April, 2024

• 12 April

  Should Russia Have Invited China & India To Join Eurasian Security Talks At The Same Time?

  

  The fact that the Russian leader’s envisaged Eurasian security dialogue is beginning as a manifestation of the Sino-Russo Entente by dint of Lavrov formally inviting China to participate in it before any other country could unwittingly aid the pro-American lobby in India. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed during his …

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• 12 April

  From Tunis to Cairo: Europe Extends Its Border Across North Africa

  

  The EU’s latest migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia offshore border control without meaningful commitments to address root causes of migration or safeguard human rights. The European Union is going all-in on border externalization. In March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Georgi Meloni, and four …

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• 12 April

  Europe’s Radical Right Is Formidable—but not Unstoppable

  

  Radical-right forces are already influencing EU policies and could determine the bloc’s future direction. Yet internal divisions give mainstream parties a tactical advantage in this pivotal election year. Europe’s political landscape is changing rapidly, with the dominant trend favoring the radical right. Such parties are already in or supporting five …

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• 12 April

  Four ways Iran could retaliate against Israel’s latest strike

  

  Iran is vowing to respond to Israel’s strike last week that killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials, including Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Zahedi was not just another senior Iranian official. Reportedly the commander of the IRGC’s overseas paramilitary organization, known as the Quds Force, in Syria and …

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• 12 April

  Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance

  

  Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China Just a decade ago, most U.S. and European officials were dismissive about the durability of the emerging partnership between China and Russia. The thinking in Western capitals was that the Kremlin’s ostentatious rapprochement with China since …

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• 12 April

  The Only Way for Israel to Truly Defeat Hamas

  

  Why the Zionist Dream Depends on a Two-State Solution The war Israel launched on Hamas after the group’s horrific October 7 attacks is a righteous mission. Hamas fighters massacred hundreds of innocent people, deliberately killed children and the elderly, and raped and mutilated women. They abducted hundreds of civilians—including women, …

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• 12 April

  Ukraine’s demographic crisis strains military as young men dwindle

  

  The exodus of 800,000 Ukrainian women of childbearing age to European Union nations since the war began has further compounded the problem. As Ukraine’s war against Russian forces rages on, the country is facing a critical shortage of young men to replenish its depleted military ranks – the result of …

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• 12 April

  Defense Express: Russia’s new Kh-69 cruise missiles, “worse than Kinzhal,” used in Trypilska power plant strike

  

  Though its warhead is smaller and it is subsonic, the Kh-69 can be stealthily launched from small tactical jets According to Defense Express, Russia used its new Kh-69 cruise missiles to completely destroy the Trypilska thermal power plant, the most powerful power plant in Ukraine’s Kyiv Oblast, during the strike …

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• 12 April

  Gagauzia Plans To Declare Independence If Moldova Pursues Unity With Romania – Analysis

  

  Gagauzia, a small (140,000-strong) Christian Turkic and pro-Russian autonomous region in Moldova, is on its way to becoming a new hotspot in Eastern Europe that could trigger a direct confrontation between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A month ago, Yevgenia Gutsul, Gagauzia’s bashkan (head), met with Russian …

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• 12 April

  Europe Needs More Funds For Defence As Wider War ‘No Longer A Fantasy’, Borrell Warns

  

  A full-scale conflict in Europe is “no longer a fantasy” and Europeans must find new ways to financially prepare for a potentially wider war on the continent, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday (9 April). “War is certainly looming around us (…), and a high-intensity, conventional war …

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