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Kosovo: a new government or a political crisis

The Vetëvendosje movement won the elections on February 9, but this time it does not have the numbers to govern on its own. The alternatives are the creation of a difficult majority or new early elections Kosovars do not know yet who will manage to form their new government, despite …

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U.S. Attacks Houthis, Sends Signal to Iran

The Trump administration ordered airstrikes against a range of Houthi targets in Yemen over the weekend, following through on threats that came on the heels of redesignating the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). The attack was a not-so-subtle signal to Iran, as President Trump has been unequivocal in …

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Germany and the EU Embrace Military Keynesianism

Just days before its dissolution, Germany’s outgoing parliament rushed through a revision of the constitution and a massive spending package to facilitate unlimited borrowing for militarisation. Half a trillion euros have been earmarked for the vague category of ‘infrastructure and climate neutrality’, while increased military spending is now exempt from …

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Spotlight on Syria (March 12 – 19, 2025)

IDF forces continued targeted raids in the Golan Heights buffer zone and attacked a largenumber of military sites in southern Syria and a structure belonging to the Palestinian IslamicJihad (PIJ) in Damascus. Syria and several other Arab states condemned the attacks andaccused Israel of “escalation.” Syrian security forces exchanged fire …

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Iran Update March 19, 2025

President Donald Trump’s March 5 letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei set a two-month deadline to reach a new nuclear deal, according to an Axios report.[1] Iran is very unlikely to agree to a new deal on a two-month timetable given its current policies on negotiations. Trump’s May 2025 …

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