Over on the H-France email, the son of the late Charles Tilly is offering boxes of his dad's collection of microfilm of 17th-20th-c material from French archives. Please someone take them so that all those years of research and archiving don't just get chucked in the bin.

PLEASE DO NOT THROW CHARLES TILLY'S ARCHIVAL MICROFILM REELS INTO THE TRASH!

#Iran will likely continue to strengthen its regional alliances as part of a 'forward-defense' strategy to deter #Israel .

For background on the dynamics of this strategy, revisit Hamidreza Azizi's in-depth analysis for Amwaj.media amwaj.media/article/why-th…

Intriguing development: Adam Delimkhanov went to Iran for a working visit, met with Security Council Chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian. Claim to have talked about sanctions, cooperation on national security. Language suggests IS/ISKP may have been discussed too
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Putin didn't pledge Russian support for Iran if US retaliates for attack on Israel | Fact check featuring comments by me and my former Oxford University Russian & East European Studies course mate Kyle Walter

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Shoigu: S-500 next generation system to be deployed in 2024, in two modes - long range air defense and missile defense.

It’s publication day!

It’s hard to sum up what it feels like to have written a book, my gratitude to so many people who have supported me along the way, and the weight of responsibility I feel about writing about a conflict that affects so many people.

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#Russia MFA quick to comment on #Duda remarks on nuclear sharing:

'Warsaw appears to be maniacally seeking to attract even more attention from mil. planners in #Russia 's General Staff' & 'in our own mil. planning we treat #Poland with special attention'
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Satellite photos suggest Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack Jon Gambrell | جون

With my thoughts on the damaged S-300 and Russia-Iran military ties

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Iran couldn’t pay for the S-400 in hard currency and Russia wasn’t willing to extend a credit line or accept payment on barter, I imagine this has changed since the war in Ukraine. Doesn’t really align with Iran’s goal to improve domestic defense production. TBC.

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Bombshell investigation at Новая газета Европа about Ramzan Kadyrov, his apparent health problems, and the efforts of the Kremlin to obfuscate Kadyrov's health decline.

Rumours have been circulating on all of these topics, but this investigation seems brings it all together:

#Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman:

Peaceful #nuclear energy is Iran’s undeniable right and the Islamic Republic will continue to cooperate with the IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️.

Basically, the issue of nuclear weapons has no place in Iranian defense and military doctrine, and there has been no

⚡️ «Новая-Европа» выяснила, чем болен Кадыров. Спойлер: диагноз врачей не оставляет надежды на его выздоровление

Мы начинаем публикацию сериала о политическом раскладе в Чечне накануне самой серьезного потрясения в регионе после чеченской войны ⬇️

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Alexey Arbatov on the new INF-range weapons crisis brewing in the Pacific in an interview w/ Elena Chernenko.

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[In Russian]

(Reuters) - At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters. The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq

Highlights from Khamenei's meeting with military commanders:

“The focus on number of missiles fired or those that hit the target… is a secondary and minor issue. The main issue is the emergence of the power and will of the Iranian nation & its armed forces on global stage.”/1