Two ultraconservative candidates have pulled out of Iran’s Friday presidential vote, leaving four contenders including one reformist still in the race. Tehran’s ultraconservative mayor, Alireza Zakani, announced his withdrawal in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, after earlier denying he was ending his campaign. Zakani’s withdrawal came …
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July, 2024
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1 July
Bomber, Arsonist, Soldier, Spy: A Documentary Unmasks Russia’s ‘Useful Idiots’ in CEE
Polish filmmaker Konrad Szolajski’s new documentary looks at nearly a decade of Russian sabotage, espionage and disinformation across Central and Eastern Europe, with an eery actuality.“Putting the whole project together took a lot of time – it was very difficult,” Konrad Szolajski explains as we meet a few hours before …
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1 July
Sioniste ou anti-sioniste, le RN et le Front populaire sont soumis à Soros et Netanyahou
Marine Le Pen est enfin assimilée à l’arc républicain en obéissant aux injonctions du Likoud de Netanyahou et Mélenchon est adoubé par la population musulmane française tout en valorisant le transhumanisme et le lgbtisme de Soros. Face à cette opposition, le lobby bancaire souhaite que Macron mette sous tutelle la …
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1 July
«Haïfa aux mains du Hezbollah» : l’inquiétude israélienne grandit face aux échecs sécuritaires récurrents
Les inquiétudes s’accumulent en Israël après la publication par le Hezbollah d’images de drones en gros plan documentant des sites sensibles dans le nord. Alors que les avions israéliens continuant de bombarder le sud du Liban, l’armée israélienne a déclaré que les plans de bataille pour une attaque élargie contre …
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June, 2024
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27 June
Iran Update, June 24, 2024
Hamas is rebuilding its weapons production capacity in the Gaza Strip as part of a larger effort to reconstitute its military forces. An Israeli military correspondent reported on June 24 that Hamas is establishing small weapons manufacturing sites across the Gaza Strip in order to replenish its stockpiles of military …
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27 June
The Return of Peace Through Strength
Making the Case for Trump’s Foreign Policy Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept’s origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian, to whom is attributed the axiom, …
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27 June
A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is
Biden and the Search for a New American Strategy “America is back.” In the early days of his presidency, Joe Biden repeated those words as a starting point for his foreign policy. The phrase offered a bumper-sticker slogan to pivot away from Donald Trump’s chaotic leadership. It also suggested that …
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27 June
Beyond the Copenhagen Criteria: Rethinking the Political Conditions of EU Accession
As the EU accelerates the process of adding new member states, it also needs to rethink the relationship between enlargement and democracy. The union should develop a “Copenhagen plus” approach to encourage more comprehensive democratic reforms in candidate countries. As the EU prepares for its next expansion, it needs to …
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27 June
Europe’s New Leadership Faces a Teamwork Test
The incoming EU leadership will have to navigate political turbulence and internal power dynamics. Working together as a real team would help in tackling the challenges ahead. Despite some last-minute bickering among party groups, the European Council, which represents the EU member states, appears on track to decide on who …
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27 June
Spotlight on Iran
Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri-Kani visited Qatar and met with the Qatari prime minister and the head of Hamas’ political bureau. Bagheri stressed Iran’s support for Hamas and called for expanding the “resistance” to the legal, political, and diplomatic spheres. Against the backdrop of Israel’s threats to initiate an …
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