Robert M. Gates Foreign Affairs Magazine Can a Divided America Deter China and Russia? It was a chaotic week in Washington. Congressional Republicans ended the week in disarray after GOP lawmakers voted down a bipartisan border security bill they fought for, leaving aid to Ukraine and Israel … [Read more...]
British analysis suggests Russian air forces struggle in supporting ground troops due to high avoidance of risk
The British Ministry of Defense shared their conclusions on Saturday. Experts from London believe the Russian military air force is struggling to provide sustained support for its ground forces engaged in combat in Ukraine. According to British intelligence, this issue stems from a clear avoidance … [Read more...]
Israel Prepares For Rafah Assault That Could Lead To “Tens Of Thousands” Of Casualties As Saudis Warn Of Imminent “Humanitarian Catastrophe”
Tyler Durden With any hopes for a Israel-Hamas ceasefire now dead, overnight Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Rafah on the Gaza border medics said on Saturday, as over a million Palestinians crammed into the city await a full-scale offensive with the rest of the enclave in ruins and … [Read more...]
Thailand’s New Government Rebalances Its Relationship With China
While relations between Bangkok and Beijing remain warm, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pursuing a more diversified foreign policy. Tommy Walker In early January, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin enthusiastically announced that he would be waiving visa requirements for Chinese visitors … [Read more...]
Organization of Iran`s 12 Major Intelligence Agencies
Mark LindseyMark Lindsey PMSC Alpha Corp Chief of Staff/Private Military Intelligence Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has spawned more than a dozen disparate intelligence agencies that engage in domestic and foreign surveillance. They separately report to different government ministries, … [Read more...]
Nonstate armed actors in 2024: The Middle East and Africa
Vanda Felbab-Brown Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @VFelbabBrown January … [Read more...]
The Extremist Domino Effect of October 7
by Mark Berlin, Sara Harmouch, Vladimir Rauta Half a century after the Yom Kippur War, Hamas’s surprise attacks on Oct. 7 echo the infamous 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict. This day has also been likened to Israel’s own Sept. 11 by diplomats and commentators, intensifying its contemporary resonance. … [Read more...]
No Way Norway!
Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French “Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build”. Henrik Ibsen February 10th, 2024. Just back from the Norwegian Atlantic Committee’s superb annual Leangkollen Conference. The conference was great, the debate less so with a lack of … [Read more...]
US reaffirms One China policy during meeting with PRC
The United States reaffirmed its One China policy during a meeting between the two nations in early January and reiterated the country’s enduring commitment to freedom of navigation exercises in the Indo-Pacific. The renewed commitments were made during the 2024 US-PRC Defense Policy … [Read more...]
Țărmul războaielor, surprizelor și cutremurelor
de Ghassan Charbel Editor-șef al ziarului Asharq Al-Awsat Traducere dr. Isam Mahgoub Nu este de loc simplu ceea ce vedem în Orientul Mijlociu. Operațiunea „Al-Aqsa Flood -Potopul Al-Aqsa” s-a transformat într-un cutremur și chiar a doua zi, a declanșat un război limitat lansat de Hezbollah … [Read more...]