Following increased political pressure, German interior minister Nancy Faeser announced on Monday (9 September) that she will introduce checks at all border crossings and develop a model to refuse entry to irregular migrants. Following a spike in irregular border crossings, Germany started operating exceptional checks at the land borders with …

On the sidelines of an economic forum in Vladivostok on September 4, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Belgrade is a strategic partner and an “ally of Russia.” Putin reciprocated the warmth, offering his greetings to President Aleksandar Vucic and then …

Senior Iranian officials condemned the IDF’s activity in Judea and Samaria and accused Israel of striving to expand the scope of the “killings and crimes” against the Palestinians. Senior Iranian officials continued to threaten to respond to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran but stressed that the response would …

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible and the advantage goes to exclusionary social movements built on malignant rather than goodwill impulses. As Heritage Foundation president Keith Roberts stated in July 2024, “[W]e are in the …

Nearly the whole of the professional, intellectual, and government class has betrayed the cause of universal human liberty in our times. But among those who were supposed to be less susceptible were the people called libertarians. They fell too, and tragically so. This subject is especially salient to me because …

Disputes among opposition factions in northwestern Syria have resurfaced after months of stagnation, when the Shamiya Front, a military faction affiliated with the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), announced it was suspending its work with the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) due to a conflict with its head, Abdulrahman Mustafa. The …

In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region. Summary Syria’s central authorities have lost sovereignty over …

Le secrétaire d’État américain Blinken et le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères, David Lammy, se rendront à Kiev pour informer l’Ukraine que les restrictions sur l’utilisation de missiles à longue portée contre le territoire russe seront levées. Dans un premier temps, cela signifie que les missiles ATACMS (Advanced Tactical Missile …

La question de la complémentarité entre la Fédération de Russie et la République populaire de Chine dans le cadre de l’interaction avec les alliés et partenaires sur le continent africain est plus que jamais d’actualité et commence à recevoir un soutien officiel. En effet, cette interaction russo-sino-africaine représente un autre …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2023, fundamentally shifted the security posture of theMiddle East, while also having severe humanitarian consequences and ripple effects in countriesthroughout the globe, including many in the West. This TSC Special Report, generously sponsored by theAirey Neave Trust, aims to explore …