Julian McBride

Today, the world has failed to learn from its historical mistakes, and just as bureaucracy let down the Rwandans, the Armenians of Karabakh are facing similar suffering. As Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia said in a speech to the League of Nations after the Italian invasion: “It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”

The well-coordinated attack is not only haunting Israel but the entire world. In the age of growing intelligence capabilities and decades of fighting terror organizations, militants, with covert backing, can still inflict a vast loss of life, and because of this, the international intelligence apparatus will continue to go through an overhaul to reassess capabilities.

Today. The international community has a critical decision that could affect the world’s future regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan. The world can ignore a ‘miniscule’ conflict or slowly watch it grow into a regional war, as with many prior wars.

Lebanon is currently a failed state with potential in the region, but the rebirth of a Phoenix can only happen by addressing the elephant in the room. Even with many problems that must be addressed, Hezbollah remains the most significant obstacle to the Levantine nation.

Overall, the shadow war between Israel and Iran has far-reaching consequences for the Middle East and other regions. Now intertwined with the global powers, the shadow war can very much become an open war with hundreds of thousands of casualties in the future.

The liquidation of the Wagner Group’s leadership has both pros and cons for Vladimir Putin. As a positive, he no longer has radical elements that will openly challenge his leadership, and as a negative, he now has to frankly take over the PMC’s illicit operations, which could further degrade and destroy the Russian economy with further sanctions.

Overall, introducing a homegrown 700 KM weapon is a potential game changer in the war in Ukraine. Still, it also shows the innovations and engineering of Ukrainians, who, even under heavy pressure, continue to adapt and overcome one of the most formidable militaries today.

Exporting weapons to emerging military powers in Europe and the MENA region has put Israeli defense expenditures at the forefront of the lucrative global arms market. Israel, which for decades kept itself as a regional player, now looks to expand as a global power, and its defense exports will become a primary focus in achieving this goal.

France and Russia’s geopolitical disputes have affected tens of millions, and West Africa has gradually become their new regional fight for influence. Overall, Africa’s future can only be decided by Africans and not outside world powers, whether it is Russia or France.

They paint themselves as ‘victimized’ by the media, yet have strict control over all outlets and reporting on their countries. Journalists are heavily persecuted in both nations, which rank amongst the bottom in media freedom, and dissident voices will continue to be oppressed in Moscow and Baku as long as the kleptocracy remains in power.

Ultimately, the only way to secure Ukraine and the rest of the world from Russian threats is to arm Kyiv with the tools it needs to regain its territory. The more Putin continues to escalate a war in which he still hasn’t reached a single primary objective, the more degraded the Russian military and labor force will be for the next several decades.

Cyprus’ fragility has only become more fluid due to the toothless fortitude of the United Nations and the inability of British troops on the isle. Turkey, like Russia, feeds off appeasement and indecisiveness by the EU, NATO, and UN to condemn their aggression and violations over Hellenic air and naval space and continued settlement buildup in the occupied areas of Cyprus.