Security & Defence
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On 23 July 2026, Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio met in Manila, on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial meeting. Thirty-five minutes. No more. A short, formal exchange, with no major announcement. And yet, this meeting is a signal. The…
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The Anรฉfis camp is under siege. Since 22 July 2026, the jihadists of JNIM and the separatists of the Azawad Liberation Front have encircled this Malian army position in the north of the country. An improbable coalition between Islamists and…
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On 21 July 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed his commander-in-chief. In six days, he changed his two top military officials. It is no longer a reform. It is a signal. A few days earlier, on 15 July, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov…
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Space is no longer the sanctuary of international cooperation. It has become a battlefield. Two projects, two visions, and one shared observation: the rules of the game have yet to be written. On one side, Jilin-1. China’s Earth observation constellation…
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On 20 July 2026, the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell to 311.4 million barrels. This is the lowest level since March 1983. Forty-three years ago, Ronald Reagan was president, and the Cold War was in full swing. Today, it…
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The signals are piling up. For several days, Donald Trump’s statements, American troop movements and Iranian preparations have been outlining a prospect no one wanted to contemplate: a ground war in Iran. More than 50,000 American soldiers are already deployed…
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Jordan was a sanctuary. For years, American forces found safe refuge there, far from the tensions of the Gulf. In July 2026, that sanctuary was shattered. Four Iranian attacks in five days. The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in the north…
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China has not fired a single shot in the Iran-United States war. Yet it may be the main beneficiary. It has observed, it has waited, it has reaped. While the United States was depleting its missile stocks, Beijing made sure…
