On 4 October, opera singer Paata Burchuladze stood before tens of thousands in Tbilisi’s Freedom Square and issued an ultimatum: Georgia’s government had 24 hours to surrender power. By dawn 5 October, security forces arrested all five protest organizers—Burchuladze, Irakli Nadiradze, Murtaz Zodelava, Paata Manjgaladze, and Lasha Beridze. By 6 …
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Gaza spy plane spotted leaving UK air base on Cyprus
Exclusive: Declassified captures first footage of an American spy plane taking off from a Royal Air Force base bound for Gaza. We are standing on a sand dune in the pitch dark listening to the Mediterranean crash onto Lady’s Mile beach. The last Cypriot fisherman went home about an hour …
Read More »A Snapback Solution for Ukraine: How to Craft Security Guarantees That Kyiv—and Moscow—Will Find Credible
In their discussions about ending the war in Ukraine, Americans and Europeans are increasingly focused on providing Kyiv with security guarantees. After over a decade of conflict with Russia, including four years of all-out war, Ukraine understandably does not trust Moscow to abide by any cease-fire. Before Kyiv signs one, …
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