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Le retour du Macro-État eurasien

Lorsqu’il est devenu évident que la Communauté des États indépendants (CEI) ne pouvait pas remplir sa tâche d’intégration, l’Union eurasienne a été créée. Mais elle a été fondée uniquement sur des projets économiques. Et puisque l’intégration entre les pays ne peut pas être réalisée uniquement sur des bases économiques, cette …

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 17, 2025

Note: The data cut-off for this product was 11:45am ET on April 17. ISW will cover subsequent reports in the April 18 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment. Russian officials continue to reiterate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s non-negotiable demands for extensive territorial concessions from Ukraine while noting that ongoing peace negotiations are …

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Iran Update, April 17, 2025

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. CTP-ISW publishes the Iran Update every weekday. Click here …

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Iran Update, April 16, 2025

Iran is unlikely to accept zero uranium enrichment and full dismantlement of its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on April 16 that uranium enrichment is a “real and undeniable right” and “not subject to negotiation.”[i] Araghchi stated that “contradictory” US positions do not help the negotiations …

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Islam, Europe, And The Lessons Of History: Beyond The Clash Of Civilisations – OpEd

As Europe continues to grapple with questions of identity, integration, and multiculturalism, a familiar yet complex debate has resurfaced: Do Muslims fit in Europe? This question—recently explored in a provocative exchange between renowned anthropologist Professor Akbar S. Ahmed and physicist and public intellectual Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy—demands more than simplistic answers. …

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The Trouble With Compulsory Globalism – OpEd

For years, I’ve resisted deploying the word globalism with approbation because international cooperation is a good thing. Travel is glorious and so is the freedom to trade and migrate. How did the practice of freedom as it extends over national juridical lines come to be so widely loathed and disparaged? …

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