Eurasia

L’emploi massif au combat de technologies informatiques commerciales, la généralisation des drones et l’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) dans les armées sont perçus comme une nouvelle révolution dans le domaine militaire. Comme de toute révolution, on en attend l’obsolescence de nombreuses technologies et procédés tactiques antérieurs. Comme le soulignait l’ancien …

After 12 years on the ground, the last troops from the International Coalition that fought the Islamic State (IS) departed Iraq last week. It was a comparatively quiet occasion compared with the composed exit by the US in 2011 or the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. It nevertheless marks …

As Iran and the US take tentative steps towards a deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, there may be signs that Tehran’s biggest source of leverage is being eroded. Iran has long viewed its ability to paralyse the strategic chokepoint as its own version of a nuclear bomb, a …

Beirut can’t just deploy troops and call it a day—it must give them the legal cover they need to actually dismantle the military capabilities that Hezbollah hides behind misused “private property” protections. The October 20-22 Israeli-Lebanese military talks at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, are expected to address …

Le 14 novembre 2025, les médias allemands ont écrit que quatre ânes, sortis de Gaza par l’organisation israélienne Starting Over Sanctuary, avaient été «sauvés», avant d’être transférés dans un zoo à Oppenheim. On a donné des noms allemands à ces animaux et on a déclaré qu’ils avaient «laissé derrière eux …

Les horreurs dont Israël pourrait être capable et qui pourraient survenir prochainement. Les spéculations vont bon train quant à la pérennité du modèle de domination mondiale des États-Unis, qui a vu le jour lorsque Washington est sorti de la Seconde Guerre mondiale comme étant, selon toute vraisemblance, la seule superpuissance. …

Across the Gulf, views differ widely on how the Iran war can and should end, and what the region will look like once it does. Yet on the crisis over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the view is near-unanimous that a repeat is not only possible but likely. …

One of the main contradictions of contemporary European integration is a question that extends far beyond demographic and social policy: can successful integration simultaneously mean the strategic weakening of individual states? For decades, the logic of European integration has been guided by an idea quite appealing to the neoliberal arrangement …

A general licence such as the one issued by the US Treasury for Russian diesel is not the lifting of financial sanctions, and can be cancelled ahead of schedule at any moment. The political effect of the diesel deal must be separated from its legal nature, writes Ivan Timofeev, Programme …

Hezbollah announced a yearlong housing-assistance program on October 13, offering eligible families displaced by the 2024 and 2026 wars with Israel up to $14,000 for rent and furniture. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also met separately with Hezbollah and allied Shiite Amal Movement lawmakers to discuss government-administered reconstruction projects in …