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The Syrian revolution, Phase 2: Irael and Turkey seizes the opportunity

By Michael Sahlin|2024-12-25T07:23:13+01:0013 Dec 2024|Categories: Defence and Security, Project SV-A-R, Security policy, The state of the outside world|Tags: Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, USA|

Perhaps it can be debated whether “revolution” is a useful [...]

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Syria up in flames, again

By Michael Sahlin|2024-12-25T07:23:59+01:003 Dec 2024|Categories: Defence and Security, Project SV-A-R, Security policy, The state of the outside world|Tags: Assad, Iran, Mellanöstern, Middle East, Russia, Russia, Syria, Syrien, Turkey, Turkey|

Once again, after almost a decade of relative quiet in [...]

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Sudan – The world’s forgotten humanitarian (and political) disaster

By Michael Sahlin|2024-10-17T08:15:02+02:0017 Oct 2024|Categories: The state of the outside world|Tags: Africa, Russia, Sudan, UN, US|

While the world struggles with the task of coming to [...]

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The world after Feb 24, 2022: The dilemma of (“successful”) deterrence, Cases of Ukraine and Middle East

By Michael Sahlin|2024-07-04T08:15:02+02:004 Jul 2024|Categories: Defence and Security, Project SV-A-R, Security policy, The state of the outside world|Tags: Deterrence, Deterrence, Russia, Ukraine, USA|

Deterrence in the context of contemporary geo-political turbulence, i.e., “successful [...]

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Local elections in Turkey – A cold shower for “invincible” Erdogan

By Michael Sahlin|2024-04-03T22:26:49+02:003 Apr 2024|Categories: Defence and Security, The state of the outside world|

An astonishing volte-face in Turkish politics, and a cold shower [...]

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Looming disaster over Gaza – One week before Ramadan

By Michael Sahlin|2024-03-07T08:15:04+01:007 Mar 2024|Categories: The state of the outside world|Tags: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, USA|

The arrival of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan this [...]