July, 2025

• 5 July

  Investigating War Crimes: Forced Displacement

  

  More than 122 million people have been forcibly displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency as of June 2024 — an increase of 5.3 million, compared to the end of 2023. Those fleeing are being pushed out by persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and breakdowns in public order. The …

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• 5 July

  Operation Midnight Hammer: Were Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Damaged? – OpEd

  

  The aftermath of Operation Midnight Hammer, a strike by the US Air Force on three nuclear facilities in Iran authorised by President Donald Trump on June 22, was raucous and triumphant. But that depended on what company you were keeping. The mission involved the bombing of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment …

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• 5 July

  The EU’s Black Sea Strategy: A Neighbourhood Reassessment

  

  The current state of unpredictability and hostility in international affairs is forcing actors to modify their approaches to their neighbours. As the new international order, based on multi-polarity and regional cooperation continues to take shape, the Eurasian continent remains firmly at the heart of this transformation. One of the key …

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• 5 July

  Dix d’un coup

  

  L’OCS peut ce que l’OTAN ne peut pas : désamorcer les hostilités en assurant une «sécurité indivisible» à ses États membres eurasiatiques et de par le monde multipolaire. Les ministres de la Défense des dix membres de l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS) se sont réunis la semaine dernière à …

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• 5 July

  Rafael Grossi, patron de l’AIEA, utilisé par les États-Unis et Israël pour lancer leur guerre contre l’Iran

  

  Rafael Grossi, le directeur général de l’Agence international de l’Énergie atomique (AIEA) a permis que son agence soit instrumentalisée par les États-Unis et Israël – un État nucléaire non déclaré, en violation de longue date des règles de l’AIEA – pour fabriquer un prétexte leur permettant d’attaquer l’Iran, malgré que …

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• 4 July

  The IAEA’s MOSAIC weapon: Predictive espionage and the war on Iran

  

  Ever since Israel launched its illegal war of aggression against Iran on 13 June, speculation has swirled around the role played by MOSAIC – a tool created by shadowy spy-tech firm Palantir. This software has been deeply embedded within the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) operations, particularly its “safeguarding” mission: …

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• 4 July

  How Turkiye’s eastward ambitions serve the Atlanticist order

  

  Since the onset of the 21st century, Turkiye’s foreign policy agenda has shifted decisively eastward, charting a course through Central and South Asia. This transformation signals more than a revival of Ottoman-era influence. It reveals a layered geopolitical project anchored in Pan-Turanist nationalism, Muslim Brotherhood-aligned political Islam, and strategic deployment …

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• 4 July

  From the War of the Cities to True Promise 3: Iran’s ballistic program and the path to networked deterrence

  

  The Islamic Republic’s long-range missile doctrine is not just a tale of arsenal accumulation, but a four-decade transformation from survivalist improvisation to operational supremacy in the face of western and Israeli air dominance. Under a regional sky long dominated by US and Israeli air and intelligence superiority, Iran made a …

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• 4 July

  Israeli pilots dumped ‘unused bombs’ over Gaza during Iran strikes: Report

  

  Israeli officials described the move as a resource-saving measure, but the result was intensified bombing of Gaza by jets returning from unrelated missions Israeli fighter pilots returning from air defense missions during the 12-day war with Iran were routinely authorized to unload their leftover munitions on the Gaza Strip, according …

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• 4 July

  Refusing the leash: How Iraq shut its skies to Tel Aviv and held the line with Washington

  

  As a tentative ceasefire holds between Iran and Israel, Baghdad digs in – asserting sovereignty, pushing back on airspace violations, and refusing to be the ignition point for renewed regional war. Refusing the leash: How Iraq shut its skies to Tel Aviv and held the line with WashingtonAs a tentative …

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