June, 2024

• 21 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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• 19 June

  EXCLUSIVE: First Translation of Khameini’s New Book on the Destruction of America, Israel

  

  As Jonathan Tobin writes at Commentary: The Khamenei Palestine book is important not in and of itself but because the regime’s obsession with Israel is a key to its foreign policy. Iran constitutes a grave threat to Neighboring Arab countries that are at least as angry about the president’s embrace …

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• 19 June

  State Department Sanctions Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia

  

  Latest Developments The State Department designated an Iran-backed Iraqi militia — Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA) — on June 17 as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. State also designated HAAA’s secretary general, Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi. The designees are part of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq (IRI), an umbrella …

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• 19 June

  Fear Factor

  

  How to Know When You’re in a Security Dilemma Great-power competition is back. With the post–Cold War unipolar moment over, the United States and China now jostle over trade and technology, compete in a conventional and nuclear arms race, and seek to counter the other in various hot spots. So …

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• 19 June

  The Death of Petrodollar

  

  The Deep State should have been alert five years ago when Candidate Joe Biden announced that he, if elected as president, was determined to make the Saudi rulers “pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are.” Biden was blunt to the point of being brutal …

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• 19 June

  Les États-Unis sont en guerre contre la Russie depuis plus de 100 ans

  

  Cet article résume brièvement l’histoire des guerres menées par les États-Unis contre la Russie et l’Union soviétique. Il résume également le projet américain visant à rayer l’Union soviétique de la carte : 204 bombes atomiques, 66 villes. (15 septembre 1945). Bref historique. Chronologie 1918-1920 : Les premières forces américaines et …

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• 19 June

  L’intégration eurasiatique comme réponse aux acteurs non invités en Eurasie

  

  Le Congrès international de Kazan sur l’intégration eurasiatique se positionne comme une plateforme importante pour le grand espace que représente l’Eurasie et les processus d’interaction et d’intégration qui s’y déroulent, mais également constitue un rappel aux acteurs néfastes qui n’y sont pas les bienvenus. Tous ces aspects renforcent d’une manière …

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• 19 June

  Le suicide d’Israël

  

  La décadence d’Israël génèrera lassitude et indifférence. Il ne lui restera que l’escalade de la sauvagerie, la torture et la violence assassine contre des civils désarmés Lorsqu’Israël aura réussi à décimer Gaza – Israël parle de mois de guerre se prolongeant au moins jusqu’à la fin de l’année – il …

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• 19 June

  After Ukraine Peace Summit, Question Remains Whether Russia Will Come To The Table – Analysis

  

  For two days during the June 15-16 summit for peace in Ukraine, senior officials from more than 90 countries focused on the most devastating conflict in Europe since World War II. As the delegations dispersed, participants lauded the launching of a process to keep the dialogue going and the prospect …

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• 19 June

  Demographic Winter Chills: East Asian Military Might: China, Japan, South Korea Face Recruitment Hurdles – OpEd

  

  Falling birthrates in East Asia are causing concerns over whether the region’s military forces will be able to maintain their troop levels in future. As a result, China, Japan, and South Korea are changing their recruitment standards even though they have invested heavily in programmes to boost birthrates. However, some …

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