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Britain’s secret defence plan with Israel

The UK secretly developed a defence plan with Israel, Declassified can reveal. According to leaked documents, the British project was codenamed HEZUK and designed to counter the “destabilising regional activity of Iran and Hizballah”. This would be done by strengthening UK-Israel intelligence collaboration and increasing military cooperation, with the effect …

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La guerre au pays des mythes

Il existe des idées fausses qui ne se laissent pas démonter. Elles vont des légendes urbaines aux mythes politiques, des histoires scabreuses sur des individus qui devraient être vraies mais ne le sont pas, aux événements historiques qui ne devraient pas être vrais mais qui le sont. Souvent, ce ne …

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Le socialisme à la chinoise est-il marxiste ?

S’interroger sur les rapports entre le marxisme et le parti communiste chinois, c’est s’engager dans un dédale vertigineux. Non seulement les questions jaillissent de toutes parts, mais on se heurte assez vite à un problème de méthode : faut-il évaluer le «socialisme chinois de la nouvelle ère» au regard du …

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The Draghi Report ‘To Save Europe’: Late, Confused but with Important Findings

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen… postponed publication of [Mario] Draghi’s report until the day after her reappointment — yet another illustration of the intractably anti-democratic nature of the unelected, untransparent, unaccountable and unable-to-be-removed European institutions. The remedies proposed by Draghi are… a “targeted” industrial policy, tax cuts here …

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The End of American Exceptionalism

Trump’s Reelection Will Redefine U.S. Power The only thing uncontroversial about Donald Trump is how he won his second term. Despite polls showing a statistical dead heat and fears of a long, drawn-out wait for election results, Trump was declared the winner early last Wednesday morning. Unlike in 2016, he …

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Turkey’s role in the European defense pillar

Despite calls for Europe to play a bigger role in transatlantic security, Brussels has been reluctant to embrace NATO ally Turkey as a closer partner in its defense. Two major disruptions are now reshaping the European security paradigm. First, Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine shattered the prevailing wisdom of the …

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Understanding Türkiye’s Entanglement With Russia

As the transatlantic allies adapt to Europe’s new geopolitical realities, maintaining unity against Russia will be critical. Türkiye will have a pivotal role to play in this long-term effort. During the Cold War, Türkiye presented itself as the steadfast guardian of Europe’s southern flank against the Soviet threat. It stood …

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