Le Grand Continent · 05/08/2026
Tout l’été, le Grand Continent restera en mouvement. Chaque jour, nous vous apporterons où que vous soyez des idées que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs (mais qui seront partout à la rentrée), des textes introuvables ou rafraîchissants avec nos Dimanches . Pour les recevoir directement dans votre boîte mail et soutenir cet élan, pensez à vous abonner à la revue Depuis le 30 juillet, des analyses circulent en Europe selon lesquelles les autorités marocaines auraient joué un rôle dans la crise migratoire de Ceuta, soit en laissant faire, soit en étant à l’origine du mouvement de plus de 50 000 personnes qui a provoqué au moins 80 morts. À
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Responsible Statecraft · 04/08/2026
As the Senate returns to Washington for its last week in session until mid-September, it faces a long to-do list. But for many senators, the top priority is not enacting legislation that will help Americans but instead rushing to approve the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 , known colloquially as the “Russia sanctions bill.” A passion project of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, the bill is intended to increase economic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. The legislation’s backers hope that, by choking off funding for Russia’s war effort, they can force Moscow to make greater concessions in ongoing negotiations to end t
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Responsible Statecraft · 04/08/2026
Robert Kagan surprised some people. One of America’s most influential hawks condemned the Trump administration’s botched war in Iran, suggesting in The Atlantic in March that U.S. involvement in the Middle East has been a catalyst of, rather than a prudent response to, Islamic terrorism. A senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and prolific historian, Kagan has advocated U.S. primacy for decades, starting with his support for Nicaragua’s Contra insurgents as the head of the State Department’s Office of Public Diplomacy (1985-88). In 1997, Kagan co-founded Project for the New American Century, a neoconservative think tank that lobbied for
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Responsible Statecraft · 05/08/2026
Questions continue to swirl around the flash flood of nearly 60,000 migrants who swam or walked from Morocco into Ceuta, a tiny Spanish enclave on the tip of Africa last week. How did so many migrants manage to breach Moroccan border security forces, who appear to have largely disappeared from their stations? Why had so many migrants received social media messages encouraging them to swarm the enclave? Analysts pointed their fingers at the Moroccan government, arguing it was once again deploying “migration blackmail,” as the practice has been dubbed, to punish its European neighbors and bend them to its will. But this time, Israel and the Uni
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The American Conservative · 05/08/2026
Foreign Affairs Japanese PM’s China Hawkism Garners Diminishing Support Sanae Takaichi’s foreign policy might be too bold even for the Trump administration. Photo by David Mareuil / POOL / AFP via Getty Images There is little doubt that Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, wants her country to play a more active and assertive role in regional security affairs. She also favors adopting a more hardline posture toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC). A key question remains, however: whether international allies, Japan’s political elite, and a majority of the Japanese public are willing to follow that course. Recent developments suggest t
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The American Conservative · 04/08/2026
Foreign Affairs The American Believability Crisis Bad things happen when nobody takes you seriously. Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images Last week, there was a lot of rumbling out of Washington about a massive escalation against Iran. Admiral Brad Cooper, who is currently the king of the wood in CENTCOM, had reportedly hatched a “go-big” option that would grievously damage Iranian military assets—in the depressed dialect of military press releases, “degrade their capabilities”—while drawing only a limited response, thus saving our dwindling supplies of defensive weapons. Conversations swirled about striking “Pickaxe Mountain,” an annex
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Responsible Statecraft · 05/08/2026
Oman and Iran appear close to a temporary arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially providing both an exit from the current round of fighting and the foundation for a more durable maritime order. Washington should welcome such an agreement—even if it acknowledges a degree of Iranian authority in administering traffic through the strait—because US interest dictates that open and non-discriminatory passage must be given priority over control. The emerging formula would reportedly divide responsibility for the shipping lanes. Vessels entering the Persian Gulf would travel through waters administered by Iran, while outbound traffic
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Responsible Statecraft · 04/08/2026
Reuters reported this morning that the U.S. has used “virtually all” its long-range precision strike missiles during its war on Iran. Reuters’ sources would not say exactly how many of these surface to surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), the U.S. military has left. This comes amid news that the U.S. has burned through other key weapons systems since war with Iran began. Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimated the U.S. has fewer than 827 Patriot missiles, and fewer than 278 THAAD ballistic missile interceptors, in its stockpiles. But the d
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