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Le mythe de la conquête

Conquérir un territoire, c’est avant tout soumettre sa population. Il faut bien distinguer cette notion de celle d’«occupation», un terme juridique spécifique qui régit les relations entre une «puissance occupante» étrangère et la nation occupée en vertu du droit international, en particulier la quatrième Convention de Genève. Lorsque les forces …

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Hunting for a guerrilla. How the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs calculate Russian saboteurs driving down trains

In April, it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is creating special police units equipped with armored vehicles to combat sabotage on railways. Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the arson of railway equipment, the explosions of tracks and other actions have become …

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Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Ban A Turning Point – OpEd

Jordan’s decision to formally ban all activities of the dissolved Muslim Brotherhood marks a watershed moment in the kingdom’s modern political history — a decision that could reverberate well beyond its borders. Announced by Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya on Wednesday, the move came on the heels of a shocking revelation: …

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