Experts react: Israel and Lebanon have struck a ceasefire deal. Is the Israel-Hezbollah war really over?

MENASource Aug 25, 2024

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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Experts react: Israel and Lebanon have struck a ceasefire deal. Is the Israel-Hezbollah war really over?

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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Experts react: Israel and Lebanon have struck a ceasefire deal. Is the Israel-Hezbollah war really over?

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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Nov 26, 2024

Experts react: Israel and Lebanon have struck a ceasefire deal. Is the Israel-Hezbollah war really over?

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Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the deal, which US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday and already faces questions about its durability.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 26, 2024

Putin’s Ukraine obsession began 20 years ago with the Orange Revolution

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s poisonous obsession with Ukraine first began to take root 20 years ago when millions of Ukrainians directly defied him during the Orange Revolution, writes Peter Dickinson.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 26, 2024

Russia’s evolving information war poses a growing threat to the West

By Kateryna Odarchenko, Elena Davlikanova

Western governments have yet to adequately address the threat posed by Russia's highly sophisticated and rapidly evolving information warfare, write Kateryna Odarchenko and Elena Davlikanova.

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UkraineAlert

Nov 26, 2024

Abandoning Georgia to the Kremlin would be a big geopolitical blunder

By Zviad Adzinbaia

Georgia is far from a lost cause, but it will require bold Western leadership to prevent the country’s capture by the Kremlin, writes Zviad Adzinbaia.

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MENASource

Nov 25, 2024

Sinwar is dead, but Hamas finally got its victory

By Anonymous

The rebranding of Yahya Sinwar’s death as “heroic martyrdom,” combined with the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, has paved the way for Hamas to evolve into an even more extreme and dangerous entity.

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New Atlanticist

Nov 25, 2024

Why Morocco could see its importance to Washington rise during Trump 2.0

By Rama Yade

For strategic and economic reasons, Morocco is likely to play a central role in the new Trump administration’s policy toward the Middle East and the Sahel.

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Nov 25, 2024

Marc Polymeropoulos reflects on future of the Pentagon under Trump with MSNBC

By Marc Polymeropoulos

On November 24, Marc Polymeropoulos joined MSNBC to discuss what the defense and intelligence community can expect from President-elect Trump’s promised changes.

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In the News

Nov 25, 2024

Michael Groen writes an op-ed about securing AI labs in Real Clear Defense

By Michael Groen

On November 21, Michael Groen, non-resident senior fellow at Forward Defense, authored an op-ed for Real Clear Defense arguing that the United States must focus on securing AI laboratories to protect its razor-thin advantage in the AI race with China. In his words, to address threats from China’s cyber-espionage and intellectual property theft, “the U.S. government, academia, […]

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Nov 25, 2024

Charai in Times of Israel: The ICC challenges Israel’s Judicial independence

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 24, 2024

Webster cited in the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Annual Report to Congress on China-Russia trade, Taiwan’s energy security, and China’s role in US battery supply chains

By Joseph Webster

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