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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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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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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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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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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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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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