October, 2024

• 6 October

  Regional Powers Must Uphold Their Historical Responsibility to Achieve Stability in the Middle East

  

  An opinion piece by Palestinian diplomat and former ambassador, Nabil Maaruf, proposes a new initiative to improve stability in the Middle East, neutralize conflicts arising from international interventions, and radically increasing the region’s low weight in the international system of power. His perspective on the Middle East initiative is based …

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• 6 October

  Intelligence Superiority Places the Escalation Between Israel and Hezbollah at a Turning Point

  

  Israeli information and intelligence superiority has contributed to its deadly aim in striking several strategic targets of the Hezbollah Movement, both at its leadership and infrastructure. This paper seeks to analyze the Israeli strategy towards Hezbollah before and after the war in Gaza, which has significantly weakened the Movement’s capabilities …

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• 3 October

  Iran Update, October 2, 2024

  

  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has advanced into southern Lebanon along at least two axes. Geolocated imagery shows Israeli forces separately approaching Odaisseh and Maround al Ras.[1] The IDF 36th and 98th divisions participated in these advances and both have elements that fought in the Gaza Strip.[2] The Lebanese Armed …

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• 3 October

  Who’s Faking Who? Armenia Claims Russia Was Behind Coup Attempt, But Moscow Cries ‘Fake’ News

  

  Weeks after the Armenian government accused Russia of fomenting a rebellion, authorities in Yerevan have yet to present substantiating evidence. Citing the ongoing investigation, Armenian officials have not provided updates on the alleged coup plot beyond the broad, initial accusation made on September 18. At that time, representatives of Armenia’s …

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• 3 October

  The EU and the South Caucasus: Geoeconomics at Play

  

  Security concerns are reshaping the economic and foreign policy trajectories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. As these nations navigate complex choices about their future paths, the EU should recognize the geostrategic importance of the South Caucasus and strengthen its ties with the region. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has catalyzed …

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• 3 October

  Jaish al-Adl claims responsibility for twin attacks in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province

  

  The Islamist and Baluch separatist group Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for two attacks on October 1 that killed six Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Islamic Republic law enforcement personnel in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province. Jaish al-Adl gunmen targeted a vehicle transporting the local IRGC commander and two IRGC …

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• 3 October

  The War Crimes That the Military Buried

  The largest known database of possible American war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that the military-justice system rarely punishes perpetrators. War entails unspeakable violence, much of it entirely legal. And yet some violence is so abhorrent that it falls outside the bounds of law. When the perpetrators are …

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• 3 October

  Investigating How Conflict and War Contribute to Methane Emissions

  

  How can reporters learn from new tools about specific causes of methane leaks in conflict-affected areas? We have examined some of the recent conflict hotspots across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) — namely Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya — to identify what the major sources of methane release …

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• 3 October

  Time to Cut the Cord in Lebanon

  

  Don’t pop the champagne corks yet. While there is certainly reason to cheer for the termination of the bloody terrorist leadership of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel’s military strikes in and around Beirut only addressed part of the problem. Israel’s approach, using airstrikes, beeper strikes, and walkie-talkie strikes, is nothing short …

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• 3 October

  Is a “Shadow Fleet” of Oil Tankers Really Circumventing the Russian Price Cap?

  

  With a quarter of the global tanker fleet transporting Russian cargo in 2024, the so-called “shadow fleet” is neither as separate nor as obscure as might have been thought. At the end of 2022, Ukraine’s allies established a price cap regime for Russian crude exports, aimed at limiting and controlling …

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