June, 2024

• 25 June

  Serbia’s New Intelligence Service Chief Will Guard Vucic’s ‘Captured’ State

  

  The appointment of a ruling party apparatchik as head of the powerful Security Information Agency suggests the intelligence service will remain a loyal servant of Serbia’s president.The Serbian public was informed last week that the National Security Council, NSC, chaired by President Aleksandar Vucic, had approved the appointment of Vladimir …

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• 25 June

  How the Latest Sanctions Will Impact Russia—and the World

  

  The new sanctions package will be extremely painful for the Russian economy, but it’s two years too late to be a gamechanger. In a global context, however, it increases the risk of the fragmentation of the financial system. Washington introduced yet another package of sanctions against Russia’s financial, energy, and …

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• 25 June

  Environment and people are the fuel of war in Syria Tarhin: 1200 oil refineries poisoning the air and soil

  Through a narrow opening no more than 50 centimeters wide, without any safety equipment, Hussein enters the heart of the primitive fuel refining stations (burners) every day, inhaling toxic gases and emitted chemical odors. He faces them with a scarf that does not protect him from severe bronchitis. Inside an …

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• 21 June

  Iran Update, June 19, 2024

  

  Hamas is preserving its forces in Rafah rather than engaging the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), likely because Hamas does not believe Israel’s Rafah operation will be decisive.[i] Israeli journalists traveling with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Rafah reported that Hamas fighters are avoiding becoming decisively engaged, and that Hamas’ …

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• 21 June

  Hezbollah Threatens Cyprus Over Israel Links

  

  Latest Developments Hezbollah warned Cyprus on June 19 against helping Israel in any future war in Lebanon, signaling that the Mediterranean island nation could also face a terrorist attack. Amid expectations that more than eight months of Hezbollah provocations against northern Israel could soon spiral into full-blown war, the Iran-backed …

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• 21 June

  Israeli regime preparing for all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon

  

  A drastic escalation of tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon over the past week has brought the prospect of an expansion of war across the Middle East ever closer. Following Israel’s assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander and a retaliatory rocket barrage fired on northern Israel, The …

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• 21 June

  How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions And Global Conflicts In The 21st Century – OpEd

  

  Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides. As the U.S.-led global order faces challenges, their influence as transnational actors will only increase. Shortly after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War and the beginning of the widescale destruction of Gaza …

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• 21 June

  Israeli Setbacks Empower Hamas – Analysis

  

  Israeli military triumphs and exploits often produce battlefield victories that fail to garner political gains. The Gaza war has changed that paradigm. It has produced neither a military nor a political victory. Adding fuel to the fire, Israel has abandoned the notion that soft power is as important as hard …

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• 21 June

  Post-Raisi Iran: A New Chapter In Iranian Politics – OpEd

  

  The sudden death of Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian regime’s president, in a suspicious helicopter crash will disrupt the constructed succession plan for the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This disruption will not necessarily favor Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei, as many might assume, but will instead create opportunities for …

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• 21 June

  Russia’s Post-War Dilemmas In Ukraine – OpEd

  

  In regard of the war in Ukraine, Russia’s main challenge going forward is to find the equilibrium between strategic overestimation and underestimation. “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten,” as Bill Gates put …

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