Eurasia Press & News

Note: The data cut-off for this product was 1pm ET on February 11. ISW will cover subsequent reports in the February 12 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated Ukraine’s commitment to good faith peace negotiations with Russia and the particular importance of US military assistance to Ukraine’s …

L’armée israélienne continue de bombarder la Syrie et d’attaquer ce qui reste de l’infrastructure militaire de l’ancien gouvernement. L’armée israélienne a étendu son occupation du sud de la Syrie le 9 février, poursuivant sa campagne de destruction des infrastructures appartenant à l’ancienne Armée arabe syrienne (AAS).

New information has arisen about the way in which Hezbollah’s military and criminal operations in Syria is using its terrorist organization’s financial network. The modus operandi of this network brings together three elements of Hezbollah’s activity in Syria: weapon smuggling, drug trafficking operations and financing which make use of the …

Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. Click here to see …

Under ‘Trumpism 2.0 Political Economy’ of the re-installed President Donald Trump, United States is experiencing a recurrence of socio-economic cycles in unprecedented stakes. After days of uncertainty, the U.S. has so far focused its tariffssolely on China, as Mexico and Canada secured a temporary exemption from the 25 percent tariffs …

Regional Setbacks: Iran’s influence in the Middle East suffered major blows. Israel attacked its embassy in Damascus, and key allies Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and the Assad regime in Syria faced defeats, weakening Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.” (Hamas, though, has regrouped, taking some of the sting out of …

It is well known that the three Baltic States, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, are distinct yet share many similarities. They are comparable in size and have similar social, political, and economic development. They are situated in similar geostrategic positions within the same military operational theatre. For this reason, questions have …

Information Cutoff: 2:00pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. Click here to see CTP …

Since Russia launched a large-scale military operation against Ukraine in February 2022, the Russia-Ukraine war has continued, with the battlefield situation remaining in a stalemate. In modern society of the 21st century, it is an extremely rare human tragedy for such a large-scale war to last for so long, resulting …

The effects of the overthrow of the Kremlin’s Syrian client Bashar al-Assad on Russian influence in the Middle East and Africa has become a hot topic of conversation abroad. So far, relatively little attention has been given to what is likely to prove to be an even more important result …