July, 2024

• 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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• 12 July

  ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in June 2024

  

  ISIS carried out at least 29 confirmed attacks in June in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, Deir Ez Zor, and Aleppo governorates. These attacks killed at least 49 pro-Assad regime soldiers and two civilian and wounded at least 23 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 12 high quality* attacks carried …

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• 12 July

  Erdogan meets ‘dear friend’ Putin as Russia, Turkey eye cooperation on Syria

  

  The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to bilateral ties only days ahead of the NATO summit. Less than a week before his planned travel to the NATO summit in Washington, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met in Astana on Wednesday and reaffirmed their commitment …

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• 12 July

  Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in US for NATO summit: Defense sales, PKK ties in focus

  

  The Turkish president said cooperation against terrorism and removing defense sale obstacles against his country will top his agenda during his trip. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Washington on Tuesday to attend the NATO’s three-day summit, where Ankara is expected to make its case for boosting defense sales …

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• 12 July

  Iran: Reformer Pezeshkian On The Path To Reforms? – Analysis

  

  Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates for greater openness towards the West, was elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a decisive second round of presidential elections held on 5 July 2024. He faced hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, succeeding President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash …

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