à plein dans le monde aujourd’hui, en Occident en particulier. S’il est légitime pour la Russie de le faire, elle qui est en conflit officiel, ce l’est moins pour ses adversaires non encore cobelligérants, même si …

Petit à petit, puis soudainement. Depuis la décision surprise de la Russie de se retirer volontairement de la rive ouest de Kherson au cours de la première semaine de novembre, les lignes de front en Ukraine n’ont guère connu de changements spectaculaires. Cela reflète en partie le temps prévisible de …

Les « élites » autoproclamées de Davos ont peur. Tellement peur. Lors des réunions du Forum économique mondial de cette semaine, le maître à penser Klaus Schwab – qui a joué son rôle de méchant de James Bond – n’a cessé de répéter un impératif catégorique : nous avons besoin …

La semaine prochaine sera célébré le 79ème anniversaire de la levée du siège de Leningrad par les Soviétiques qui repoussèrent les Allemands après 872 jours au prix de de la vie de 800 000 soldats et d’un million de civils. Il faut rappeler quel était le projet de l’Allemagne de …