November, 2024

• 19 November

  Russia’s Balancing Act in the Levant

  

  Russia’s military intervention in Syria reflected a more assertive foreign policy. However, its ability to expand its influence to Lebanon and beyond has been restricted. Russia’s role in the Levant and its involvement in the region’s power politics have undergone a significant shift over the past decade, mainly because of …

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• 19 November

  A Mixed Balance Sheet: Russia’s Uneven Influence in the Maghreb

  

  Russia’s outreach to the region has successfully exploited regimes’ frustrations with the West. Yet it has encountered difficulties in navigating the complex interrelations and rivalries. The Arab-majority states of the Maghreb—Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia—have become an increasing focus of Russian engagement and influence. Moscow is demonstrating a growing appreciation …

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• 19 November

  ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2024

  

  ISIS carried out at least 12 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 20 pro-Assad regime soldiers and one civilian and wounded at least 24 others. There were also three high quality* attacks carried out during the month. …

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• 19 November

  Can the War in Gaza Be Won?

  

  Debating Israel’s Purpose and Progress There Is No Victory in GazaNoura Erakat, Josh Paul, Charles O. Blaha, and Luigi Daniele The current war in Gaza is not an isolated conflict that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants launched an attack inside Israel. Framing the war this way, as …

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• 19 November

  War and Peace in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  

  What It Will Mean for the World When Machines Shape Strategy and Statecraft From the recalibration of military strategy to the reconstitution of diplomacy, artificial intelligence will become a key determinant of order in the world. Immune to fear and favor, AI introduces a new possibility of objectivity in strategic …

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• 19 November

  UN NAUFRAGE SANS BOUSSOLE

  

  L’humanité contemporaine, accrochée à son smartphone comme une tique à un chien, semble avoir sombré définitivement dans une léthargie intellectuelle et morale, un état préoccupant où elle se montre incapable de s’informer, de se responsabiliser ou, pire encore, de comprendre les conséquences du monde techno-carcéral qu’elle façonne au quotidien. Ce …

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• 19 November

  Keir Starmer’s Gaza spy plane caught on camera

  

  Exclusive: A Royal Air Force plane conducting surveillance of Palestine has been filmed taking off from its base on Cyprus for the first time. Jutting out from behind a line of trees on Cyprus’ southern peninsula, a twin propeller plane prepares for an early evening take off. With its red, …

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• 19 November

  Un autre monument de Lavrov

  

  Quand on lit un texte de cette qualité on comprend pourquoi il faut le censurer, pourquoi il ne faut pas qu’il soit lu et diffusé ; il ferait réfléchir ! Quelle vision, quelle culture ! Lavrov comme Poutine s’adresse non à nos perceptions imbéciles, à nos affects mais à notre …

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• 19 November

  Rappels sur le conflit israélo-palestinien (1/5) : au commencement était le terrorisme sioniste

  

  Cet article a pour but d’informer le public francophone que le terrorisme est souvent utilisé pour diaboliser la lutte d’autodétermination palestinienne et minimiser la souffrance du peuple palestinien, que le terrorisme a été initié par les sionistes. Loin d’être châtiés, ils ont été récompensés par l’octroi d’un État (55% de …

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• 19 November

  10 Obstacles To Trump’s Reported Plan For Western/NATO Peacekeepers In Ukraine

  

  Given the enormity of the task at hand, Trump might be unable to execute his reported plan for organizing a Western/NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine unless he announces the US’ direct involvement in this scheme, which he’s not predicted to do. It was recently assessed that “The Clock Is Ticking …

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