The Lebanese authorities denied on Sunday a report claiming that Hezbollah is using Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to store weapons. Instead, they invited ambassadors and journalists to take a tour of the airport's facilities on Monday to prove there are no arms. On Sunday, The Telegraph claimed that for years,
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Security policy is more than defence with weapons
If our societies are to become resilient and sustainable, our priorities must change towards de-escalation, including in diplomacy and economy. Putin’s war against Ukraine has not only damaged the international cooperative security architecture, it has permanently destroyed it. The Helsinki Act of 1975, the Charter of Paris of 1990 and the
Forget about all these humanitarian blah blah … and buy more weapons
Day after day, international humanitarian organisations launch desperate appeals for funding to continue saving some of the many lives at high risk. When they get a handful of dollars –even just one million– from a rich country, they welcome it as manna from heaven. Not only the available funding for humanitarian