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Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Wen-Ti Sung Spoke to Radio Free Asia and Reuters About Leadership Changes in the PLA

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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New Atlanticist Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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UkraineAlert Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Dec 29, 2023

Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Wen-Ti Sung Spoke to Radio Free Asia and Reuters About Leadership Changes in the PLA

By Wen-Ti Sung

On December 29, GCH Nonresident Fellow Wen-Ti Sung shared his thoughts on the appointment of former Navy Chief Dong Jun as the PRC’s new defense minister in Reuters. Sung was also quoted in a Radio Free Asia article discussing the appointment of Hu Zhongming to replace Dong Jun as Navy Chief.

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Dec 29, 2023

Rich Outzen joins i24 News TV to discuss Houthis/Red Sea

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Dec 22, 2023

Navigating Sweden’s NATO membership: Insights for political and operational adaptation

By Viltaute Zarembaite, Christopher Skaluba, Ann Marie Dailey

Sweden is on the cusp of joining Finland as NATO's newest members, bridging a crucial gap in the region's security architecture and creating new opportunities for closer security cooperation. Once Sweden is in NATO, the Baltic Sea will be a geographically coherent strategic space—or, in more casual parlance, a "NATO lake."

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UkraineAlert

Dec 21, 2023

Putin scents historic victory amid growing signs of Western weakness

By Peter Dickinson

Recent indications of growing Russian confidence in victory over Ukraine owe much more to Western weakness than to the Kremlin’s own military might, writes Peter Dickinson.

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The Big Story

Dec 21, 2023

Distortion by design: How social media platforms shaped our initial understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict

By Emerson T. Brooking, Layla Mashkoor, Jacqueline Malaret

Almost as soon as the Israel-Hamas war began, it collided with the engineering and policy decisions of social media companies. On Telegram, terrorist content spread mostly uncontested; on X, false claims proliferated. Accusations of anti-Palestinian bias at Meta and pro-Palestinian bias at TikTok added to the confusion. Can the platforms thread this needle?

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Dec 21, 2023

Dean quoted in Australian Financial Review on Australia’s Red Sea call

On December 20, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Peter Dean was quoted in the Australian Financial Review on Australia’s decision not to send warships into the Red Sea.

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MENASource

Dec 21, 2023

Need a book on the Middle East to read during the holidays? Here’s our recommendations

By William F. Wechsler, Nadereh Chamlou, Mark N. Katz, Marcy Grossman, Nour Dabboussi, Sarah Zaaimi, Masoud Mostajabi

Our team of experts and staff have you covered with their recommended reads related to the Middle East and North Africa for the holidays.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 21, 2023

Opposition to Israel’s war for survival fails to understand Hamas’s goals

By Jonathan Panikoff

Calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, beyond humanitarian pauses, are implicitly advocating for a Hamas victory.

Conflict Israel

AfricaSource

Dec 21, 2023

What Kenya’s proposed mission to Haiti says about Nairobi’s foreign policy

By Sibi Nyaoga

Success in Ruto’s foreign policy approach depends, in part, on the success of this mission to Haiti—one that will be hard to come by.

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China-MENA Podcast

Dec 21, 2023

Performative or Substantive Engagement? China & Russia in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Li-Chen Sim and Mark Katz join us to explore the growing collaboration between China and Russia and its impact on the Middle East, including the amplification of influence through media collaboration as a force multiplier.

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Wen-Ti Sung Spoke to Radio Free Asia and Reuters About Leadership Changes in the PLA

Rich Outzen joins i24 News TV to discuss Houthis/Red Sea

Navigating Sweden’s NATO membership: Insights for political and operational adaptation

Putin scents historic victory amid growing signs of Western weakness

Distortion by design: How social media platforms shaped our initial understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict

Dean quoted in Australian Financial Review on Australia’s Red Sea call

Need a book on the Middle East to read during the holidays? Here’s our recommendations

Opposition to Israel’s war for survival fails to understand Hamas’s goals

What Kenya’s proposed mission to Haiti says about Nairobi’s foreign policy

Performative or Substantive Engagement? China & Russia in the Middle East

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