Middle Orient

Turkey and Hezbollah are quietly expanding channels of communication as Ankara seeks to manage the group and stop it from playing any destabilising role in Syria, while also trying to deter what it sees as growing Israeli threats in the region, according to analysts. The contacts come as tensions between …

With olive harvest season approaching in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers are preparing for a crop that has long been far more than an agricultural event. For generations, families have gathered in their fields during the harvest, with men, women and children picking olives together before taking them to …

Behind China’s aircraft carriers lies the strategic depth of the Pacific; behind Türkiye’s, however, lie narrow seas that are becoming increasingly transparent. One of the most consequential mistakes in debating the future of naval power is to treat the platforms operated by major powers as models that can be replicated …

Les crises majeures ne surgissent pas de nulle part. Elles se construisent au fil des années, à mesure que les décisions politiques, les opérations militaires et les intérêts économiques s’entremêlent. La situation actuelle, marquée par des perturbations dans l’approvisionnement en pétrole et en gaz, des récoltes céréalières compromises et une …

La guerre d’usure structurelle secoue Washington, Téhéran exige le «départ de Trump et de Netanyahou» : Macron fait appel aux services du renseignement, Riyad plaide pour une trêve.Contexte stratégique et géopolitique général Au 92e jour suivant l’échec du protocole d’accord (jeudi 17 septembre 2026 — 200e jour de la guerre), …

Il a promis la sécurité — il a apporté l’isolement. Il a parlé au nom de l’État — il a mis en question son avenir même. Et maintenant, même ceux que l’on appelait hier des alliés disent de plus en plus fort : on ne peut pas continuer comme ça. …

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Key Takeaways: World leaders begin the 81st UN General Assembly debate this week as António Guterres urges action on overlapping wars, climate, technology, and inequality and a successor race begins before he leaves Dec. 31; Richard Gowan of Crisis Group says the UN is no longer in “free fall” but …

Tehran will likely double down on missiles and drones—its most effective weapons during recent conflicts—creating path dependencies that could become critical vulnerabilities if U.S. and partner countermeasures improve further. In two wars waged over the past year and a half, the United States and Israel have inflicted massive damage on …