May, 2025

• 12 May

  Sudan: What is the Flamingo naval base, under attack by RSF forces?

  

  The Flamingo naval base, where Sudan’s army has set up a temporary headquarters, is under heavy attack by the RSF militia The Sudanese army’s main naval base, Flamingo, has become the latest target of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, amid the ongoing civil war in the country. On Thursday, …

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• 12 May

  Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Requests Resignation – Analysis

  

  Ramzan Kadyrov requested that Russian President Vladimir Putin grant him leave from his position as the leader of the Chechen Republic in Russia. Kadyrov has been the leader of the Chechen Republic since 2007 and has been the dominant power there since the death of his father, Akhmed, the previous …

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• 12 May

  EU Enlargement in the Age of Geopolitics

  

  Enlargement and geopolitics are polar opposites. Geopolitics is fast and unstoppable. Enlargement is slow and eminently stoppable. Geopolitics is disruptive, divisive, and often follows a zero-sum logic. Enlargement is transformative, unifying, and the ultimate positive-sum game. Previous EU enlargements, of course, also had a geopolitical dimension. They were first about …

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• 12 May

  Le fondamentalisme idéologique en politique internationale

  

  On parle de fondamentalisme idéologique lorsque l’idéologie convainc le public que la politique est une lutte entre le bien et le mal. Les gens n’évaluent plus les États en fonction de ce qu’ils font dans le système international, mais en fonction des identités politiques qui leur sont attribuées. Kenneth Waltz, …

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• 12 May

  Le Non-Occident Global et la Multipolarité

  

  Bien que le monde ait clairement cessé d’être unipolaire, les États-Unis s’efforcent de maintenir leurs instruments de contrôle. De plus, si, auparavant, cela se faisait de manière voilée (le concept de leadership mondial et de multilatéralisme sous Barack Obama), Donald Trump a décidé d’agir de manière agressive, provoquant un grand …

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• 12 May

  La Moldavie cède son territoire aux prédateurs financiers occidentaux

  

  D’ores et déjà, la Moldavie semble avoir pris le même chemin que l’Ukraine. Comme le régime néo-nazi de Kiev, le gouvernement moldave cède les terres et les ressources naturelles du pays à des groupes privés étrangers, faisant preuve d’une soumission absolue et d’un manque total de souveraineté. Cette mesure est …

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• 12 May

  Sur la géopolitique de l’Iran

  

  Une introduction au pays que Donald Trump s’apprête, paraît-il, à bombarder, et aux conséquences que cela peut entraîner, s’il ne s’agit pas seulement d’une menace proférée par un homme puissant. L’Iran (en persan, Eran Shahr «Royaume des Aryens»), historiquement la Perse, a une population de près de 90 millions d’habitants …

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• 10 May

  Israel’s Claim To Protect Syria’s Druze Is A Smokescreen – OpEd

  

  Israel will use any excuse to divide and weaken the region. That is the end game, precisely what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes is the way to hammer together a new Middle East. The geopolitical fallout from the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel has provided him and his …

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• 9 May

  Security Council Urged To Stand Firm As Bosnia And Herzegovina Faces Deepening Crisis

  

  A recent rise in tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sparked an “extraordinary crisis” as the country continues to emerge from the shadows of the Balkan wars 30 years ago, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. High Representative Christian Schmidt briefed on latest developments surrounding implementation of the 1995 …

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• 9 May

  The EU’s Eastern Re-Engagement: A Strategic Re-Evaluation? – OpEd

  

  The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency appear to have permanently re-defined European security. In response, politicians in Brussels and other European capitals have doubled down on the importance of unity amidst on-going uncertainty. There is an emphasis on operating in a calculated and strategic way to maximize …

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