March, 2025

• 12 March

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 9, 2025

  

  Russian forces are collapsing the northern part of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast following several days of intensified Russian activity in the area. Geolocated footage published on March 8 indicates that Russian forces seized Novaya Sorochina (northwest of Sudzha), Malaya Loknya (just south of Novaya Sorochina), and Lebedevka (south …

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• 9 March

  Pakistan: Where Army Wields Power Sans Accountability – OpEd

  

  He may have said it out of conviction or perhaps to please Rawalpindi. But by demanding that former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa “must be questioned about why he resettled these [Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP] militants,” Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif could well have unwittingly annoyed the top brass …

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• 9 March

  The Taliban’s House Of Cards: A Regime Riven By Factionalism And Failures – OpEd

  

  When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the world watched with bated breath. Would this radical regime, after two decades of insurgency, succeed in transforming itself from a militant force to a functioning government? The answer is becoming increasingly clear: the Taliban’s fragile grip on power is …

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• 9 March

  Artificial Intelligence And Strategic Transformation In The Indo-Pacific: Economic, Security, And Governance Implications – Analysis

  

  The Indo-Pacific, a vast and geopolitically significant region stretching from the east coast of Africa to the Pacific Islands, has emerged as a focal point of global technological evolution. At the heart of this transformation lies artificial intelligence (AI), a disruptive force reshaping economic, security, and strategic dynamics. As countries …

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• 9 March

  Three Scenarios For The War In Ukraine – Analysis

  

  Battlefield Assessment Last week both sides won modest tactical gains. But no strategic changes altered the map significantly. In eastern Ukraine, areas adjacent to Pokrovsk saw continued intensive combat, while the southern theater was relatively calm. In occupied Kherson, the Ukrainian Separate 14th Regiment successfully targeted a Russian training ground …

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• 9 March

  Tehran Warily Eyes U.S.-Russia Talks

  

  Trump’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine war might restore Russia’s historic perception of its relations with Tehran as primarily transactional rather than strategic.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Iran last week did not reassure Iranian leaders that Moscow will help Iran withstand increasing pressure from the Trump administration.If U.S. …

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• 9 March

  Why have Assad supporters launched an insurgency on Syria’s coast?

  

  Syrian security forces are fighting pro-Assad insurgents in what have been described as the ‘most violent’ clashes since the dictator’s ouster Syria is witnessing what has been described as the “most violent” clashes since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, as government forces battle with a militia loyal to the former regime. The …

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• 9 March

  At least 125 civilians ‘executed’, 100 security personnel killed in Syria coastal clashes: report

  

  Amid an insurgency of pro-Assad forces in the coastal regions of Syria, the new government’s security forces have been accused of massacring civilians. Syrian security forces are fighting an insurgency by pro-Assad groups across the country [Getty] Clashes in coastal areas of Syria between government security forces and groups loyal …

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• 9 March

  Defending the Druze: Israel’s pretext to divide the new Syria

  

  In-depth: Israel is instrumentalising Syria’s Druze to maintain military influence in the south, but the community has rejected Netanyahu’s bid to protect them. Dozens of Druze residents gathered in the Seyouf Square of Jaramana, a Damascus suburb, last Tuesday, holding banners denouncing comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

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• 9 March

  Ocalan’s call for peace: The end of the PKK-Turkey conflict?

  

  Analysis: While PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s historic call raises hopes of ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey, peace is by no means guaranteed. After four decades of fighting the Turkish state, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has urged the group that he founded to abandon its armed …

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