Maria Tril The Ukrainian partisan resistance Atesh reported a strategic railway sabotage operation targeting a critical transportation route connecting Moscow with Kursk Oblast. The group claims in its Telegram channel their agent burned a relay box in the Chekhov district of Moscow Oblast, … [Read more...]
Lebanon ceasefire deal: displaced communities start to return home
"Immediately after the ceasefire came into force at 4am, residents of south Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa (valley) began their return after months of forced displacement,” said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. “Heavy traffic [was] observed on the highway from Beirut to the south … [Read more...]
Half of Ukrainians Want Quick, Negotiated End to War
Benedict Vigers This article is the first in a series based on Gallup’s latest surveys in Ukraine. In 2023 and 2024, some occupied territories with entrenched Russian control were excluded because of lack of coverage by Ukrainian mobile operators. The exclusion represents approximately 10% to 12% … [Read more...]
Ukrainian drones attack military plant and oil depot in Russia’s Kaluga overnight
Maria Tril Multiple drones targeted industrial facilities in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast overnight on 25 November, hitting a military equipment manufacturer and an oil refinery, according to Russian officials and media reports. Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russian military bases and oil … [Read more...]
Taiwan: Ukraine’s Survival Is Our Survival
by Gordon G. Chang [T[he United States has an obligation to defend Ukraine — and it is definitely in its interest to do so. In the Budapest Memorandum, the three parties [the US, the UK and Russia] made six pledges to the former Soviet republic, the most important of which was "their … [Read more...]
The perils of predicting the future
Suzanne Raine Thinking about the future as a mystery to be divined, rather than an outcome to be shaped, has become hard-wired into the way we talk about what will happen next in foreign policy. When nearly 150 million US voters cast their ballots on 5 November, opinion polls … [Read more...]
Australia announces rapid munitions, missile manufacturing with Thales, Lockheed Martin
Robert Dougherty The federal government has announced plans for the rapid establishment of domestic manufacturing for missiles, munitions – including producing up to 100,000 artillery ammunition rounds a year by the end of the decade. The federal government, on 30 October, announced French … [Read more...]
Russian KAB-1500 bomb strike on Kharkiv Oblast kills two civilians as power lines fall
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located 30km (18 miles) from the Russian border, has been subjected to intense and frequent Russian strikes, resulting in significant civilian casualties and widespread destruction. In April 2024 alone, Russia reportedly dropped 3,200 guided bombs in … [Read more...]
CRIZA DIN UCRAINA – Analiza elementelor războiului hibrid –
Alina FIERARU Abstract. În lucrarea curentă, voi analiza modul, în care Rusia a condus un tip de conflict în Ucraina şi Crimeea, care acum este denumit „război hibrid”. În lucrare, voi conceptualiza ideea de război hibrid şi voi aborda partea teoretică. Voi examina natura conflictului din Ucraina … [Read more...]
ASPECTE ALE RĂZBOIULUI HIBRID: RĂZBOIUL INFORMAŢIONAL ŞI RĂZBOIUL CIBERNETIC
Marinică-Grando FILIP Abstract. The characteristics of a new type of war, made possible by technological advances, began to be captured in specialized literature. The present paper reviews the analysis and studies on two components of this type of conflict, for which the name "hybrid" war was … [Read more...]