March 18, 2026 Eurasia
On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, anxiety over a world in crisis. Over the weekend of Valentine’s Day, the United States was marching toward war with Iran and grappling with a partial government shutdown that impacted the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, the Trump administration was making light …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Tehran is targeting the soft underbelly of the U.S.-Israeli campaign—the oil sector and vulnerable Middle Eastern states—but allied officials can counter this strategy by taking concerted steps to bolster their regional partners, stabilize oil markets, and suppress the regime’s military capabilities. Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Middle Orient
E_047_26Download
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Germany is among countries which have rejected demands by President Donald Trump for help to stop Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Trump told the FT that it would be “very bad” for the future of NATO if members did not help get the critical waterway open and that he …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The drone strike on the British air base in Akrotiri brings Europe’s proximity to the conflict in Iran into sharp relief. In the fog of war, old tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean risk being reignited, and regional stakeholders must avoid escalation. Two weeks into the massive U.S. and Israeli military …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Si la hausse du baril se poursuit & qu’Ormuz reste fermé, Wall Street & consorts forceront la Maison Blanche à battre en retraite pour éviter l’effondrement de l’économie capitaliste mondiale. Trump confronté au “cauchemar de son isolement” et se berce d’illusions avec “l’IA”… Les porte-avions prennent la fuite, Dubaï ferme …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei represents a pivotal moment in the history of Iran. It opens a complex phase of political transition in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, mounting internal pressure, and the intensifying competition between the reformists and hardliners. The succession of the Supreme …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia
Toplines France will reportedly send Ukraine the newest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile system for battlefield testing against Russian ballistic missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on March 14 that France will give Ukraine an unspecified number of the newest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile system …
Read More »
March 18, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The war in Iran is currently in a phase in which the military trajectory is relatively positive: the United States is steadily destroying Iran’s ability to use its most essential tool in the war — drone and missile attacks — which in turn underpin the entire Iranian strategy. Iran has …
Read More »
March 17, 2026 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Xi has been supremely confident that China will dominate the rest of the century… “Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years,” the Chinese leader told Vladimir Putin after their 40th in-person chat, in Moscow in March 2023. “And we are driving this change together.” Many in Washington and …
Read More »