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The end of the Cold War and the dismantling of what had been a bipolar world order raised the question of what exactly constitutes a... Read More

Every age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions,” the defense theorist Carl von... Read More

Without American willingness to lead and deal with Russia directly, the war of attrition will continue, with the cost to Ukraine in lives and... Read More

There’s no mystery about what happens to Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory. The mystery is how anyone could leave them to... Read More

Every day in my homeland of Ukraine, people die from Russian bombs and bullets, and more of our territory is lost. The West, under the... Read More

Hamas leader Sinwar’s death marks the beginning of the end of Iran’s ‘unity of fronts’ strategy against... Read More

Lebanon is a consociational democracy, a system that Arend Lijphart defines as a power-sharing model specific to a given state or... Read More

The dream of a Palestinian state has been broken on the wheel of nihilism. Read More

Samoa is a land of sunburnt shorelines and majestic waterfalls. It is a Pacific paradise that, in a perfect world, should be left unsullied... Read More

Deployments of ships and aircraft to challenge China’s illegal claims in the South China Sea are increasing. European ships are... Read More

As Beijing has intensified its efforts in recent weeks to overcome China’s economic slowdown, speculation has centered on the prospects... Read More

The alliance is happy to turn a blind eye to the ethnic cleansing of Armenians—so long as Baku is aligned against Tehran.   Read More

Moscow is willing to put big money into bribes and disinformation in its battle for influence with the EU in former Soviet... Read More

The slim majority backing EU membership and for President Sandu reflects a chafing against binary... Read More

The Afghanistan-based terrorist group has revamped its online recruiting tactics, experts say, as it seeks to carry out attacks against the... Read More

A decade of military, humanitarian, and developmental European interventions in the Sahelian states of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have... Read More

On October 8th, I attended a conference organised by the Canal Foundation and Musealia. Entitled “The Promise of the West. Read More

We don’t know whether the leak was a law violation or an intentional act from within the Biden administration   Read More

The question now in Gaza is whether the death of Sinwar and the fighting in Jabaliya will hand Hamas a defeat that will change things... Read More

At dawn on 22 March, 2004, a half-blind paraplegic cleric was returning home after his prayers in the Mosque in Gaza City when he was... Read More

Last week, in a surprising chance contact, Israeli forces eliminated the leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7... Read More

The Biden administration has indicated that it sees Israel’s escalated campaign on the Lebanese front as a golden opportunity to... Read More

President Volodymyr Zelensky has spent recent weeks endeavoring to sell his “victory plan,” the core elements of which he... Read More

If Britain were properly governed, Keir Giles would still be “institutionalized in the Ministry of Defence” as he tells me. But... Read More

The core of a coalition to oppose China in the South China Sea must be the Southeast Asian claimants themselves. They must recognise that the... Read More

Rep. Chris Smith, a leading human rights advocate in Congress, is calling out the Biden administration for praising the Azerbaijan government... Read More

Hurricane Oscar’s arrival to eastern Cuba Sunday has impacted millions of residents already facing days without power, as fresh... Read More

The 2024 summit will surely include statements about creating an alternative to challenge the US dollar-based global monetary system   Read More

Tensions on the Korean peninsula are mounting, with North Korea preparing to dismantle sections of inter-Korean roads and accusing... Read More

What could be more challenging than negotiating peace between two distrustful competing warlords? Negotiating peace between three distrustful... Read More

In recent years, China’s threat of economic coercion has loomed large, and Washington’s allies and partners have seen... Read More

His Death, However, Could Create an Opening for Peace Read More

The final moments of Yahya Sinwar’s malevolent life are an allegory for the current balance of military power in Gaza. The once mighty... Read More

When I began working on the history of the Soviet Union, in the 1990s, survivors and historians alike were free to speak as they wished.... Read More

Last week, The Atlantic magazine published a piece with a bold headline: “Trump is speaking like Hitler, Stalin,... Read More

A new age of international relations is dawning. With the West accounting for a declining share of global GDP, and the world becoming... Read More

This week’s Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, will attract significant attention, but whether it yields any meaningful results... Read More

Yahya Sinwar allegedly denied a deal which would see his escape in exchange for Egypt taking over negotiations for a ceasefire on Hamas's... Read More