Israel’s Strike on Iran: Escalation Averted or Temporary Reprieve?
Israel conducted a strike against Iran on Friday but, for now, appears to have prevented opening a dangerous new stage of the wider conflict in the Middle East. Israeli drones reportedly hit the central city of Isfahan Friday morning in revenge for Iran’s assault on Israeli territory last week. Iran’s attack, which implicated more than […]
Escalating Conflict: Israel’s Response to Iranian Aggression
As the spectre of regional conflict threatens larger than ever in the Middle East, everyone is waiting with bated drag for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend. That spectre has waxed and weakened since the war on Gaza started in October with the fear that it would curl into a regional war, pulling in […]
Algeria and Morocco Witnessing Heightened Tensions
The Maghreb region’s cold war between Algeria and Morocco persists to add new layers of frost. The latest round of pushes began in early March 2024 with the commencement of an office in Algiers for the Moroccan Republic of the Rif, a separatist organization reportedly supported by Algeria. It has been suggested that it was […]
Sudan’s Turmoil: A Crisis of Legitimacy and Power
The civil war in Sudan, which began in April 2023 between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader in chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is closing its one-year mark. With more than thirteen thousand Sudanese killed and 10.7 million people displaced, the problem continues to […]
Diverging Views Among Ukraine’s Allies on Drone Strikes Against Russian Refineries
Ukraine launched one of the longest-range drone strikes of the fight so far on April 2, striking an oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan region about 1300 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The episode was the latest in an expanding drive of drone strikes that have imposed significant damage on Russia’s oil and gas enterprise, while […]
Assessing NATO’s Legacy and Prospects: A Critical Analysis
NATO celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary on April 4 as history’s most prosperous military alliance. However, its future as a plausible deterrent to aggression now lies in the victory or failure of Russia’s unjust and cruel invasion of Ukraine. NATO’s past triumphs are unquestioned and impressive. It was NATO that helped the transatlantic community to conquer […]
The Sudanese Armed Forces Facing Imminent Collapse under RSF Pressure
In early March, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) retook areas of Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The reconquest observed one of the SAF’s few successes after months of humiliating withdrawals and territorial losses since battling broke out nearly a year ago. Once witnessed as a force to be considered with, Sudan’s army has […]
The Dilemma of Partisan Politics: Prospects for Ukraine Aid Legislation
The end of March will observe eight months since US President Joe Biden first asked for supplemental assistance to resupply Ukraine’s armed forces and support the country’s preparation for coming Russian offensives. With Congress starting yet another break, there may eventually be an ending in sight to the partisan logjam, but the condition that Ukraine […]
The Black Sea Battlefield: Putin’s Navy Chief Dismissed After Losses
Recently, Vladimir Putin has discharged Russian Navy chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. The removal of Yevmenov is the most major shakeup among Russia’s military administration in almost a year, contemplating mounting frustration in Moscow over the nation’s heavy losses in the Fight of the Black Sea. Putin’s patience seems to have finally run out in early […]
Moscow Tragedy: Unveiling ISIS-K’s Deadly Incursion
The March 22 incursion on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall concert venue by the terrorist body known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham–Khorasan (ISIS-K) has crushed the Russian people—twice. First, at least 139 people were massacred and hundreds wounded in the spray of gunfire and arson before the beginning of a sold-out show by […]