March, 2025

• 12 March

  Operation “Iron Wall”: Similarity of procedures and intersection of goals between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

  

  Operation Iron Wall comes as an advanced episode of the war in the Gaza Strip, and part of the Israeli Prime Minister’s previous promises to redraw the features of the Middle East. This is evident through a series of Israeli measures aimed at re-engineering the Palestinian and Syrian geography, spatially …

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• 12 March

  Germany’s soft spot for Russia Business deals inform the nation’s politics

  

  Mounted atop a former warehouse in Hamburg’s industrial-era docklands, the billowing form of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall rises above Germany’s second-largest city like an ocean wave. The glass-panelled building crowns a new, forward-looking section of the city, a modern and elegant counterpoint to the seedy Reeperbahn nearby. Built with the …

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• 12 March

  Trump has Europe in check We have lost the art of strategy

  

  “And are we not guilty of offensive disparagement in calling chess a game? Is it not also a science and an art, hovering between those categories as Muhammad’s coffin hovered between heaven and earth, a unique link between pairs of opposites: ancient yet eternally new.” Once again, Stefan Zweig got …

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• 12 March

  No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback

  

  Any talk of negotiating a new nuclear agreement—before Iran meets strict preconditions—is a dangerous mistake. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington marked an important moment in US-Israel relations. As the first foreign leader received by President Trump in this new phase of his presidency, Netanyahu was welcomed with …

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• 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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