October, 2022

• 25 October

  Islamic State regains momentum in Syria’s Kurdish areas

  

  The Islamic State has launched several attacks against the Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria amid lax security by the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Islamic State has recently renewed its activities in the areas under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria. On Oct. 14, IS …

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• 25 October

  Iran protests continue in universities

  

  Protests in Iran have continued to spread to universities, presenting a new challenge to the Islamic Republic. The protests in Iran that started in mid-September over the death of a young woman in police custody have spread to universities, which have been a historic hotbed of unrest in the country …

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• 25 October

  What are kamikaze drones? Here’s how Russia and Ukraine are using them.

  

  This week, Russia struck deep into Ukraine and hit the capital, Kyiv, with kamikaze drones. These small and noisy airborne devices are designed to strike at a distance. They are nimble enough to avoid many air defense systems. Unlike many other attack drones, they do not use weapons to destroy …

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• 25 October

  Why the West is Losing the Global Information War Over Ukraine and How It Can Be Fixed

  

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law and strikes at the core principles of the UN. This has been widely accepted by political elites and the public at large in the United States and across Europe. In the West, there is a sense of triumphalism and …

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• 25 October

  Israel, Iran, and the metastasizing war in Ukraine

  

  Wars tend to spread, infecting parts of the world far from the frontlines and the Ukraine conflict is no exception. The global economic ripple effects of the war in Ukraine – from the world’s sharpest “hunger pains” since World War II to soaring inflation and energy crises – have been …

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• 25 October

  Why Crimea is the key to the Ukraine war

  

  Many talk about the peninsula’s ethnic ties to Russia, but less so about its strategic implications. The explosions that damaged the Kerch bridge nearly two weeks ago have put the spotlight back on the strategic significance of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in March 2014. Just before …

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• 25 October

  The Wishful Theory of ‘Strategic Russian Defeat’

  Throughout the eight months of the Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin has stressed that his war is an existential struggle for Russia, a fight for a new world order. Now, important Western policy thinkers appear to be coming to the same conclusion: The narrative is shifting from helping Ukraine win to …

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• 25 October

  Sergej Kreso: ‘Religious Identity Didn’t Mean Much to My Generation’

  The legendary Bosnian filmmaker, who has just produced a new docu-film, discusses identity, Balkan Beats, migration – and how a near-death experience in the Bosnian war almost ended his career before it began. Bosnian filmmaker Sergej Kreso – who just came out with a new docu-film on Balkan Beats DJ …

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• 25 October

  Kész átverés!

  Ursula von der Leyen stratégiája az Európai Bizottság élén eddig hatékonynak tűnik. Az uniós csúcsok előtt emeli a tétet, sokszor olyan javaslatot tár az állam- és kormányfők elé, amiről saját maga is tudja, hogy nem fogadják el, végül azonban olyan megállapodás születik, ami után mindenki győztesnek érezheti magát. Magyarország számára …

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• 25 October

  Europa e nazione, le parole in politica sono importanti

  La destra ne fa uno stile, la sinistra dice Paese, un po’ tutti diciamo patria; Stato non lo dice nessuno. Fa venire in mente i bolli, le code, le tasse. Lo Stato è sempre altro rispetto a noi La parola chiave di Giorgia Meloni è nazione. «Questa nazione» ha ripetuto …

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