June, 2024

• 25 June

  How The US Can Beat The Kremlin In Moldova – Analysis

  

  Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine was a seismic event for the Republic of Moldova. The war upended Chișinău’s long-held belief that constitutional neutrality would protect the country. Additionally, the invasion focused Brussels’s attention on Moldova, which the European Union has often regarded as an afterthought. Moscow’s war catalyzed Moldova’s politics …

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• 25 June

  West Asleep At The Wheel At The Dawn Of ‘Cold War 2’ – Analysis

  

  The Soviet-China partnership at the beginning of Cold War, and the present quasi-alliance between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea all have much in common. Their overriding goal is to topple the United States. This means that the U.S. cannot simply withdraw behind its oceans and adopt a posture of …

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• 25 June

  Who will win a post-heroic war? Neither side is prepared to fight

  

  Neither the West not its enemies are prepared to fight. Some 30 years ago, I coined the phrase “post-heroic warfare” to acknowledge a new phenomenon: the very sharp reduction in the tolerance of war casualties. My starting point was President Clinton’s 1993 decision to abandon Somalia after 18 American soldiers …

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• 25 June

  Bruits de guerre et logique géopolitique

  

  Le monde est confronté au danger d’une grande guerre. Pour comprendre l’ampleur de cette menace, il faut aller au-delà des nouvelles en provenance d’Ukraine. Il faut aussi, d’une part, essayer d’apprécier de manière équilibrée le facteur variable de la volonté humaine dans la gestion des crises internationales et, d’autre part, …

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• 25 June

  How Likely Is It That The US Replaces Zelensky In The First Half Of Next Year?

  

  Zelensky’s only use right now is to legitimize radical policies and he’ll then be cast aside once he’s done what’s needed of him, though it’s unclear when that’ll be since everything depends on whether NATO conventionally intervenes in Ukraine. President Putin shared his view during a press conference in Hanoi …

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• 25 June

  Why China Sat Out the Ukraine Peace Summit

  

  Beijing’s refusal to take part does not mean it wants to keep its distance from the Ukraine war. Instead, it will look for allies in the Global South. The recent Ukraine peace summit convened by Kyiv to exert diplomatic pressure on Moscow took place without a Chinese delegation. It might …

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• 25 June

  ‘I Understand’: The Yugoslav War Refugees Helping Other Refugees

  

  Some of the refugees from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s have dedicated their lives to helping others who were also driven from their homes by conflict. On March 26, 1999, two days after NATO began bombing Yugoslavia, Marin Din Kajdomcaj was seized and tortured by Serb paramilitaries in his …

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• 25 June

  Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?

  

  Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This sentiment seems appropriate as Israel potentially appears ready to embark on a war against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said …

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• 25 June

  Canada Designates IRGC as Terrorist Organization

  

  Latest Developments Canada’s federal government designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 19 as a terrorist organization pursuant to the Criminal Code. The move comes after years of pressure from Canada’s parliament, opposition, and Iranian diaspora, which have repeatedly highlighted the IRGC’s longstanding role in fomenting international terrorism, …

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• 25 June

  UN inquiry concludes Israeli army is “one of the most criminal armies in the world”

  

  An official United Nations inquiry into violations of international law by Israel in Palestine submitted its findings yesterday, accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the “extermination” of Palestinians in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Navi Pillay, the chairperson of the inquiry and former United Nations …

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