EU blinks amid energy crisis
It’s energy crisis day. In Brussels, the air is thick with questions about whether the European Commission will follow through on the more headline-grabbing recommendations it’s floated to citizens in recent weeks.
L’exercice d’équilibriste du Pakistan entre l’Iran et l’Arabie saoudite
L’équilibre entre les relations avec l’Arabie saoudite et l’Iran demeure un élément clé de la politique étrangère du Pakistan, le pays cherchant à la fois à renforcer ses partenariats stratégiques et à préserver son rôle de médiateur dans le contexte géopolitique tendu du Moyen-Orient.
Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates
BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows
BBC’s executive committee met nine times with Jewish community groups and only once with a pro-Palestinian organisation during the first year of the Gaza genocide, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
L’Iran et l’Ukraine — Deux théâtres d’opérations dans la guerre unique menée par le monde non occidental pour l’équilibre des forces
En Iran et en Ukraine, l’enjeu — ce pour quoi on se bat et ce contre quoi on se bat — est un rééquilibrage des pouvoirs qui s’avérera d’une ampleur historique mondiale lorsqu’il sera enfin accompli.
On a d’abord appris que, le 8 avril, des avions israéliens avaient bombardé la ligne ferroviaire Chine-Iran, un élément clé de l’ambitieuse initiative chinoise des Nouvelles Routes de la Soie. Parmi toutes les cibles que la machine terroriste sioniste aurait pu viser, pourquoi un projet d’infrastructure financé par la Chine ? La question était légitime.
Putting the Calamity Makers in Charge: Anthropic and Claude Mythos Preview
Be wary of a company – any company – who exerts moral muscle as they create software and digital platforms that are injurious and simultaneously lauded for curing that injury. Be especially wary of Anthropic. With sagacious loftiness, it warns of the disabling dangers of the artificial intelligence (AI) frontier. Principled, it tells the Trump administration it will not partake in creating AI software that aids mass surveillance, a move that earned it an order of excommunication as a “supply chain risk”. It then goes on to create Claude Mythos Preview, a seemingly dystopian model that will, according to certain computer scientists “scan the hidden plumbing of the internet – operating systems, browsers, routers, and shared open-source code – at an unprecedented scale” thereby turning specialised hacking into “a routine and automated process.”
In Empire We Trust
War against Iran. Kidnapping the president of Venezuela. Threatening to take over Cuba and Greenland. Plans to plunder the planet of its land, labor, and vital resources to feed the insatiable appetite of American capitalism are indeed afoot and, in the age of Donald Trump, U.S. imperialism is back with a particular vengeance. Not, of course, that it ever went away. In fact, it’s been there from the beginning.
Four scenarios for geopolitics after the Iran war
After more than a month of war and amid an uneasy cease-fire, Iran announced Friday that it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz for ships traveling a pre-approved route, while President Donald Trump vowed to continue a US blockade on Iranian ships. Both sides are still negotiating a deal to bring the conflict to a close.
Turkey Expands Influence in Africa: Africa File, April 16, 2026
Key Takeaway:
Turkey. Turkey has recently advanced economic and security ties with Niger and Somalia, viewing both countries as its African anchor states through which it can further its strategic interests in Africa. These partnerships aim to address several domestic concerns, such as patronage and energy security, and bolster Turkey’s international standing vis-à-vis global competitors.
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Les coûts économiques de la guerre vont bien au‑delà des destructions matérielles
Les effets les plus importants des conflits sont souvent les moins visibles : ils détruisent les parcours de vie, affectent la santé, plombent les économies, exacerbent les inégalités de genre, accélèrent les déplacements forcés… La guerre génère aussi des gagnants, intentionnels ou involontaires.