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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Analysis

埃塞俄比亚新建的水坝如何考验埃及捍卫尼罗河红线的能力

埃塞俄比亚水利部长强调，该国计划继续推进青尼罗河新大坝的建设，而埃及则将面临潜在的后果。

Eli Siegel-Bernstein

由 Eli Siegel-Bernstein

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Feb. 4, 2025.

Analysis

尽管红线不断增加，土耳其为何仍欢迎以叙会谈

土耳其支持美国斡旋的以叙谈判，但认为在以色列大选之前达成持久妥协的可能性不大。

Barin Kayaoglu

由 Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Analysis

阿联酋与中国深化空中演习，第四次“猎鹰之盾”联合演习拉开帷幕

阿联酋和中国正在准备进行四年来的第四次联合空军演习，两国军事关系已稳步从武器销售发展到日益频繁的作战训练。

Francesco Schiavi

由 Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

Analysis

伊朗能否将战后脆弱性转化为区域安全联盟？

经过一场战争，伊朗的军事威慑既展现了其影响力，也暴露了其局限性。如今，伊朗领导层正在寻求战场之外的安全保障。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Analysis

以色列在黎巴嫩的困境：既要对抗真主党，又不能激怒特朗普，以免引发伊朗的报复。

Ammar Ammar / AFP via Getty Images

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

加沙和平计划陷入僵局，以色列和哈马斯按兵不动。

A boy walks carrying a table on his back past salvage workers scrapping the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza City on Aug. 16, 2026. — Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP via Getty Images

卡塔尔首相会见佩泽什基安和雷扎伊，多哈寻求美国和伊朗之间的调解。

Abbas Araghchi and Sheikh Mohammed al-Thani

最新民调显示，内塔尼亚胡支持率落后于艾森科特，以色列右翼阵营实力削弱。

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Kuwaiti Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft fly over during an airshow commemorating Kuwait's 64th Independence Day in Kuwait City on Feb. 25, 2025.

Analysis

伊朗战争如何重塑科威特的防空战略

在遭受多次导弹和无人机袭击后，科威特正在投资建设新的反无人机能力，同时重新评估冲突暴露出的脆弱性。

Francesco Schiavi

由 Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images

Feature

土耳其重返世界杯之路受政治因素影响，比赛将在清晨开球。

土耳其终于迎来了等待了 24 年的世界杯时刻，但该国大部分地区要么还在沉睡，要么还在争论如何才能赢得世界杯。

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Motorists ride past a giant banner depicting Iranian missiles and a sword belonging to Imam Ali, the first Imam of the Shiites, at the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026.

Analysis

在各种相互矛盾的说法中，伊朗如何解读与美国的协议

在外界对美伊协议的细节和技术性问题猜测不断之际，华盛顿和德黑兰却描绘出截然不同的图景，暴露出公开信息与外交现实之间的差距。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon close to the Beaufort Castle as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee, in northern Israel on June 4, 2026.

“试点区”为黎巴嫩清除以色列边境真主党势力提供了试金石。

在特朗普政府集中精力与伊朗达成和平协议之际，美国官员一直在主持以色列和黎巴嫩外交官之间的幕后会谈，旨在最终解决真主党在以色列北部边境的盘踞问题。

A man walks past Iran's national flag and a banner bearing the images of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R), the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his son, the current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (L), erected along a street at the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026.

美国高级官员称，伊朗核协议“非常接近”但尚未最终达成。

此前双方已进行了一周的针锋相对的罢工。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Punit PARANJPE / AFP via Getty Images

美国对印度船员驾驶的油轮发动袭击，引发与新德里的紧张关系。

周五，印度召见美国驻新德里副使节，抗议美国对阿曼海岸附近商船的袭击。

US President Donald Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Jerusalem, Oct. 13, 2025.

Analysis

“彻底的灾难”：特朗普吹捧即将达成的伊朗协议之际，以色列急于寻求澄清。

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡向特朗普传达了以色列的底线，但鉴于两位领导人之间目前的裂痕，这些要求可能只不过是一份愿望清单而已。

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

TOPSHOT - People cross the street past a large billboard showing portraits of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in central Tehran on June 8, 2026. Iran said on June 8 that the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East war will have consequences for ongoing talks with the United States to reach peace in the region. "It is perfectly natural that the diplomatic process initiated to put an end to this imposed war would be affected,

伊朗媒体称，伊朗与美国拟定的协议草案将释放240亿美元资金，并确保黎巴嫩停火。

特朗普周五否认了伊朗国家媒体流传的草案，该草案将给予德黑兰解除制裁和动用数十亿美元冻结资金的权限，同时将最终谈判限制在核问题上，并排除其导弹计划和代理人。

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides (2nd L) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (C) review the honor guard at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on April 23, 2026, ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of a European summit.

Explainer

土耳其抨击法塞军事协议，东地中海地区竞争加剧

安卡拉方面表示，法国与塞浦路斯共和国之间的防务协议可能会破坏该岛微妙的平衡，因为塞浦路斯、希腊、以色列和法国之间的防务关系正在不断加深。

Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching system is displayed at the exposition field in Kubinka Patriot Park outside Moscow on Aug. 22, 2017 during the first day of the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2017.

Analysis

特朗普政府放弃哈尔克银行案后，S-400导弹系统成为美土关系中的最后一个重大障碍

此举缓解了北约峰会在安卡拉召开前夕与土耳其之间的一个主要摩擦点。

Amberin Zaman

由 Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on June 9, 2026.

特朗普在抨击过去支付款项后，考虑向伊朗释放数十亿美元。

在调解人努力促成和平协议之际，一个关键障碍仍然是解除美国制裁下冻结的伊朗资产。

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam (R) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan before their meeting in Beirut on Jan. 23, 2025.

沙特阿拉伯解除对黎巴嫩商品长达五年的进口禁令：你需要了解什么

在真主党在黎巴嫩的影响力日益增强，导致两国关系紧张之前，沙特阿拉伯一直是黎巴嫩的主要捐助国。