A retired French colonel said in an interview last week that for there to be peace in Eastern Europe, it is essential that Ukraine becomes a demilitarized zone, and ruled out western troop deployment inside the country if a peace deal is ever signed.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Feb 3 2026
WARMONGER MERZ: IRAN ‘REGIME’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED’
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said last week that Iran’s government “days are numbered,” because a “regime” cannot survive when the only way it maintains power over its people is through “sheer violence and terror.”
EU SUPPORTS IDF GENOCIDE BUT CALLS IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD A TERROR GROUP
The European Union (EU) announced last week that it now considers Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terror organization in response to the country’s crackdown on protesters, with Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top diplomat, stating, “Repression cannot go unanswered.”
IRAN REFUSES TO TALK TO TRUMP WITH A GUN TO THE HEAD
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s top diplomat, said last week that Tehran will not negotiate with the U.S. while the Trump administration tries to threaten it into submission, stating that he has not interacted with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, nor has Iran “requested talks.”
IRAN’S PRESIDENT PREPARES COUNTRY FOR ALL-OUT WAR WITH THE U.S.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, has taken steps to prepare his country for another war with the U.S., and President Donald Trump says Tehran must agree to his terms, or face the might of American forces steaming into the region.




