Introduction: A World on the Edge – Why Stability is Becoming a Rare ThingThe last century seemed like an era of predictability and relative order, albeit sustained by a balance of forces of fear. But the reality of 2026 tells a different story: we live in a world where tensions …
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24 May
Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond. In September 2025, nine mosques and cultural centers in and around Paris were targeted with a grotesque Islamophobic stunt: Bloody severed pig heads, each marked with the word …
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24 May
Sun Tzu and Clausewitz: Who is more relevant to modern warfare?
The first part of this study explores Clausewitz’s truly systems-based approach to war and demonstrates how useful this approach remains for formulating a definition of war that can conceptualize the full diversity of modern warfare’s manifestations. To successfully accomplish this, Clausewitz’s definition of war as a chameleon, his unusual theoretical …
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Wedge Strategy vs. Water Doctrine: How Great Powers Destroy Global Regimes
A Geopolitical Analysis of the Clash Between the Obsession with “Decapitation” and the Philosophy of Quiet AssimilationWarfare in the 21st century has evolved technologically beyond recognition. From hypersonic platforms and autonomous systems to cyber infiltration of critical infrastructure and manipulation of information space. But behind digital screens, data arrays, and …
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24 May
Entre le Hezbollah & Israël, qui est le véritable monstre ?
90 000 vs 999. Si nous voulons qualifier quelqu’un ou un groupe de monstre, alors laissons plutôt parler les chiffres. Ici — sans l’ombre d’un doute — c’est bien Israël le monstre, pas le Hezbollah. J’ai déboursé 25 dollars pour assister au débat Munk de mercredi soir opposant l’équipe de …
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Syria’s New Government Appointments: More Continuity Than Change
The years that President Sharaa’s circle spent managing Idlib province now look less like improvised wartime governance and more like a deliberate long-term project to build the cadres of a future state. In recent weeks, Syria’s transitional authorities began a process of shuffling senior-level positions across the new government. This …
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24 May
Serb Separatists Paid Millions in Lobbying Campaign that Targeted Diplomat Tasked with Protecting Peace in Bosnia
When the top international official overseeing the fragile peace agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced his resignation this week, analysts went into overdrive. Among other factors, many noted the public clashes between Christian Schmidt and Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik, who had never acknowledged his appointment and called him …
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24 May
Iran’s Drone Strategy (Part 1): Wartime Performance and Adaptations
The war has shown that Iran’s one-way attack drones are highly adaptable tools of coercion and military effect, able to continue imposing costs across the Gulf region and beyond even after heavy losses. According to recent U.S. military estimates, as much as 85 percent of Iran’s drone arsenal and associated …
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24 May
How a Belgian Aristocrat Under Investigation for Money Laundering Moved Millions Into Colombia
He once walked the halls of global financial institutions and hobnobbed with Europe’s elite, but today the Belgian prince and disgraced banker Henri de Croÿ has reinvented himself as an affable Colombian hotelier. Ditching the suit and tie of a high-flying financier, he was spotted recently in leather moccasins and …
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24 May
The Wake-up Call for the US to Counter Chinese Economic Coercion
The much-anticipated meeting in Beijing between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ended without any significant tangible breakthrough in relations between the United States and China. Behind the facade of cordial relations between the leaders, the differences between Washington and Beijing over trade, Taiwan, and Iran became apparent at the end …
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