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In its bid to clamp down on fake news, President Prabowo's administration is arming itself with some concerning powers.

The trip comes days after the Australian leader brokered a deal with Singapore to ensure a continued flow of fuel and gas between the two nations.

Au Royaume-Uni aussi, le pouvoir semble promis à la droite radicale. Le parti Reform UK de M. Nigel Farage a le vent en poupe. Quinze années d'austérité et de scandales ont discrédité les conservateurs. Dix-huit mois de gouvernement travailliste ont dégoûté les électeurs. Mais un certain (…) / Royaume-Uni, Parti politique

La mort récente de l'activiste néonazi Quentin Deranque a rappelé que la politique se fait aussi dans la rue et prend parfois des formes violentes. Conscients de cette réalité, partis et syndicats se sont dotés, dès la fin du XIXe siècle, de services d'ordre. Contestées ou exaltées, affaiblies (…) / Syndicalisme, Extrême droite, France, Mouvement de contestation, Police, Histoire

« Frappes ciblées », avions de chasse guidés par satellites, missiles bourrés de technologie… La guerre par bombardements aériens, de prime abord aussi simple et contrôlée qu'un jeu vidéo, permettrait d'atteindre efficacement des objectifs stratégiques en préservant la vie des troupes. Pourtant, (…) / Histoire, Conflit, Armement, Aéronautique, Technologie

The de-escalatory logic that will shape negotiations.

Securing access agreements for Turkmen facilities would be of clear utility to Washington, but it is unclear whether Ashgabat would be willing to take the risk.

Implementing the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda and mainstreaming gender have the potential to make UN peacekeeping operations more operationally effective, including by improving situational awareness and strengthening mission planning. Within this effort, military gender advisers (MGAs) play a central role in integrating a gender perspective across the military components of UN missions.

This policy paper examines the role of MGAs in UN peacekeeping operations, drawing on interviews and survey data from gender advisers and focal points across missions.

It discusses how MGAs are situated within the UN Peacekeeping Gender Architecture, variations in recruitment and training of MGAs, and the wide range of roles and responsibilities of MGAs. Furthermore, the paper identifies persistent challenges, including unclear job descriptions, short deployment cycles, limited training, and difficulties in coordination with civilian counterparts. The paper finds that the effectiveness of MGAs is shaped by factors such as leadership support, professional background, gender and cultural dynamics, and resource constraints. It underscores that as peacekeeping operations face financial pressures and structural reforms, ensuring that gender advisers are adequately trained, resourced, and integrated into mission planning will be critical to maintaining operational effectiveness.

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Plus de revenus pétroliers pour Moscou, et moins de munitions pour Kiev : la guerre au Proche-Orient a d'ores et déjà profité à la Russie. Pourtant, de nombreux experts russes estiment que la déstabilisation de son partenaire stratégique iranien place le Kremlin dans une posture délicate. / (…) / Iran, Russie, Conflit, Géopolitique, Conflit russo-ukrainien 2022-

The assets were connected to a network surrounding the South African businessman Benjamin Mauerberger, who is wanted on fraud and money laundering charges.

Beijing has been hit with a fresh wave of purges, which have this time gone right to the very heart of the security apparatus. In early April, the official announcement of the investigation into Ma Xingrui, a member of the [...]

According to information gathered by Intelligence Online from several European foreign ministries at the height of the war in Iran, [...]

During South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's first official visit to China in early January 2026, the leader cultivated an [...]

The Roosevelt Hotel in New York announced its return to the diplomatic stage in February, with the news that its [...]

Fresh from launching a new party in the hope of returning to power in Athens, former Greek prime minister Alexis [...]

The president of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto is expected to arrive [...]

As America steps back, four countries will shape the continent’s security.

U.S. tactical successes should give Beijing pause.

The peril and promise of an economic boom in Venezuela.

Labor conditions aboard the region's poorly regulated fleet of fishing trawlers are a cause for continuing alarm.