The history of what is now Palestine and Israel is a complicated one that started when the Hashemite Sherif Hussein and notably also his son Faisal I … Read the rest
Tag: Europe
Sunak Hopes To Mend Fences With Europe
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak’s bet has been to kiss and make up with the EU over Northern Ireland, hoping this reconciliation will open … Read the rest
How Long Can This Not-Quite-Total War Be Sustained?
As Joshua Yaffa recently commented, the push to claim new territory and mobilize more troops are unlikely to reverse Russia’s losses on the battlefield—but it could move the … Read the rest
A Sorbid History Under Pressure
Early on, in September, we covered this subject with another article emphasizing how isolated the country has become. But widespread anger is still mounting, and dire … Read the rest
But Why Technology Defines The Future Of Geopolitics
Few thought Ukraine could survive when Russian forces marched on Kyiv in February 2022. Russia had more than twice as many soldiers as Ukraine. Its … Read the rest
Ukraine’s Coming Electricity Crisis
After 11 months of war and nearly four months of relentless Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, the country’s electric grid comes nearer to collapsing … Read the rest
Russia, Ukraine and the West
When humanity almost got wiped out
There is no way out of the imagined order,’ writes Yuval Noah Harari in his book Sapiens. ‘When we break down our prison walls and … Read the rest
The abandonment of the Warsaw Pact part 3
The following (as also seen in the previous part) is like a deja vu of what is happening today whereby the hard-line from Putin underscores the fragile prospects for … Read the rest