June, 2023

• 6 June

  An Unwinnable War

  

  Washington Needs an Endgame in Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a moment of clarity for the United States and its allies. An urgent mission was before them: to assist Ukraine as it countered Russian aggression and to punish Moscow for its transgressions. While the Western response …

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• 6 June

  What Russia Got Wrong

  

  Can Moscow Learn From Its Failures in Ukraine? Three months before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan met in Moscow with Nikolai Patrushev, an ultra-hawkish adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Burns and Sullivan informed Patrushev that they knew of …

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• 6 June

  How The 2024 US Presidential Election Could Affect Europe – Analysis

  

  America is changing and US foreign policy is changing with it. For most EU member states, the European alliance with the United States has long been the central feature of their foreign and security policy. But the tumult of the Trump administration and the more polite foreign policy revolution of …

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• 6 June

  «La guerre en Ukraine, c’est la guerre du dollar»

  

  L’Éclaireur : Alors que la question se pose de la fin de la suprématie du dollar, vous dites que la guerre en Ukraine est non seulement la guerre du dollar américain mais qu’elle n’est pas la première… Oleg Nesterenko : Je vois que vous faites allusion à mon analyse sur …

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• 6 June

  Turkey’s beleaguered Kurds weigh new strategies after Erdogan’s win

  

  The key question following the vote is whether the alliance between the HDP and the main opposition Republican People’s Party and its Table of Six partners can endure. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s electoral victory is roiling the country’s Kurdish movement, with its most popular leader declaring from jail that …

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• 6 June

  Tech Giants At War In Ukraine – Analysis

  

  Global tech giants are shaping the future of warfare. Today, when wars are increasingly turning hybrid, governments and militaries are struggling to field the right hi-tech platforms that are critical to securing a state against hybrid threats. The Ukraine War illustrates the crucial role played by the tech giants that …

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• 6 June

  Iran: Heroic Flexibility Returns

  

  [“Supreme Guide” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] has decided to perform what he calls “heroic flexibility” in foreign policy in the hope of focusing on a slow but steady suppression of dissent at home. In a speech last week, he said he was applying the tactic of “taqiyeh” (dissimulation), a theological concept, …

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• 6 June

  Biden Is Not Serious about Ukraine Defeating Russia

  

  [G]iven the unconscionable delays that have affected other commitments by the Biden administration to provide Kyiv with advanced weapons, concerns remain about whether the aircraft will actually arrive in time to make a material difference to Ukraine’s war effort. Procrastination and equivocation have been the key watchwords of Biden’s response …

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• 6 June

  Just War and Just War Theory

  

  One of the most disputed topics with regard to the concept of war is the idea of a Just War – a war held to be founded on the principles of justice in principle caused and conducted in the name of humanity like, for instance, self-defense or protection of minority …

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• 6 June

  The Politics of Erdogan and Western Anxieties

  

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the longest-serving leader in the history of the Turkish Republic. He has been a controversial yet dominant figure in Turkish politics since 2003 holding various positions including prime minister and president. In the runoff election held on May 15, neither Erdogan nor his opponent, Kemal …

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