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24 October 2023

Evidence Shows Hamas Militants Likely Used Some North Korean Weapons in Attack on Israel

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Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Tong-hyung and Jon Gambrell Source Link Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades, many with a distinctiv...

Why We Should Fear China More Than Middle Eastern War

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Ross Douthat Source Link On Thursday, Joe Biden gave a speech linking the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russian invasion of Ukraine and fra...

India’s Digital Footprint on the Israel-Gaza War

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Antara Chakraborthy and Yasmine Wong Source Link In the wake of the Israel conflict, Aditya Raj Kaul, an Indian journalist known for his pro...

IRAN UPDATE, OCTOBER 20, 2023

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Johanna Moore, Ashka Jhaveri, Annika Ganzeveld, Kathryn Tyson, Amin Soltani and Brian Carter Source Link The Iran Update provides insights i...

Israel is trapped by Western guilt

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TOM MCTAGUE Source Link “Great wars in history eventually became great wars about history,” wrote the Israeli-American historian Michael Ore...

West Bank on verge of explosion as Israel-Hamas war rages into week 3

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Ahmad Melhem Source Link A woman draped in a Palestinian flag prepares to hurl stones toward Israeli forces during clashes with them at the ...

Hezbollah 'recalculating' Israel's deterrence after Hamas attack, US aid

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Ben Caspit Source Link US President Joe Biden ’s brief visit to Israel in the midst of a war, his repeated statements of unequivocal support...

Impact of Hamas Attack on American Politics Could be Significant

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Bill Schneider Source Link The rule in American politics is this: Foreign policy may not save you — but it can defeat you. Lyndon Johnson pr...

Ships, Planes, Weapons, Troops: Here’s All the Military Support the U.S. Is Readying for Israel

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TARA COPP AND LOLITA C. BALDOR  Source Link Within hours of the horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas , the U.S. began moving warships and aircraf...

Does Israel have effective nuclear weapons? Chinese military experts have doubts

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Victoria Bela Source Link As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on in Gaza, international organisations have expressed their concern ov...

A Year on, Billions in Afghan Assets Linger in Switzerland

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Catherine Cartier Source Link Billions of frozen assets from Afghanistan’s Central Bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), face an uncertain future...

Philippine Military to Create ‘Cyber Command’ to Combat Online Attacks

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Sebastian Strangio Source Link The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is creating a “cyber command” to bolster its defenses amid a wave o...

China vs US Approaches to AI Governance

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Adam Au Source Link As artificial intelligence (AI) barrels into every facet of life, its relentless momentum brings escalating perils. Diff...

Don’t Count on China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Disappear

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Jacob Gunter Source Link While China hosted a multitude of partners at the Belt and Road Forum this week in Beijing, many of us in Western c...

With Putin by His Side, Xi Outlines His Vision of a New World Order

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David Pierson, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Tiffany May Source Link The leaders of China and Russia hailed each other as “old” and “dear” friends. ...

China’s Great Leap Backward

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JEFFREY FRANKEL Source Link China’s ongoing economic slowdown is partly the result of its failure to implement crucial structural reforms th...

What is most significant in the Pentagon's China military report?

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Idrees Ali and Michael Martina Source Link The Pentagon this week released its annual report on China's military, which touches on wide...

Saudi Arabia Energy Profile: World’s Top Crude Oil Exporter

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Source Link Saudi Arabia was the world’s third-highest crude oil and condensate producer, the world’s top crude oil exporter, and OPEC’s to...

The failed lessons of Libya

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RAJAN MENON Source Link On 11 September, massive floods created by Storm Daniel ruptured two dams built in the Seventies to protect Derna in...

How War in Grenada Built U.S. SOCOM

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Forrest L. Marion Source Link      In mid-October 1983, a “sordid little Leninist dictatorship” on the Caribbean Island of Grenada crumbled,...

Yes, the U.S. Can Afford to Help Its Allies

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David Frum Source Link As his address to the nation from the Oval Office last night underlined , President Joe Biden is expected to send a d...

Biden Wanted to End ‘Forever Wars.’ Now He Looks Like a Wartime President.

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Sabrina Siddiqui and Vivian Salama Source Link President Biden entered the White House with the goal of ending the “forever wars” that had ...

Ukraine Must Prepare for a Hard Winter

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Dr Jack Watling Source Link The lack of a breakthrough in Ukraine’s summer offensive and the shift in materiel advantage mean that Kyiv must...

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 20, 2023

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Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Nicole Wolkov, Karolina Hird, and Mason Clark Source Link Russian forces launched a renewed offensive push near ...

Are Fears of A.I. and Nuclear Apocalypse Keeping You Up? Blame Prometheus.

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A.O. Scott Source Link This painting shows a large man, naked except for an orange cloth draped around his groin and over one shoulder, knee...
23 October 2023

Egypt’s Gaza Problem

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Steven A. Cook  Source Link Israel is not the only Middle Eastern power that has a tortured relationship with the Gaza Strip. Although it’s...

Israel’s enemies are blinded by the sins of America

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MARY HARRINGTON Source Link The Nagorno-Karabakh region, between Azerbaijan and Armenia, has been the source of repeated, bitter fighting s...

Russia’s Involvement in the Israel-Hamas War

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Ekaterina Zolotova Source Link After Israel said it was at war with Hamas, several countries expressed concern over the conflict’s escalatio...

As U.S. Downs Israel-Bound Missiles From Yemen, Biden Faces Risk of Escalation

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BRIAN BENNETT Source Link A U.S. Navy warship in the Red Sea on Thursday blew up three cruise missiles and multiple drones fired by Iran-bac...

Forget 'peace,' did Abraham Accords set stage for Israel-Gaza conflict?

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BRANKO MARCETIC Source Link It’s easy to forget now, but the shocking and horrific violence that set off the current hostilities in the Mid...

Is Iran the real Winner of the Hamas-Israel War

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Shaul Bakhash Source Link  The coordination of Hamas’ attack on Israel strongly suggests an Iranian hand. Even without direction from Tehran...

Hamas is the enemy of the Palestinians

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TIM BLACK Source Link Over the past two weeks, the same phrase has been uttered by countless politicians: ‘Hamas does not represent the Pale...

As Israel Bombards Gaza, Where Is India, the ‘Voice of the Global South’?

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Muqtedar Khan Source Link There are many ways to describe Israel’s response to Hamas’ horrific attack – justice, vengeance, collective punis...