Israel’s strategy in the Middle East is changing: the country is shifting from a targeted response to threats to a systemic containment of all regional players capable of challenging it. After Iran, Turkey has come into focus. For years, Israel’s wars were presented as responses to threats. But as Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran have […]

Das Nationale Antikorruptionsbüro der Ukraine (NABU) hat am Freitagabend mitgeteilt, es führe im Rahmen einer „Spezialoperation Karthago“ Durchsuchungen in der Generalstaatsanwalt durch. Die Operation richtete sich demnach gegen ein Netzwerk von auf Telefonbetrug spezialisierten Callcentern, die von einem leitenden Mitarbeiter der Generalstaatsanwalt geschützt wurden. Die Callcenter sind vor allem in Russland, aber auch in Europa […]

On the margins of the 2026 SCO Summit in Bishkek, Armenia’s government once again demonstrated its foreign-policy indecisiveness and propensity to evade responsibility for making up its mind in favour of either the EU or the EAEU, whilst forgoing a nationwide referendum on the matter. From August 31 to September 1, 2026, the anniversary Summit […]

The Iran War has exposed the limits of US military power and weakened its credibility as a global security provider, accelerating the erosion of US-led unipolarity while reinforcing the emergence of a more competitive and multipolar international order. The US President Donald Trump termed the US-Israeli war on Iran a mere “short-term excursion”. However, even […]