The first presidential trip of US President Donald J. Trump’s second term was welcomed with lavish celebrations by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
During the visit, these Gulf states committed to investing around $2 trillion through technology and defence deals with American companies, strengthening their economic and political partnerships with the US.
The Wagner Group is a recent iteration of Russia’s historical use of proxy forces abroad. In 2013, the Syrian government contracted Slavonic Corps, a front organization and sub-contractor for the Russian private security company Moran Security Group to secure selected oilfields in eastern Syria. Although its first and only mission was considered both a test and a failure, the concept of Slavonic Corps gave rise to the Wagner Group, which emerged soon after. The leadership of Wagner Group included Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dimitry Utkin; Prigozhin was a successful convict-turned-businessman with close ties to President Putin while Utkin was a former member of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and commander of a Spetsnaz unit. The unique and timely characteristics of these leaders, as well as Wagner’s direct ties to the Russian state, were key to the organization’s success. Operating mostly in the grey zone, the Wagner Group fulfilled Russian strategic objectives and sought to secure funding by both licit and illicit means. Russian offerings to state leaders via Wagner Group ranged from single issue solutions to “regime survival packages” in exchange for resource extraction, business enterprise contracts, and other forms of payment.
Alors que l’Afrique redevient un enjeu stratégique mondial, l’infiltration croissante d’Israël du continent révèle un agenda aligné sur l’hégémonie occidentale, l’exploitation et l’érosion de la solidarité traditionnelle envers la Palestine.
Mouvements majeurs et manœuvres massives sur l’échiquier géopolitique mondial manipulés discrètement par LA TRIADE
Ne vous y trompez pas, la plupart des plus grandes nations de la Terre NE VEULENT PAS d’une troisième guerre mondiale. La Russie, la Chine, l’Inde, l’Iran, l’Arabie saoudite, le Mexique, le Brésil, l’Argentine, l’Afrique du Sud et de nombreux autres pays sensés ne veulent pas prendre part à une guerre mondiale ouverte. En réalité, ces gouvernements pacifistes ont travaillé d’arrache-pied pour empêcher une troisième guerre mondiale depuis le 11 septembre, souvent au détriment de leurs intérêts nationaux et en particulier de leurs citoyens respectifs.
For months, the young Azerbaijani activist-turned-journalist had been documenting the plight of her colleagues as they were smeared by pro-government media, detained, and hauled before the courts on charges of “currency smuggling.”
So Fatima prepared. The 24-year-old gave access to her Facebook account to friends abroad and recorded a one-minute video to be uploaded when the inevitable happened.
Les dernières semaines ont été particulièrement meurtrières, avec plusieurs centaines de soldats tués dans diverses attaques au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Niger.
Raids sanglants au Mali, incursions dans de grandes villes au Burkina Faso, lourdes pertes militaires au Niger : les djihadistes ont intensifié leurs offensives contre les armées au Sahel. Les dernières semaines ont été particulièrement meurtrières, avec plusieurs centaines de soldats tués dans diverses attaques revendiquées, au Mali et au Burkina Faso par le Groupe de soutien de l’islam et des musulmans (GSIM), affilié à Al-Qaida, et au Niger par l’Etat islamique au Sahel (EIS). Les juntes des trois pays, qui avaient promis lors de leurs putschs de faire du retour de la sécurité une priorité, peinent à endiguer la progression des djihadistes, qui menacent plus que jamais le nord de certains pays côtiers du golfe de Guinée.
Less than a year ago, U.S. law enforcement uncovered a plot by the Islamic Republic of Iran to kill President Donald Trump. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been conspiring with hitmen to target and gun down Americans on U.S. soil for many years. “That simply won’t be tolerated,” the FBI said when it revealed the plot. Now is the time to ensure these words are matched by deeds.
Not long ago a Jacobin article (re-posted on ZNet) argued that we need more Marxism. To my eyes the tone was if we aren’t Marxist we aren’t materialist, if we aren’t materialist we don’t believe in reality, and if we pay inadequate attention to reality we will chase rainbows and succumb to mis-leadership. Conclusion, we need to be Marxist materialists. As steadily more people become deeply disenchanted, then horrendously horrified, then outstandingly outraged at today’s world, and in response want to do something about it, there will be offers of helpful guidance. Smart people, confident people who have scads of answers, will offer tools to utilize and concepts to employ to make sense of what is happening and of means to make things better. Follow our lead. Sign on with us. Their offer will be helpful if the offered tools and concepts are well suited to the world we face and the tasks we undertake.
The number of nuclear warheads ready for use by nine countries has slightly increased from last year, reaching over 9,600 warheads, according to a Japanese think tank’s report.
Russia, the United States and China remain the world’s three largest countries in terms of the size of their nuclear arsenals. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Department of Defense, the Chinese Defense Ministry and the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
Located among the sprawling dunes of Israel’s southern desert is a central component of what Avner Cohen calls his country’s “worst kept secret.”
The Negev Nuclear Research Center, officially renamed in 2018 after late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and often referred to by the name of the nearby city of Dimona, is widely known to be the complex where Israel first underwent the project to obtain nuclear weapons back in the late 1950s.