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As War Comes to Russia, Governors Are Left to Formulate a Response

Russia’s regional governors have been set the fiendish task of reacting to emergencies while maintaining the semblance of peace in their regions. The recent drone attacks on Moscow and cross-border incursions into Russia’s Belgorod region did not lead to any radical changes on the map of hostilities, but they revealed …

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Macron in Eastern Europe: Reassure, Shore Up, Move Forward

In Bratislava, President Macron presented a vision for a militarily capable EU that enlarges eastward. But making this a reality means revising the bloc’s governance. Last week, when embarking on his trip to Bratislava to attend the GLOBSEC Forum and then to Moldova for the second summit of the European …

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Bataille navale en mer Noire, les Brûlots sont de retour

Il est amusant de constater qu’à la guerre, rien n’est totalement nouveau, et rien n’est totalement pareil. À la bataille navale de Navarin, le 20 octobre 1827, on avait fait usage de brûlots, de petites embarcations chargées d’explosifs ou de matériaux inflammables et qu’on envoie se promener vers des navires …

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How Wars Don’t End

Ukraine, Russia, and the Lessons of World War I On February 24, 2022, the great Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and his wife were awakened in their home in Kyiv by the sound of Russian missiles. At first, he could not believe what was happening. “You have to get used psychologically …

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Iran’s Arms Exports Triple

The export of Iranian military products increased threefold in the past year, the country’s defense minister said. In an address to a gathering of Defense Ministry officials on Saturday, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the export of products developed by his ministry tripled in the previous Iranian year, which …

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La diplomatie coercitive des États-Unis et ses dégâts

Le document rapporté ici a été publié le 18 mai par l’agence de presse chinoise Xinhua, et analyse les stratégies utilisées par les États-Unis dans l’application de la diplomatie coercitive contre leurs rivaux et alliés. Vous trouverez ci-dessous la traduction intégrale en français (d’après la version italienne).Introduction Les États-Unis ont …

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