Tel Aviv’s plan to launch a political phase in its ill-conceived Gaza war is likely to end in strategic disaster, just as US artificial constructs failed in Vietnam. One cannot simply sidestep complex social dynamics and strong local resistance to erect false leaders atop synthetic ‘bubbles.’ Lessons from Vietnam: Why …

Russia may deploy nuclear missiles in response to the deployment of American weapons in Germany, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatened. Russian propagandists, meanwhile, are scaring Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear threats with practical steps for the first time …

Il est utile de méditer comme le font les Russes aujourd’hui sur la capacité d’innovation dans les rapports de force des Chinois : face au bellicisme, au défi de l’hégémonie occidentale, ils répondent en matière de puissance «il est difficile de savoir qui est le plus fort mais nous nous …