September, 2025

• 28 September

  Lebanon’s Sunnis 2.0

  

  To honor the mufti of the republic, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, in early September, parliamentarian Faisal Karami hosted a banquet at his summer residence in Bqaa Sifrin. The gathering brought together figures once positioned on opposing ends of Lebanon’s political spectrum, signaling a new reality within the Sunni arena. Karami …

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• 28 September

  The Proliferation Problem Is Back

  

  Washington Must Adapt Its Playbook for a New Era of Nuclear Risk In 1964, China detonated a 22-kiloton nuclear device at a test site in the arid northwestern Xinjiang region—and the political fallout reached Washington. Worried about the prospect that many countries around the world would soon gain nuclear weapons, …

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• 28 September

  Democracy Digest: ‘Gungate’ Erupts as Hungarian Election Campaign Heats Up

  

  A scandal dubbed ‘Gungate’ has fired up Hungary’s election campaign, after the opposition’s defence expert, Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, a former chief of the military staff, was spotted at a party meeting with a suspicious-looking object bulging out of his back pocket. Photos quickly went viral on pro-Fidesz propaganda media, with government …

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• 28 September

  Ex-Senior US Official Adds Weight to Thaci Defence

  

  Outcome of trial may depend on whether James Rubin’s testimony – that Thaci was just a ‘front man’ for the KLA – is deemed credible. On Monday, September 17, a rhetorical thunderclap shook the trial of Hashim Thaci and three co-defendants at the Kosovo Special Court in The Hague, KSC, …

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• 28 September

  Le service de renseignement israélien, le Mossad : le mythe des longs bras et la réalité de l’échec

  

  Le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahou a juré de «traquer» les dirigeants du Hamas où qu’ils se trouvent, avertissant que «leur vie sera courte si un seul cheveu des otages israéliens à Gaza est touché». Dans le même temps, Israël bombarde la ville d’un million d’habitants en préparation d’une invasion …

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• 28 September

  Propagande, guerre cognitive et la voie européenne vers l’autodestruction

  

  Les récits médiatiques, un complexe de supériorité et des batailles psychologiques façonnent l’avenir de l’Europe. L’image que l’Europe se fait d’elle-même comme un «jardin» l’aveugle face aux réalités mondiales, tandis que des récits irrationnels sur la guerre risquent d’accélérer son propre déclin. Jowett et O’Donnell (2012), chercheurs dans le domaine …

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• 28 September

  La Chine ouvre la route polaire. Destination : Europe du Nord

  

  La Chine a officialisé le premier service régulier de transport de conteneurs sur la Route maritime du Nord, reliant la Chine à l’Europe occidentale en seulement 18 jours. La société Haijie Shipping amorcera la nouvelle liaison avec un voyage inaugural à la fin du mois de septembre, déjà totalement réservé, …

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• 25 September

  Why Palestine recognition is an important step towards making statehood a reality

  

  Israel’s increasing attacks to undermine the possibility mean that no action is too small or without consequence Palestinian hopes for achieving an independent state comprising the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem have been lifted by France, Britain, Portugal, Canada, Australia and a number of other countries formally recognising the …

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• 25 September

  Al Shara declares Syria’s return to the global stage in New York

  

  Many Syrians wore the flag in the US city and organised street dances, but the landmark trip isn’t all roses Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara told UN member states on Wednesday that his country is finally back on the global stage after years of marginalisation under the former regime of …

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• 25 September

  Iran Update, September 24, 2025

  

  Iran has begun reconstructing several ballistic missile facilities as part of a broader effort to rebuild its degraded ballistic missile program after the Israel-Iran War. Iran has begun rebuilding the Parchin and Shahroud missile production facilities since August 28 and September 5, respectively, according to satellite imagery analyzed by the …

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