Author: M Barbu

Le contrôle de l’Eurasie par le sud

Si l’on combine la géographie politique et la géopolitique, il est facile de constater que le groupe de pays situés au nord de la mer d’Arabie présente un certain nombre de caractéristiques communes. Certaines parties de l’Iran moderne et de l’Afghanistan représentent le Khorasan historique, et la ceinture pachtoune s’étend de l’Afghanistan au Pakistan. Le Pakistan et l’Iran sont unis par le Baloutchistan (les deux pays ont des mouvements séparatistes baloutches activement soutenus de l’extérieur).

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies confirme le grand succès de la Russie en Afrique

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies (CSNU) a adopté une résolution levant l’embargo sur les armes à l’encontre du gouvernement de la République centrafricaine (RCA). Le document a été soumis au Conseil de sécurité par la France (Paris représente traditionnellement toutes les résolutions au Conseil de sécurité concernant ses anciennes colonies) et a été adopté à l’unanimité.

Hezbollah

Hezbollah is an Iranian-sponsored, internationally sanctioned terrorist group with an anti-Israel and anti-U.S. agenda. Hezbollah is primarily based in Lebanon, but has carried out terrorist and criminal operations around the world.

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in June 2024

ISIS carried out at least 29 confirmed attacks in June in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, Deir Ez Zor, and Aleppo governorates. These attacks killed at least 49 pro-Assad regime soldiers and two civilians and wounded at least 23 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 12 high quality* attacks carried out during the month. The level of violence increased in June by every metric compared to May. However, most of these attacks occurred in the first half of the month amid a series of regime military operations in eastern Homs. As in May, there were relatively few attacks in Deir Ez Zor and Hama, as Homs remained the center of ISIS activity in the Badia.

Special Briefing: The regional impact of Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination

Netanyahu shapes the battlefield — but for peace or large-scale escalation?

Paul Salem
Vice President for International Engagement

The killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and the killing of a Hezbollah senior commander in Beirut could be designed to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare some victories and move toward winding down the war in Gaza, or they may signal his intentions to escalate the conflict and possibly drag the US into a wider regional contest with Iran and Hezbollah.

Iran and Hezbollah are now under tremendous pressure to respond in kind, which would set off a massive escalatory spiral; to see off this risk, diplomats must engage in immediate crisis management, followed by real de-escalation.

Did Westerners, Ukrainians, And Islamists Help Tuareg Rebels Ambush Wagner In Mali?

The Tuareg Conflict is on pace to become another proxy war between Russia and the West.

Speculation is swirling in the days after Tuareg rebels ambushed Wagner in Mali, which readers can learn more about here and here, to suggest that they had the support of Westerners, Ukrainians, and Islamists. Former ECOWAS Director of Communication Adama Gaye told Al Jazeera on Sunday that “Tuareg forces could be receiving outside help, including from the French military and regional armed groups with ‘allegiance to al-Qaeda’”, which set the stage for the reports that’ll now follow.

The Horror of an Iranian Nuclear Weapon

Iran has hardly been shy about articulating its genocidal objectives against Israel. Iran’s newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, in early July, reaffirmed “Tehran’s dedication to destroying Israel.” This aim, he added, is “rooted in the fundamental policies of the Islamic Republic.”