Mamdani’s victory in New York’s mayoral contest accelerated a debate over democratic socialism in U.S. politics. His campaign on housing affordability, cost-of-living, and a larger government role in the economy, elevated a movement that existed on the margins into one of the most visible currents in American politics.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provided Qatar with direct guarantees that any Iranian military strike carried out on Qatari territory would be limited to Al Udeid Air Base, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Eagle Intelligence Reports.
The Lebanese Army is expressing reservations over any direct coordination with Israeli forces, while Berri and the Islamic Group move to restrict the implementation track of the U.S.-backed agreement and prevent its domestic repercussions.
As Washington continues military operations against Iran, the debate over the campaign is shifting from the scale of the damage inflicted to the question of what would follow if the Islamic Republic’s ruling structure were to collapse.
For almost 80 years, the United States has run the most successful alliance in modern history at a bargain price. This week, in Ankara, it may begin to give that bargain away. When defense ministers gathered in Brussels last month, the American secretary of war set out the terms.
A decade ago, an international court ruled unambiguously in favor of the Philippines and against China’s claims in the South China Sea. Although the arbitration no longer constrains China, it remains strategically important as the legal foundation through which states legitimize and coordinate balancing against Beijing.
Eurasia is absorbing a series of strategic shocks. Russia is mired in its war in Ukraine. Israel and the United States have fought a war with Iran. A decades-long Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict has ended, and a new confrontation between Afghanistan and Pakistan looms.
Several Spanish entities are working to build a judicial pathway toward a criminal investigation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, sources familiar with the effort told Eagle Intelligence Reports. The effort centers on Sánchez’s role in the Spanish government’s 2021 $61 million rescue of Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas.
Keir Starmer’s defense spending plan is at war with his own vision. He had called drones and autonomous systems the “defining technology of modern warfare.” Yet, under his plan, those devices receive far less funding than the flagship program, a crewed stealth fighter due for service in the late 2030s.
Two hundred days after the establishment of the Gaza Board of Peace, the initiative has produced diplomatic movement but limited progress on the ground.
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