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Der Machtkampf im Südsudan spitzt sich zu, treibt das Land knapp anderthalb Jahrzehnte nach der Unabhängigkeit in einen vielschichtigen Bürgerkrieg – und reiht sich ein in das immer komplexere Konfliktfeld am Horn von Afrika.

Three factors shape when protests restrain democratic erosion—and when they don’t.

Die strategische Lage der Insel und ihre Ressourcen sind der Grund, weshalb seit dem 19. Jahr­hundert in Regierungskreisen der USA immer wieder die Idee diskutiert wird, Grönland zu erwerben. Im Sommer 2019 wollte US-Präsident Donald Trump dem Königreich Dänemark erstmals Grönland abkaufen. Mittlerweile hat Trump den Besitz und die Kontrolle Grönlands zur »absoluten Notwendigkeit« für die nationale Sicherheit erklärt, woraufhin der dänische Geheimdienst erstmals die USA als eine potentielle Bedrohung für die Sicherheit des Königreichs bezeichnete, weil diese nicht länger den Gebrauch militärischer Gewalt sogar gegen Verbündete ausschlössen. Aber geht es Trump tatsächlich um Sicherheit oder nur um den größtmöglichen Immo­bilien­besitz? Wie ist sein Griff nach Grönland zu bewerten und welche Implikationen und Lösungsansätze sind damit verbunden?

Renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act would protect U.S. jobs and economic power.

The fossil-fuel foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump has intensified the conflict between petrostates and electrostates in international climate politics. At COP30 in Belém in November 2025, this cleavage was particularly evident in the dispute over a roadmap for the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF). While an increasing number of countries regard TAFF as a necessary consequence of the global energy transition, fossil fuel producers prevented any substantive progress being made. The conference highlighted the structural limits of the capacity of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to mediate this dis­tri­bu­tional conflict. As a result, the EU faces a strategic dilemma: to further politicise the COP process around TAFF or to prioritise the stabilisation of key mechanisms of the Paris Agreement. Whether it can overcome that dilemma will become apparent during the run-up to the next global stocktake, which is due at COP33 in India in 2028.

Lockheed Martin completed the first demo of the Sniper Networked Targeting Pod, validating the new real-time data sharing capability between F-16s and ground stations. Lockheed Martin has completed a multi-aircraft flight demonstration of its new Sniper Networked Targeting Pod (NTP), validating the new capability to exchange targeting data in real-time between two F-16 fighters and […]

New Delhi has vowed to stop purchasing Russian oil in exchange for reduced U.S. tariffs.

Trump announced the deal in a social media post on Monday.

“Here we are once again, thinking that business can transform political relationships,” said one formerly Moscow-based risk analyst.

Carrying a mystic of almost invincibility and pure terror, the Red Baron’s famous mount was anything but perfect, with several faults limiting it below its anticipated performance. Although built in somewhat limited numbers and in service for a short period of time, the most famous mount of the world’s most famous ace, Germany’s Manfred von […]

And here’s how to make U.S.-European energy ties even more resilient.

South Korea is moving to upgrade the ROKAF’s F-15K Slam Eagle fleet to a configuration similar to the F-15EX Eagle II, significantly enhancing its long-range strike and survivability capabilities. Boeing has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF) F-15K Slam Eagle fleet. The development follows the launch […]

L’armée israélienne admet enfin que le nombre de morts, qui s’élève à 71 000 personnes, donné par le ministère de la Santé du Hamas, est exact.

Nombreux sont ceux qui l’ont longtemps nié, considérant ces chiffres comme relevant de la propagande terroriste, ce qui servait surtout à minimiser les actions du gouvernement israélien et à relayer la propagande israélienne.

Malheureusement, les chiffres exacts sont probablement encore plus élevés, compte tenu des disparus et des morts indirectes. Malheureusement, les mensonges trop répétés dans les médias entraînent une perte de confiance et une montée du complotisme.

Parallèlement, le passage de Rafah est désormais rouvert, contrôlé par l’Égypte. Mais le passage restera difficile pour de nombreux Palestiniens, qui devront affronter le choix de mourir sur place ou de partir avec le risque de ne jamais revenir. En d’autres termes, c’est le choix entre davantage de morts ou un nettoyage ethnique, avec la passivité totale de la communauté internationale.

L’article Israël dément ses relais d’opinion en France est apparu en premier sur IRIS.

A newly released video shows RQ-170 Sentinels at Creech Air Force Base, offering also a rare size comparison with an MQ-9 Reaper and nearby pickup trucks. Less than two weeks after the images and video of the mysterious ‘Dorito-shaped’ aircraft flying late at night near Area 51, Anders Otteson, the famous author of the popular […]

During a recent mission, Spanish Air Force F-18M Hornets intercepted a Russian Naval Aviation Su-30SM2 carrying an unusual loadout for operations over the Baltic region. On Jan. 28, 2026, the Spanish Ministry of Defense released details about an interesting mission carried out by Spanish Air Force EF-18M (or F-18M) aircraft deployed to Šiauliai, Lithuania, in […]

The Type 076 is moving rapidly towards becoming the first ship with an EMALS catapult to operate combat drones, with the GJ-21 possibly being prepared for testing. China’s Type 076 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) was recently spotted with a fully covered collaborative combat aircraft/unmanned combat  aerial vehicle (CCA/UCAV) in visuals that appeared on Jan. 31, […]

The first production representative MQ-25 taxied under its own power at Boeing’s facilities, following a series of rigorous ground trials over several months. Boeing and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that the production representative prototype of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned refueling tanker has started taxi trials at […]