December, 2023

• 8 December

  Russia’s Energy Clout in the Balkans Is On Borrowed Time

  

  While Russia’s near monopoly on the oil and gas market in Southeast Europe looks secure for now, there will be less and less Russian gas and oil sold on the local market going forward, as Balkan governments and companies look elsewhere for supplies. Russia may have largely lost its sway …

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• 8 December

  Are Ukraine’s President and Chief Commander Really at War?

  

  The dispute is not over who has done more for victory, but over who is most to blame for the fact that the turning point in Ukraine’s favor never came. As the war in Ukraine reaches the end of its second year, not a trace remains of the former unity …

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• 8 December

  Will Egypt accept Palestinians if Israel pushes them out of Gaza?

  

  Analysts say Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi fears instability at home if Palestinian refugees cross the border. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi appears unlikely to absorb the 2.2 million Palestinians who could be displaced from the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, experts have told Al Jazeera. “My assessment is …

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• 8 December

  What ‘tunnels’ and ‘hostages’ mean in Gaza

  

  I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided us with essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned unjustly. I spent most of my life on a strip of land not much bigger than Manhattan, surrounded by a massive razor-wire fence. Most of the time, it felt like …

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• 8 December

  ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2023

  Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at …

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• 8 December

  Dimensions entrevues du «Déluge de l’Aksa»

  

  L’événement du «Déluge de l’Aksa» fut certes surprenant par son déclenchement. Mais il l’est plus, par les dimensions qu’il recèle. Je compte en souligner certaines, tout en les explicitant quelque peu, une à une. 1- Je commence par ce qui me semble être, de toute évidence, l’inexistence radicale et totale …

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• 8 December

  Le G5 Sahel a été «un instrument de la France pour mieux maîtriser les États»

  

  La dissolution du G5 Sahel entérine l’échec de la France, qui pensait pouvoir imposer son jeu à travers cet organe, explique à Sputnik le militant panafricain Abdoulaye Nabaloum. Une coquille vide. Le G5 Sahel, dont la dissolution a été actée par la Mauritanie et le Sahel, n’a été qu’un instrument …

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• 8 December

  The American Way of Economic War

  

  Is Washington Overusing Its Most Powerful Weapons? Suppose that a company in Peru wants to do business with a company in Malaysia. It should not be hard for the firms to make a deal. Sending money across national borders is generally straightforward, and so is the international transfer of large …

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• 8 December

  Israel’s Silent War on the Palestinians

  

  Since October 7, Israel has declared war on Gaza, killing more than 15,000 Palestinians, including more than 6,150 children, and destroying civilian infrastructure that could sustain life in the future. However, Israel has also been mounting a silent war on Palestinians in the West Bank and within the 1948 borders, …

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• 8 December

  West Bank Terror Tunnel Shafts Uncovered by IDF

  

  Latest Developments Two terror tunnels shafts in the West Bank were uncovered during an overnight operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on December 6. Terror tunnels are used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and to a limited degree by Hezbollah …

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