July, 2024

• 13 July

  NATO’s Biggest Test Since the Cold War Is Still Ahead

  

  The allies have to find a way to end the war without sacrificing Ukraine in the process. At this week’s celebration of NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary, there will be plenty of self-congratulatory speeches about the strongest, most enduring, and most successful alliance in history and promises to keep it that way …

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• 13 July

  Un document déclassifié sur les plans de Paris pour envoyer des milliers de soldats en Ukraine

  

  Le service de renseignement extérieur (SVR) de la Russie a déclassifié le rapport complet de l’un de ses résidents sur l’envoi d’un contingent militaire français en Ukraine en mars de cette année. Le texte intégral du rapport du résident du SVR sous le pseudonyme Felix sur le sujet est publié …

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• 13 July

  After Pezeshkian win, Iran nuclear diplomacy hinges on US election

  

  Iran’s president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, says he wants to negotiate with the United States, but is the feeling mutual? The recent election of a little-known Reformist as Iran’s next president could keep the door open for diplomacy over the country’s nuclear program should the winner of the US presidential election in …

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• 13 July

  Spotlight on Iran

  

  Following the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as president of Iran, there has been a marked Iranian effort to emphasize Iran’s commitment to continued support for the “resistance front” it leads: the Iranian media has highlighted the message of support sent by the president-elect to Hezbollah’s secretary-general, in which he stressed …

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• 13 July

  Interpreting The Polish Military Chief’s Decision To Prepare For “Full-Scale Conflict”

  

  This strongly hints that Poland isn’t ruling out a conventional intervention in Ukraine under certain circumstances and expects that it would rapidly escalate into another Polish-Russian War just like the one that broke out after World War I. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces General Wieslaw …

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• 12 July

  Enfin à la tête de l’Europe, le président de l’UE parle en notre nom : «L’OTAN doit rester un projet de paix, pas de guerre sans fin»

  

  L’OTAN est sur le point de connaître un tournant. Il convient de rappeler que l’alliance militaire la plus réussie de l’histoire du monde a débuté comme un projet de paix et que son succès futur dépend de sa capacité à maintenir la paix. Mais aujourd’hui, au lieu de la paix, …

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• 12 July

  Iran Update, July 9, 2024

  

  Hamas is threatening to end ceasefire negotiations with Israel in response to Israeli raids targeting Hamas fighters in Gaza City. This effort may seek to trigger increased international pressure on Israel to stop the raids. Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh said on July 8 that continued Israeli raids in …

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• 12 July

  Iran Update, July 10, 2024

  

  Palestinian militias, including Hamas, are continuing to coordinate militarily and politically with Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Deputy Secretary General Jamil Mazhar met with the leaders of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias Asaib Ahl al Haq, the Badr Organization, and the Jihad and Construction Movement in …

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• 12 July

  Putin’s New War Economy

  

  Why Soviet-Style Military Spending—and State Intervention—Won’t Save Russia In Russia, the tradition of making fun of Soviet economic planning is almost as old as attempts to improve the economic system. “What would happen if socialism were built in the Sahara?” an old joke asks. The answer: “At first, except for …

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• 12 July

  Service to what nation?

  Why people should stop talking about conscription. Somewhere among the detritus left in the wake of the erratic and shambolic western response to the Ukraine crisis, you have probably spotted the idea of re-introducing some kind of conscription, or national military service. The politest thing one can say about this …

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