L’Américain dans toute sa laideur sous stéroïdes. Depuis que Franklin D. Roosevelt a orchestré la Seconde Guerre mondiale, vaincu l’Empire britannique par la ruse, saisi son or et usurpé sa position de première puissance mondiale, l’Américain le plus laid a (du moins dans son esprit) dominé le monde. Et qui …
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7 March
No solution to terrorism without talks with Afghanistan: Gandapur
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Wednesday reiterated that a solution to terrorism cannot be found without engaging in talks with Afghanistan. “We have sent the Terms of Reference (TORs) for talks with Afghanistan to the federal government but despite repeated reminders, no response has been received. Terrorism …
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7 March
The “ReArm Europe Plan” Will Probably Fall Far Short Of The Bloc’s Lofty Expectations
The estimated €800 billion in defense spending that’s supposed to follow in the next four years might sound impressive, but it becomes much less so when considering the difficulties in optimizing this. The EU swiftly responded to Trump’s decision to freeze all military aid to Ukraine by having European Commission …
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7 March
Ukraine Without America
Last week, the world witnessed a contentious, on-camera Oval Office confrontation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump, and U.S. Vice President JD Vance. What began as a relatively standard exchange quickly escalated into an unprecedented public dispute. Yet when stripped of emotion, these core disagreements have been …
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5 March
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 4, 2025
US President Donald Trump ordered a pause on US military aid to Ukraine on March 3, suspending the delivery of critical warfighting materiel. An anonymous White House official told the Wall Street Journal on March 3 that the United States is “pausing and reviewing” military aid to Ukraine until Trump …
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5 March
Europe’s Critical Choices: Securing Ukraine Without Trump
To secure Ukraine and the continent, European countries must take action that Trump and Putin cannot ignore. This will require making three crucial but divisive choices on how to deploy financial and military capabilities. There is little more U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration could do to signal that …
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5 March
Trump’s China policy: A complete unknown?
Past and present policies indicate the president could be militarily hawkish or purely transactional, depending on the moment Only one month in, the foreign policy moves of the Trump Administration in Europe, the Middle East, and North America indicate that radical, tumultuous change, marked most notably by major reversals in …
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5 March
Trump-Zelensky ‘shouting match’ shows how US props up and discards ‘allies’
The heated exchange between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office revealed the true nature – and cost – of being a so-called US ally. The meeting, which took place on February 28, ended with the visiting Ukrainian president being asked to leave the …
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5 March
Will the Arab Reconstruction Plan Overcome Its Implementation Challenges?
Work is underway on a reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip in coordination between Egypt and various Arab countries, and its details are supposed to be presented at the Arab Summit in Cairo, where the Arab countries moved to respond quickly to US President Donald Trump’s proposals regarding the displacement …
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5 March
In Syria, Moving Forward Means Looking Back
How Reparations for Assad’s Victims Can Bring Stability to a Broken Country In the months since the militant opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stunned the world by bringing down the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in early December 2024, Syria has faced many pressing concerns. The country is ravaged and war-torn. …
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