September 26, 2024 Eurasia
Andrei Martyanov s’est taillé une place unique, auréolée d’une pensée critique profonde sur toutes les questions de guerre et de paix. Dans ses livres précédents, sur son blog Reminiscence of the Future et dans d’innombrables podcasts, il est devenu la source incontournable pour tout ce qui concerne les rouages de …
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September 26, 2024 Africa, Eurasia, Middle Orient, South East Asia
What is the MENA region? MENA is the acronym for “Middle East and North Africa”, regularly used in academic and business writings. It refers to a large region, from Morocco in northwest Africa to Iran in southwest Asia, which generally includes all the countries of the Middle East and North …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, global attention is glued to the latest escalation taking place in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah, which has brought the region yet another step closer to all-out war. On Monday, nearly 500 people, including 35 children, …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia
Two key posts – in foreign and defense policy – reveal the militarist and anti-Russia direction of the European Union. Ursula Von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission – which works as the executive branch of the European Union – announced her new team of commissioners for the …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia
A Trump Win Would Cause a Crisis for Kyiv—but Wouldn’t Guarantee Defeat Having a strategy—a theory of victory—is essential to winning a war. In 2022, Russia’s initial plan to capture Kyiv and decapitate Ukraine’s leadership failed, and its current approach of grinding down Ukraine’s resistance through attritional war is just …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
In light of the significant losses suffered by Hezbollah and the escalating concerns in Tehran regarding a potentially unpredictable Israeli attack, the regime’s current strategy appears to be one of damage control. Iran believes that so long as there remains a foundation to build upon, it can eventually reestablish its …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
In a world where American adversaries across the globe are deepening their strategic partnerships to undermine U.S. power and influence, Michael Singh correctly highlights the need to integrate America’s Middle East policy into an overarching U.S. grand strategy. China today is in a stronger position in the Middle East than …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
As the conflict with Israel escalates, the path forward for the party is one fraught with obstacles. As Hezbollah’s conflict with Israel escalates, the party is in a bind. Its capacity to maintain its deterrence capacity vis-a-vis Israel has been severely constrained by its unwillingness to provoke an all-out war …
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September 26, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Dans un contexte de tension, il est difficile de comprendre ce qui se passe réellement. L’anxiété ne mène nulle part. Ce qui est pertinent, c’est de prendre une grande inspiration et d’observer les événements pour saisir leur nature, leur cause, leur mode d’apparition et leur trajectoire future. L’ennemi n’a pas …
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September 25, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East following a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said on Monday. Ryder did not provide further details on the number of forces or …
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