More amenable partners Poland, on the other hand, as Ukraine’s strongest ally in the region, was represented by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and showed the clearest interest in the C8 format. For Poland, the appeal of the C8 appears to lie in the overlap between security and cross-border infrastructure. Projects …

On 10 September, Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, captured the Red Sea port city of Mocha during a major offensive against Yemeni government-aligned forces. The group then advanced south, reportedly reaching the coastal town of Dhubab on 11 September, before moving against strategic islands near the Bab al-Mandeb …

A relative pause in fighting between the United States and Iran that ended in early September has brought the region back into a state of geopolitical tension. As the exchange of strikes, retaliations, and signalling between Washington and Tehran continues, there is a heightened expectation from Washington that the US …

Romana Rubeo traces nearly a century of Palestinian women’s resistance, restoring organizers, fighters, prisoners, journalists and caregivers to their central place in national history. In October 1929, hundreds of Palestinian women gathered in Jerusalem. They came from Jaffa and Haifa, Nablus and Akka, Ramallah, Jenin, Safad and elsewhere, at a …

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Le 17 janvier 2024, environ 150 troupes d’assaut russes disparaissaient sous le sol du champ de bataille au sud d’Avdiivka. La formation russe s’approchait du territoire au sud de la ville, en particulier la fortification ukrainienne de Tsarskaya Okhota (la Chasse du Tsar). Avancer vers la position par des approches …

Damascus, Syria – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were dissolved by their commander-in-chief, Mazloum Abdi, on 25 August, bringing an end to Rojava, a 14-year-old experiment in autonomous self-administration in northeast Syria. Abdi is to take up a new role as a special adviser to President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whilst the …

Introduction Russia is operating within a war framework against Europe while Europe continues to function within a peace framework. It does not follow that a full-scale war between Russia and NATO is inevitable, let alone imminent. NATO and European states must recognize the framework the Kremlin is using in order …

My core argument is straightforward: frameworks forged during the Cold War are not merely outdated—they can become actively dangerous as guides to a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence. Today’s strategists risk preparing to fight yesterday’s conflicts, while tomorrow’s power dynamics are being framed inside data centres—and, one day, potentially …

Throughout the military-political crisis surrounding Ukraine, Western Europe’s position has remained ambiguous. On the one hand, its leaders oppose Russia in word and deed by every means available to them; on the other, they continually proclaim their desire to begin a diplomatic dialogue. It must be admitted that, if we …