January, 2024

• 26 January

  Is Moldova Ready to Pay the Price of Reintegrating Transnistria?

  

  Not only will reabsorbing the breakaway region be expensive and complicated, but Russia is unlikely to cede its influence without a fight.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine initially sparked fear in Moldova. But when Moscow’s troops failed to reach the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, anxiety gave way to confidence. Moldova …

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• 26 January

  The Eastern Maritime Corridor Is Shaping Up To Be The Next Big Thing In Russo-Indo Relations

  

  The Kremlin’s intentions in building the “Russo-Indo Ring” around the Asian half of Eurasia are to promote friendly, gentle, and non-hostile Sino-Indo geo-economic competition aimed at accelerating equitable development and multipolar integration in this space. The inaugural Russia-India workshop for Operationalization of the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) took place in …

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• 26 January

  Why the War in Gaza Makes a Nuclear Iran More Likely

  

  The Conflict Has Empowered Tehran—but Also Fueled Its Sense of Vulnerability Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s government has sounded bullish, even triumphalist notes. “The Zionist regime’s defeat in this event is not just the defeat of the Zionist regime,” contended Iranian Supreme Leader Ali …

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• 26 January

  Ukraine Is Losing the Drone War

  

  How Kyiv Can Close the Innovation Gap With Russia It’s winter in Ukraine again. The snow is piling up, the temperature is dropping, and the days are short. During the long nights, nearly two years into the full-scale war, the skies above the entire 600-mile frontline are filled with Ukrainian …

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• 26 January

  The Dangers of Losing Focus on Russia’s War Against Ukraine

  

  What seemed at first to be the start of a Third World War has turned out to be more akin to a Second Yugoslav War: a horrible conflict on the eastern edge of Europe triggered by a slow-motion imperial collapse with lasting global ramifications. Throughout 2022, Europe was in shock. …

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• 26 January

  Landmark Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty Inches Closer

  

  Despite their bloody history and repeated recent disappointments, a long-term accommodation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is within reach. Recent hopes that a peace agreement between the South Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan could be achieved have come to nothing. In late 2023, some believed such a historic step was …

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• 26 January

  Is Moldova Ready to Pay the Price of Reintegrating Transnistria?

  

  Not only will reabsorbing the breakaway region be expensive and complicated, but Russia is unlikely to cede its influence without a fight. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine initially sparked fear in Moldova. But when Moscow’s troops failed to reach the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, anxiety gave way to confidence. …

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• 26 January

  Les Houthis punis pour être en train de «faire ce qui est juste» ?

  

  «Celui qui n’essaie pas d’arrêter un génocide perd son humanité». (Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, porte-parole des Houthis) Les événements au Moyen-Orient deviennent incontrôlables. Au cours de la semaine dernière, les États-Unis ont attaqué à sept reprises les positions des Houthis sur le continent yéménite, tandis que les Houthis ont lancé cinq attaques …

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• 26 January

  Ukraine’s Spy Chief: “Not Even Conceivable” That We Can Win Without Massive Mobilization

  

  “The shortage [of manpower] is palpable,” Ukraine’s military top spy chief, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, told Financial Times in a new interview, describing the most pressing situation facing the country after nearly two years of war. He warned that “it is not even conceivable to think that we can do …

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• 26 January

  The IL-76 Shootdown By A US Patriot Missile Could Lead To Zaluzhny’s Replacement With Budanov

  

  All things considered, blaming Zaluzhny – perhaps by claiming that he should have verified alleged intelligence about the IL-76’s cargo before shooting it down in order to make this seem like an unfortunate accident – is the most politically convenient option at Zelensky and his US patron’s disposal. It could …

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