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Argentinian President Milei Declares ‘Cultural War’ December 05, 2024

There Is a Real Life Star Wars Happening - And the UK Isn’t Ready December 05, 2024

Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001: Space Odyssey and dozens of other sci-fi stories set in space have delighted us for decades. What’s really happening in space right now, though, should worry us.It is part of the great power competition that is going on ac...

United Kingdom

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SpaceX

Trump’s Trade War Would Be an Economic Disaster December 05, 2024

The president-elect’s two main arguments for his tariff threat – to reduce migration and to combat drugs – are not credible...

tariffs

Turkey’s Aims in Syria December 05, 2024

News that the civil war in Syria had flared up again came as no surprise to Turkish citizens. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his right-wing nationalist coalition partner Devlet Bahceli have talked about little else than the shift in power in the ...

Syria

Turkey

Total War Is Back—and America Must Adapt December 05, 2024

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Armenia and Azerbaijan at a Crossroads December 05, 2024

The geopolitical turbulence triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Western efforts to counter Moscow, and uncertainties surrounding the future of U.S. foreign policy underscore the strategic imperative of stabilizing the South Caucasus....

The ‘Axis of Upheaval’ Is on the March December 05, 2024

If it feels like the world is on fire right now, that’s because it is. From Ukraine to Syria to the Korean Peninsula, a widening array of conflicts is raising questions among defense experts: Is it 1914 again? 1939? Has World War III already started ...

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Where Does the Syrian Civil War Go From Here? December 05, 2024

For years, experts argued that President Bashar al-Assad had “won” the Syrian Civil War. Yet that couldn’t be further from the truth. Assad only survived the war, thanks to Russian airpower and Iranian mercenaries. ...

Syria

A Vicious Cycle: War and Famine in Sudan December 05, 2024

The Sudan civil war has done more than devastate lives – it has dismantled the very systems that sustain them. Agriculture, once the backbone of the nation’s economy and a lifeline for millions, has been brought to its knees by years of violence. Yet...

Sudan

Ukraine Pushes for NATO as Allies Mull Post-War Security Plans December 04, 2024

Russia

Not Just Lebanon, the Gaza War Must End December 04, 2024

Biden could have achieved a ceasefire in Gaza months ago if he had truly applied pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu...

Is Zelensky Softening His Tone December 04, 2024

Since the February 2022 Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised that his country would prevail in the ensuing war, and that victory would include not only the reclamation of its territory up to the prewar borders, but al...

Ukraine

5 Places World War III Could Break Out in 2025 December 04, 2024

World War III in 2025? The year 2024 is promising to leave a dangerous legacy for its successor. Not in decades has the world witnessed a more dangerous international environment, with unsettled, ongoing conflicts in some of the world’s most critical...

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War and Famine in Sudan December 03, 2024

Africa

Zelensky Suggests NATO Membership Could End ‘Hot Stage’ of War December 03, 2024

Russia

Israel’s Victory in Lebanon December 03, 2024

Israeli operations in Lebanon have defeated Hezbollah and compelled the group to end its involvement in the October 7 War....

Lebanon

Europe Quietly Prepares for World War III December 03, 2024

With warnings swirling over a possible war with Russia in a matter of years, NATO's European members have already started laying the groundwork for defenses, should Russian troops set foot on alliance soil. ...

Europe

Hezbollah Supporters Question the Costs of War December 03, 2024

The bodies were laid out in long rows, hundreds of them, mostly fighters but civilians too, in plywood boxes poking out from heaps of earth....

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Lebanon

Ukraine Peace Plans Galore December 03, 2024

More than 3 years of fighting and the arrival of Donald Trump is increasing pressure for a peace deal. ...

Ukraine

China’s Military Spending and Ours December 03, 2024

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Syria: Iraqi Militias Provide Assad Support in Civil War December 02, 2024

Ukraine’s Allies Are Scrambling To Respond to Putin’s War December 02, 2024

Russia

Why a Deal With Putin Will Backfire December 02, 2024

US president-elect Donald Trump’s boast that he will quickly negotiate a deal with Vladimir Putin about Russia’s war with Ukraine is likely to fail. This will be the case even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed last month that the ...

Russia

New Phase in Syrian Civil War December 02, 2024

The swift capture of Aleppo by rebel forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), marks a pivotal turning point in the Syrian civil war. This development not only highlights the fragility of Bashar al-Assad’s regime but also underscores how regional an...

Syria

Hamas Is Not Invincible December 02, 2024

It has become conventional wisdom in Washington that Hamas will survive no matter how hard it is pummelled by Israel. Leaders will fall; new leaders will rise. Hamas’s ties to the Palestinian people will sustain it regardless of the horrors that the ...

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