The predominance of the psychological over the physical, and its greater constancy, point to the conclusion that the foundation of any theory of war should be as broad as possible. —B.H. Liddell Hart, Strategy1 Over the past decade, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has watched Russia’s employment of information …

Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world at the heart of Eurasia, is holding the Astana International Forum this week with the aim to amplify the voices of countries seeking a less polarised international order and greater collaboration in addressing humanity’s biggest challenges. Looking at the state of our …

Mongolia is a country that has a unique geographical, demographic, economic and geopolitical position. And it is not favorable at all, at least at first glance. Mongolia has no access to the sea, it is located in the climatically cruelly cold East Asia. It has the lowest population density of …

IntroductionIn the years to come, the European Union will likely face difficult strategic decisions: whether to back the United States in its geopolitical competition with China; whether to punish China for its support of Russia; whether to rebuild relations with Russia after the war. These decisions will affect European citizens …

Russia’s regional governors have been set the fiendish task of reacting to emergencies while maintaining the semblance of peace in their regions. The recent drone attacks on Moscow and cross-border incursions into Russia’s Belgorod region did not lead to any radical changes on the map of hostilities, but they revealed …

In Bratislava, President Macron presented a vision for a militarily capable EU that enlarges eastward. But making this a reality means revising the bloc’s governance. Last week, when embarking on his trip to Bratislava to attend the GLOBSEC Forum and then to Moldova for the second summit of the European …

Il est amusant de constater qu’à la guerre, rien n’est totalement nouveau, et rien n’est totalement pareil. À la bataille navale de Navarin, le 20 octobre 1827, on avait fait usage de brûlots, de petites embarcations chargées d’explosifs ou de matériaux inflammables et qu’on envoie se promener vers des navires …

Ukraine, Russia, and the Lessons of World War I On February 24, 2022, the great Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and his wife were awakened in their home in Kyiv by the sound of Russian missiles. At first, he could not believe what was happening. “You have to get used psychologically …

The export of Iranian military products increased threefold in the past year, the country’s defense minister said. In an address to a gathering of Defense Ministry officials on Saturday, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the export of products developed by his ministry tripled in the previous Iranian year, which …

La guerre hybride 2.0 contre le Sud mondial n’a même pas commencé. États pivots, vous êtes tous prévenus. Les spécialistes des think tanks américains ne sont pas vraiment familiers avec Montaigne : «Sur le plus haut trône du monde, on n’est jamais assis que sur son cul». L’orgueil conduit ces …