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Missile by 2035 and drones from Renault: France spends €6 billion on ammunition and prepares for major war
PARIS (Realist English). France is moving closer to a decision on its future rocket artillery system. As Patrick Pailloux, head of the...
Britain and France create “multinational mission” to protect Hormuz — separate from Trump’s blockade
LONDON / PARIS (Realist English). Amid the failure of US-Iran talks and Donald Trump’s announcement of a naval blockade of the...
France allocates an additional €36 billion for defense in 2026–2030
PARIS (Realist English). On April 9, French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin presented to lawmakers an updated military budget for 2026–2030,...
France restricts US ambassador’s access after dispute over activist’s death
PARIS (Realist English). France has barred US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to government ministers after he failed to...
Macron moves to shield French institutions ahead of 2027 election
PARIS (Realist English). President Emmanuel Macron is accelerating a series of high-level appointments across France’s state institutions, a move officials...
Macron pushes to fast-track social media ban for children under 15
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an accelerated legislative process to ensure a ban on social...
Trump’s Greenland threats unsettle Europe’s far-right allies
PARIS (Realist English). Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric over Greenland is beginning to alienate even some of his potential allies in...
French PM asks interior minister to explore early elections amid no-confidence threat
PARIS (Realist English). Facing two motions of no confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to...
Macron warns of erosion of global rules amid Trump’s confrontational rhetoric
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday that the United States is “breaking free from international rules”...
Azerbaijan provided its territory for strikes on Iran: source
MOSCOW (Realist English). Iranian sources claim that Azerbaijan has provided its territory for strikes against the Islamic Republic, and this information...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
‘Behind dry laws are living people and destinies’: Lawyer Narek Petrosyan on replacing justice with convenience
MOSCOW (Realist English). Narek Petrosyan is a criminal defense lawyer who made himself. He overcame many obstacles on his path to the...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Merz vs Macron: how German military spending is splitting the EU
BERLIN (Realist English). Less than a month after historian Liana Fix published an essay on the "perils of German power", she received an...
The Great Divide: Capitalism and Socialism in the Battle for Humanity’s Future
MOSCOW (Realist English). The world economic system has reached a point of no return. The conflict between the classic market model...
A century of violence from the Jeddah massacre to the killings in Kobani: how Turkey exterminated Arabs
ISTANBUL (Realist English). The long and bloody history of the Turkish state's relations with the Arab population — both Muslim and...
US-Iran talks collapse, Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). The outgoing week saw the complete breakdown of US-Iranian peace talks mediated by Pakistan, alongside a parallel escalation...
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