August 21, 2026
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From Hormuz to the Pacific: Why Japan and South Korea Are Moving Closer

By Gilles Touboul The rapprochement between Japan and South Korea is often explained by the same words: China, North Korea, Russia, Taiwan, missiles, technology, and American pressure. All of this is true. Tokyo and Seoul are not suddenly becoming close friends. They are becoming strategic partners because the world around them is becoming more dangerous. […]

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When Fear Becomes Strategy: How Iran and Its Proxies Rewrote Deterrence in the Middle East

By Amb. Dr. Mohamed Qubaty For more than a decade, the Middle East has lived under a paradox that is rarely acknowledged explicitly: the more the international community fears escalation, the longer destabilizing actors survive. What was once presented as prudence and restraint has gradually evolved into a strategic pattern of hesitation, in which avoiding […]

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Dr Wissam Basindawa briefs the European Parliament Presidency on the humanitarian situation in Yemen

Dr Wissam Basindawa briefs the European Parliament Presidency on the humanitarian situation in Yemen Dr. Wissam Basindouh, President of the Yemeni Coalition for Independent Women, had a brief exchange followed by a photo session with the president if the European Parliament Mrs Roberta Metsola who was hosted in her office in the Parliament, and a […]

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