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March 29, 2023 What DeSantis Should Know About the Fight in Ukraine Florida Governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis seems torn on Ukraine. Answering a mid-March questionnaire from Fox’s Tucker Carlson, DeSantis, perhaps seeking to protect his political... March 29, 2023 Examining U.S. Sanctions Policy, Implementation, and Enforcement March 29, 2023 Under Pressure from Congress, Administration Sanctions Syrian Narco-traffickers The Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tuesday on eight targets for “supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine.”... March 29, 2023 Alternatives to ‘peace through strength’ A policy of “peace through strength” means doing what is necessary to instill fear in our enemies, to convince them that we have both the capability and the will to cause them serious harm. If that... March 28, 2023 Iran-Backed Athens Attack Foiled With Mossad Help Latest Developments With the help of the Mossad, Greek authorities have foiled an Iranian-backed terrorist attack on Jews and Israelis in Athens, officials said on Tuesday. Two Pakistani nationals are... March 28, 2023 Activist’s Hunger Strike Persists as UK Fails to Designate IRGC as Terrorist Group Latest Developments An Iranian-British citizen’s hunger strike outside the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office entered its 34th day today as London continues its refusal to designate Iran’s Islamic... March 28, 2023 Iran Obtains Advanced Cyber Warfare Capabilities from Russia Latest Developments Russia is helping Iran advance its cyber warfare and digital surveillance capabilities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The cooperation comes as the United Kingdom’s... March 28, 2023 U.S. Should Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine The top Republicans on the House and Senate foreign affairs and armed services committees sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week urging him to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions, specifically... March 28, 2023 Full Steam Ahead March 27, 2023 Lawmakers, Former Top Officials Offer Bipartisan Rebuke of Biden’s Syria Policy Earlier today, an open letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the administration’s passive response to Arab governments’ accelerating normalization... March 27, 2023 U.S. Helps NATO Ally Albania Combat Iranian Cyberattacks Latest Developments American cyber forces concluded a three-month deployment to Albania to aid its government after an Iranian cyberattack, U.S. Cyber Command announced on Thursday. At the request of its... March 27, 2023 Erdogan’s Charm Offensive Will Not Satisfy Egypt, Syria, or Israel Turkey may have an opportunity to fix its relationship with Egypt, which it broke a decade ago. The outcome will depend entirely on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy choices, and whether he remains... March 26, 2023 Iran-backed Militias Target U.S. Troops in Eastern Syria U.S. officials blame Iran-backed groups for targeting a facility housing U.S. military personnel near Hasakah in northeast Syria on Thursday. The attack killed one American contractor and wounded several... March 26, 2023 Interview – Where is the next Iranian threat coming from for Israel? Israel is facing multiple emerging threats, as well as the potential for Iran to shift support from Yemen to other fronts, as it positions itself for its latest challenge to Israel in the region. These... March 24, 2023 U.S. Air Strikes Hit Iranian Proxies in Syria After Iranian Drone Kills U.S. Contractor Latest Developments A drone attack on a U.S. military base in northeast Syria on Thursday resulted in the death of a U.S. contractor and the wounding of five American troops and another U.S. contractor.... March 24, 2023 Top General Suggests Administration Would Tolerate Iran Having Nuclear Weapons The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, said at a congressional hearing on Thursday that the United States “remains committed, as a matter of policy, that Iran will not have... March 24, 2023 The United States’ Energy Future Needs Critical Minerals—and Latin America Energy is a weapon in wartime and a key to prosperity in peacetime. As the world moves towards greater adoption of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we need to ensure that America’s... March 23, 2023 The West’s Iran policy risks another Middle East war “We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” President Joe Biden proclaimed before last fall’s United Nations General Assembly, a stance he has repeated numerous times throughout his... March 23, 2023 Xi, Putin Visit Light on Support for Russia’s Invasion Putin Hosts Xi for State Visit Days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state visit. The event marked a diplomatic... March 23, 2023 China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities March 22, 2023 Israel Braces for Violence During Ramadan Latest Developments Israeli police plan to deploy thousands of additional officers in Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan in anticipation of recurrent violence on the Temple Mount. Police forces will bulk up... March 22, 2023 Beijing’s Subversive Political Warfare in the Pacific—and the Need for Greater Engagement by the United States and Taiwan Honduras has said it intends to shift diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. We know this story: with the exception of 2007, when St. Lucia switched from Beijing to Taipei, the trend has run in this... March 22, 2023 Nations Pledge $1 Billion of Post-Quake Assistance for Syria Despite History of Aid Theft Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives.... March 22, 2023 The ‘Yugoslavia Scenario’: How Russia Intends to Use an Anniversary in Its Ongoing Information War On Tuesday Vladimir Putin warned the U.K. against sending Ukraine depleted uranium shells. Maria Zakharova immediately called this plan the “Yugoslavia scenario,” accusing NATO of using ammunition... March 22, 2023 Wars of the Jewish state TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – How many simultaneous conflicts can a small country handle? Israel – whose land area is smaller than that of Djibouti, and whose population is smaller than that of Cairo – may soon... March 21, 2023 Popular Resistance Committees Attempts To Establish a Foothold in the West Bank On Tue., the Shin Bet said that in recent weeks it arrested four West Bank Palestinians attempting to carry out attacks against Israeli targets. The Shin Bet alleges that the Gaza-based Popular Resistance... March 21, 2023 What’s in the Saudi Iranian Beijing Deal? Other than promising not to intervene in each other’s affairs and to restore diplomatic ties, Saudi Arabia and Iran did not agree to much in the deal that they signed in Beijing earlier this month. But... March 21, 2023 How to Keep Antisemitism Away From Turtle Bay Another antisemite has turned up in the ranks of senior UN officials — this time in the body’s human rights arm, no less. Craig Mokhiber heads the New York section of the Office of the High Commissioner... March 21, 2023 Washington Steps Up Anti-Ransomware Efforts, Again The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new pilot program last week to warn critical infrastructure operators about vulnerabilities in their systems that ransomware actors... March 21, 2023 Pray for Peace This Ramadan The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins March 22. It celebrates the month during which Muslims believe Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The holiday, marked by fasting and prayer, is intended... March 21, 2023 Regime in Tehran May Be Facing Internal Instability Latest Developments Two documents reportedly produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran and obtained by Iran International shed new light on the extent of the regime’s economic woes and internal instability.... March 20, 2023 Washington ignores Putin’s designs on Moldova at its peril One of Europe’s most modest countries is becoming a major center of conflict. Russia is targeting the small-but-strategic lands of Moldova as the next big front in its war on Ukraine. While Washington... March 20, 2023 Turkey Approves Finland’s NATO Membership Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he now supports Finland’s application for NATO membership. By contrast, Ankara, which has stalled the transatlantic alliance’s... March 20, 2023 Israel and Palestinians Make Peace Commitments in Sharm el-Sheikh At the invitation of Egypt, the United States, and Jordan, Palestinian and Israeli government officials met in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday to discuss the soaring... March 20, 2023 Biden’s Opportunity to Stop Violent Extremists From Exploiting Cryptocurrency The Biden administration intends to crack down on crypto abuse by following a roadmap for regulation it unveiled in January. Calls for reform intensified after the crypto market’s tumultuous end to 2022,... March 20, 2023 Blind Sided In June 2022, Facebook and Twitter accounts suddenly focused their wrath on Australian company Lynas. The previous year, Lynas—the largest rare earths mining and processing company outside China—had... March 20, 2023 No US-Turkey Rapprochement Is Possible Under Erdogan Turkey’s Ambassador Murat Mercan recently argued in Defense One that “transitioning transatlantic security priorities to an era of great power competition inevitably will necessitate exploring venues... March 19, 2023 Palestinian Terrorist Commander Killed in Syria Latest Developments Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) accused Israel on Sunday of assassinating one of its commanders in Syria amid signs of escalating activities by the terrorist group in the West Bank.... March 17, 2023 Eyeing Iran’s Nuclear Program, U.S. and Israeli Militaries Train Together in Nevada Latest Developments The United States and Israel are conducting the Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 combined aerial military exercise in Nevada, which runs March 12-24. The training comes as the top U.S. military... March 17, 2023 Could the Saudi-Iranian deal lead to peace with Israel? A joint trilateral Saudi-Iranian-Chinese statement surprised the world and prompted speculation that Riyadh might be switching sides, abandoning America and joining the anti-Western axis. Dragging its... March 17, 2023 Vultures at the gate: The national security risk of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure In 2008, as the U.S. financial sector melted down, Beijing saw opportunity. “The financial crisis was a rare opportunity for Chinese enterprises lacking resources and advanced technology to go... March 17, 2023 Building Virtue Into Virtual Assets The illicit use of crypto-currencies—with billions lost, stolen, or exploited by criminals, hackers, rogue states, and bad actors—has cast an understandable cloud over the industry. And both virtual... March 16, 2023 How Much Can Iranian Artillery Ammo Help Russia? British outlet Sky News reported last week that Iran had secretly supplied Russia with a considerable amount of ammunition and intends to send more. If true, this would be a boon for Moscow at a time... March 16, 2023 WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Russians Down U.S. Drone, Iran Sends Putin Ammo Two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone performing routine... March 16, 2023 Iranians Renew Protests as Regime Brutality Persists Latest Developments Iranians renewed protests against Tehran’s clerical regime this week to mark the country’s traditional fire festival, a celebration with Zoroastrian roots linked to the Persian new... March 16, 2023 Ukraine’s Cyber Defense Offers Lessons for Taiwan The Ukraine war has filled the world with graphic images of a surprisingly capable underdog resisting the advances of a lumbering aggressor. But while the pictures are far less compelling, the story... March 15, 2023 Iran Agrees to Purchase Russian Fighter Jets Latest Developments Iranian media reported on Saturday that Tehran has agreed to purchase 24 advanced Sukhoi Su-35 fighters from Russia, significantly upgrading the capabilities of the Islamic Republic’s... March 15, 2023 Israel Suspects Infiltrator From Lebanon in Rare Roadside Bombing Latest Developments Ending a two-day official silence, Israel said on Wednesday that its forces had intercepted and killed an infiltrator from Lebanon whom it blamed for a rare roadside bombing at the Megiddo... March 15, 2023 How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics Fereydoon Abbasi is a hardline parliamentarian and former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization. In 2010, he barely survived what looked like an Israeli assassination attempt. And in December 2022,... March 15, 2023 Hezbollah suspected in cross-border attack inside Israel On Wednesday, the Israeli military said a suspect who crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon carried out a roadside bomb attack adjacent to the Magiddo Junction in northern Israel. The military’s...

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