February, 2024

• 18 February

  From Yemen to Palestine: The strategic depth of the Houthi-Iranian alliance

  

  On Jan. 18, Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement, gave a televised sermon on the Iran-backed militia group’s television channel. It was just the latest in a series of public appearances, this one aimed at addressing the coordinated US-UK airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen and the Biden …

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• 18 February

  Six Lessons from Our Wartime Journey to Israel-Palestine

  

  Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip is getting worse by the day. Leena, a sixth-grade Palestinian student at the Ramallah Friends School (RFS), passed us a folded, handwritten note. “Palestine is witnessing a genocide right now,” it read. “A child is dying every five minutes of the day. Gaza needs …

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• 18 February

  Is Russia winning its war against Ukraine? Should the United States and its allies push Ukraine to negotiate with Russia?

  

  Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Russia is not winning in Ukraine—but neither is it losing. Despite early predictions of economic collapse, battlefield exhaustion, and international isolation, Russians have, by and large, managed to muddle through. Economically, the country has avoided a collapse; militarily, it has ramped up weapons production; and diplomatically, in a …

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• 18 February

  Russian Military Objectives and Capacity in Ukraine Through 2024

  

  Russian forces are likely to peak in late 2024, with increasing material challenges over the course of 2025. Defeating Russia’s attempt to subjugate Ukraine must be based upon an understanding of what Russia is trying to achieve, how it is intending to achieve its objectives, and its capacity to implement …

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• 18 February

  Religious Extremism In Azerbaijan: Real Threat Or Pretext For Autocracy? – Analysis

  

  In December the U.S. State Department for the first time placed Azerbaijan on its Special Watch List for “engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom.” The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) reported an uptick in the suppression of religious freedoms and an intensification of persecution targeting …

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• 18 February

  Over Million Palestinians Are About To Be Forced Into Egypt At Gunpoint – OpEd

  

  The IDF’s recent airstrikes on civilian areas in Rafah mark the beginning of the final phase of Israel’s massive ethnic cleansing project. On Monday, Israel bombed a number of locations where Palestinian refugees were huddled in tents after fleeing Israel’s onslaught in the North. Videos of the destruction appeared on …

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• 18 February

  The Geopolitics Of The Middle East – OpEd

  

  The Israel-Hamas confrontation is spreading to the wider Middle Eurasian region. This marks a turning point in the on-going reconfiguration of geopolitics in Middle Eurasia. Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen, the latter disrupting maritime trade through the Red Sea which carries nearly 30% of …

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• 18 February

  Baghdad Caught in U.S.-Iran Crossfire

  

  Recent U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iran-aligned militia forces in Iraq have fueled pro-Iranian political and militia leaders to accelerate their efforts to force a U.S. withdrawal. The government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is working to reflect public opposition to U.S. strikes on Iraqi territory while remaining engaged with …

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• 18 February

  ON THE CRISIS SITUATION IN THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPARATUS OF SCIENCE

  

  A FRACTURE IN UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF MYTHSThe study of methodological requirements usually comes down to comparing scientists of various profiles to a certain “conceptual bar” that is most authoritative for them, the compliance of which is taken as a criterion for the scientific nature of certain artifacts, judgments and …

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• 17 February

  Iran Update, February 15, 2024

  

  Russian Republic of Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov paid an official visit to Iran, likely to discuss Russo-Iranian defense industrial and military cooperation. Minnikhanov visited unspecified “large industries and industrial towns” in Esfahan Province and met with the provincial governor on February 14.[i] Several prominent defense industrial and military sites, including …

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