December, 2023

• 12 December

  Breakthrough In Azerbaijani–Armenian Peace Negotiations? – Analysis

  

  In a first-of-a-kind bilateral statement, without any external participation, Azerbaijan and Armenia have arrived at an extremely important humanitarian and diplomatically symbolic agreement. It is the first time Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to coordinate on any international matter. The humanitarian aspect is that the Republic of Azerbaijan—”driven,” according to the …

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• 12 December

  Khamenei’s Fear Of Defection And Tension In His Regime – OpEd

  

  In fear of a popular uprising in Iran, Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei saw the Gaza war as a solution to protect his regime against the people. Additionally, to instill fear in society he has resorted to widespread executions to extinguish the flame of uprising. Alongside these actions, he …

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• 12 December

  Russia Readies For A Brave New World – OpEd

  

  The announcement on Friday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will seek reelection for a fifth term in office came as no surprise. That he chose the occasion of a Kremlin ceremony conferring the Hero of Russia medals to servicemen who had taken part in Russia’s military operation against …

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• 12 December

  Reformation Nation: Wartime Politics In Ukraine – Analysis

  

  Politics in the absence of electionsIn November 2023, the European Commission approved the start of EU accession talks with Ukraine. This was a sign of confidence in just how much Ukraine has changed – in the midst of conflict – since it received candidate status in June 2022. Russia’s war …

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• 12 December

  Les BRICS se coordonnent pour mettre l’Occident en faillite

  

  Question 40 Pour moi, il s’agit d’une guerre économique et bancaire dans laquelle le Sud, les nations musulmanes, la Russie et la Chine tentent d’obtenir leur juste part en augmentant les prix de leurs ressources et en vendant leurs dollars à découvert, ce qui provoque une inflation qui entraînera une …

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• 12 December

  Ukraine: Biden Helping Putin to Win

  

  The Biden administration’s persistent failure to provide Ukraine with the military supplies it requires poses a serious danger of gifting victory to Russian President Vladimir Putin. [T]he Ukrainians… remain desperately short of key ammunition. [A]ny form of Russian success in Ukraine would not only spell disaster for Kyiv, but for …

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• 12 December

  Réflexions stratégiques depuis Moscou

  

  La tension inhérente et l’absence d’échanges véritables sont pires que pendant la guerre froide, lorsque les canaux de communication restaient ouverts. Les relations entre les États-Unis et la Russie sont au plus bas ; la situation est même pire que ce que l’on pouvait imaginer. En discutant avec de hauts …

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• 12 December

  Blood and Iron: How Nationalist Imperialism Became Russia’s State Ideology

  

  Summary:The nationalist-imperialist worldview that the Putin regime is imposing on Russians is intended to feed on the past and exploit historical memories and concepts to reshape and manage the mass consciousness of the Russian people. The war in Ukraine created an entirely new political reality for the Kremlin and prompted …

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• 12 December

  Troubled by Hezbollah attacks, northern evacuees may not return

  

  Following the October 7 Hamas attacks, residents along Israel’s northern border grow increasingly anxious over the possibility of a similar assault by Hezbollah. Gil Sagi is an Israeli dairy farmer living on a kibbutz in northern Israel. Since the beginning of Israel’s war with Hamas, his community, along with others, …

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• 12 December

  Son of Hezbollah commander behind establishment of Iraqi militias reported killed in Israeli airstrike

  

  Hassan Ali Daqduq, the son of senior Hezbollah commander Musa Ali Daqduq, was killed in a recent Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Quneitra governorate, according to reports. The elder Daqduq was tasked by Iran and Hezbollah to establish militias in Iraq along the lines of Lebanese Hezbollah. He was successful in …

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