Le 5 août 2026, 10h38 heure de Pékin. Une fusée s’élève de la mer au large du Shandong. À son bord, deux satellites. Personne n’en parle. Ils s’appellent Oriental Smart Eye 01 et 02. Officiellement, ils servent à surveiller les cultures, l’environnement, les catastrophes naturelles. Officieusement, ce sont des yeux espions capables de voir à travers le camouflage, de détecter […]
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«L’effet rebond», ou la nouvelle vie du protocole d’accord entre l’Iran et les États-Unis
Washington a pratiquement déclaré que le protocole d’accord Iran-États-Unis est révolu. Pas dans le coma : il a rendu l’âme. Pourtant, nous assistons peut-être aujourd’hui au rebond spectaculaire par excellence — comme cadre directeur de la politique étrangère de l’Iran de l’après-guerre. À toutes fins pratiques, Téhéran présente désormais ce qui était auparavant connu sous le nom de «Mémorandum d’Islamabad» […]
Read more ›A Nation Under Siege: Russia-Ukraine War Destabilizes Kazakhstan’s Economy As Russian Media Splits The Kazakh Ethnos Apart – Analysis
Key Takeaways:Russian analysts, notably Nikita Mendkovich, warn that Western and Ukrainian actions—including potential drone threats to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium—are aimed at destabilizing Kazakhstan as a means of pressuring Russia, with speculation of a possible coup attempt by 2026–2027.Western Kazakhstan holds critical strategic value due to its role in the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), energy export infrastructure, and […]
Read more ›China Tightens Hold On Latin America’s Critical Minerals Key To Defense And Tech – Analysis
Key Takeaways:China has expanded its presence across Latin America’s critical minerals sector, securing mining interests in 12 countries and investing heavily in lithium, copper, and related processing and infrastructure projects.Beijing’s involvement extends beyond extraction into refining, ports, and logistics, giving it significant control over supply chains essential for batteries, semiconductors, defense technologies, and the energy transition.Analysts warn that this growing […]
Read more ›Spain: Balancing Openness, Risk Management And Industrial Strategy In Dealing With China’s Technological Rise – Analysis
Key Takeaways:Spain pursues selective engagement with Chinese technology: Madrid balances opportunity and risk by limiting Chinese suppliers in sensitive 5G core networks while continuing to rely on them in radio access, photovoltaics, and storage, and by attracting EV and battery investment under industrial conditions.Chinese investment is treated as a tool for industrial upgrading: Projects such as the CATL gigafactory in […]
Read more ›The Restructuring Of China’s Geographic Pathways In Central Asia – Analysis
Key Takeaways: After being delayed for more than 25 years, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway has finally entered the stage of substantive advancement. This undoubtedly marks a major milestone in the development of China’s westward-opening corridors, yet the deeper geostrategic significance of this project remains largely overlooked and has yet to receive the attention it deserves. For a long time, the […]
Read more ›The White House-Pindi Tango – Analysis
Key Takeaways: The trajectory of United States (US)-Pakistan relations since January 2025 represents a symbolic, if not yet substantive, upswing in bilateral ties—the sharpest since the early 2000s. Any deliberate strategic reassessment in Washington has not driven this resuscitation. It rests instead on personalised diplomacy centred on President Donald Trump, transactional offerings from Islamabad in trade, critical minerals, and cryptocurrency, […]
Read more ݃tats-Unis ou Chine : qui remportera la prochaine guerre ?
La bombe nucléaire n’est pas la principale menace pour le monde. Il existe quelque chose de bien plus dangereux. La principale menace dans la confrontation entre les États-Unis et la Chine n’est pas la parité militaire, mais la surestimation mutuelle de ses propres capacités. La question devrait être de savoir comment éviter le conflit et travailler ensemble à l’élimination des […]
Read more ›Five Years of Taliban Rule: Edmund Fitton-Brown on Terror Threats in Afghanistan
Speaking to Amu TV, former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown says the Afghan Taliban have supported cooperation between al-Qaeda and TTP, helping create a cross-border threat to Pakistan. former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown said the Taliban should not be viewed as reliable counterterrorism partners for the West, arguing they target ISKP primarily because it threatens their rule […]
Read more ›Taliban official killed in Badakhshan as security tensions escalate
The Taliban’s director of information and culture in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province was killed in a shooting on Tuesday, Taliban officials and a source told Amu TV, in the latest sign of deteriorating security in a province that has seen weeks of unrest. A source familiar with the incident said Zabihullah Amiri was traveling on the road between Faizabad, the […]
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