Ahead of the Prague Defence Summit on November 10, 2024, the IISS published a dossier that presents a “reassessment” of the figures IRIS published in September 2023 regarding the European defence equipment market since the start of the war in Ukraine. The differences in this “reassessment” can be explained by...
Despite the fact that the war in Gaza that began with the Hamas attacks on October 7 has been going on for almost a year now, the conflict still seems far from resolved. The United States and Europe are showing great passivity in their activism to obtain a ceasefire, taking no real coercive measures...
In the run-up to the Iranian presidential election on 28 June 2024, the political landscape is marked by major internal challenges. Against the backdrop of recent events, the parliamentary elections in March 2024, a widespread economic slump, repeated social revolts and the tense relationship with Israel. The political scene...
Last weekend in Switzerland, 90 heads of state gathered around the Ukrainian President for a high-level conference on peace in Ukraine. Although China and Russia were absent from these negotiations, the conference resulted in 79 states signing a communiqué based on the three points that President Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to...
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