February, 2023

• 5 February

  Conflict Trends Update

  

  IRAN The government confirmed a drone attack Sunday on what it described as a defence ministry workshop in Isfahan. There were no reported injuries, and officials said the damage was minimal. In a subsequent letter to the UN Security Council, the foreign ministry pinned responsibility on Israel, whose role has …

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• 5 February

  Biggest Gift to Iran’s Mullahs, China and Russia: Biden Administration’s Weak Leadership

  

  Thanks to the Biden administration’s weak and vacillating leadership, Iran, Russia and China have been emboldened to levels never before seen. [T]he Biden administration has not been taking any action to deter, disincentivize or punish those who breach the sanctions. Ever since the Biden administration assumed office, in fact, Iran’s …

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• 5 February

  Insécurité: chiffres et non-dits

  

  Triste coïncidence de l’actualité, au moment où le ministère de l’Intérieur publie le peu reluisant bilan de l’insécurité et de la délinquance de 2022, le meurtre de la jeune Sihem fait la « Une », tragique illustration du bilan de l’(in)action du gouvernement et du législateur. Inaction ? Oui, ou …

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• 5 February

  « Coopération à 360° avec la Libye ». Mais avec quelle Libye ?

  

  La présidente Meloni, en visite officielle à Tripoli, a engagé l’Italie dans une « coopération à 360° avec la Libye ». Mais avec quelle Libye ? Le « Gouvernement d’Unité nationale » libyen, « internationalement reconnu », présidé par Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. Il a été « élu » en 2021 …

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• 3 February

  New US sanctions target Iran’s drone supply to Russia

  

  The targets include eight senior executives of an Iran-based firm involved in the manufacture of drones used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US Treasury Department on Friday unveiled new sanctions targeting an Iranian drone manufacturer’s board of directors, as part of the Biden administration’s wider effort to choke …

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• 3 February

  Šmit pisao stranim ambasadorima u BiH: Danilo Vučić je 9. januara bio u diplomatskoj misiji u BiH, njegov život je bio ugrožen

  

  Život Danila Vučića je bio ugrožen nakon što je Istraga.ba objavila dokument koji potvrđuje da je sin srpskog predsednika Aleksandra Vučića, službeno prisustvovao obeležavanju neustavnog dana Republike Srpske. Ovo je, piše istraga.ba, suština pisma koje je visoki predstavnik Kristijan Šmit poslao svim stranim ambasadorima u BiH, pozvavši ih da pojedinačno …

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• 3 February

  Unipolarism vs Multipolarism: apocalypse coming?

  

  A few days ago I happened to review the cartoon “Asterix and the Kingdom of the Gods”, based on the immortal writings and drawings of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The similarities with what we have experienced (and are experiencing) from the birth of the “unipolar moment” onwards are perfect …

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• 3 February

  In what cases will Russia use its nuclear weapons without hesitation?

  

  On the so-called Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion in Davos, on January 19 this year, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson confidently claimed that President Putin will never use nuclear weapons and that the collective West can therefore calmly continue arming Ukraine with increasingly heavy weapons so that it …

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• 3 February

  Is Iran’s Islamic Republican Gubernatorial System in the Process of Collapsing domestically and Geopolitically?

  

  Social protest sweeping the country. Economic isolation and a deteriorating security situation in the region. The Islamic Republic of Iran is currently going through one of the most difficult periods in its 44-years old history. Is this the time of the end of clerical rule? Let’s look at the processes …

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• 3 February

  U.S. Central Command detains 227 ISIS members, kills 11 in January

  

  U.S. Central Command executed 43 operations targeting Islamic State operatives in Iraq and Syria in January as it escalates efforts to stabilize the region. CENTCOM recapped the first month of 2023 in a report released Thursday detailing the progress made by U.S. and ally forces. Across 43 operations, the coalition …

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