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February 24, 2025 The Three Pillars of U.S. Technological Leadership The United States stands at a pivotal moment in the global technological race, facing an increasingly assertive China that leverages state-backed investments to dominate key industries. February 24, 2025 Risking Sanctions, South Africa Welcomes Nuclear Cooperation with Russia and Iran South Africa is on a collision course with President Donald Trump. On February 17, Pretoria’s minister of mineral and petroleum resources, Gwede Mantashe, signaled his government’s openness to nuclear... February 24, 2025 ‘Prepare for a Long Stay’: IDF Deploys Tanks in the West Bank for the First Time in Over 20 Years IDF Tanks Enter West Bank Terror Hub: The IDF announced on February 23 that a tank platoon from the 188th Armored Brigade had been deployed to Jenin as part of an expansion of its... February 24, 2025 Trump’s ‘America First Investment Policy’ Takes Aim at U.S. Adversaries “Economic security is national security.” That is the core message of President Trump’s new “America First Investment Policy.” Released on February 21, the policy strengthens America’s foreign... February 24, 2025 Suwayda Military Council: A new Druze coalition emerges in Syria A group of Druze militants in Suwayda, southern Syria, has announced the formation of the Suwayda Military Council, a coalition of local armed groups aimed at protecting the region and maintaining... February 24, 2025 10 Things to Know About Turkey’s Interventions and Influence in Syria Turkey intends to position itself as the most influential foreign actor in Syria. Following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey built close ties with jihadist militias fighting Bashar... February 23, 2025 The Pentagon must cut $50B of waste — put this weapon on the chopping block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans this week to move up to $50 billion of the Pentagon’s budget from “low-impact and low-priority programs” to ones that align with President... February 23, 2025 ‘Demilitarization of Southern Syria’: Israel Expands on post-Assad Plans Israel Sets Demands for Syrian Transitional Government: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed Israel’s strategic objectives after 16 months of regional warfare to... February 23, 2025 ‘Death to Israel, Death to America’: Hezbollah Flexes at Massive Nasrallah Funeral Buzzed by Israeli Jets IAF Warplanes Buzz Funeral, Strike Lebanese Targets: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on February 23 that the Israeli Air Force flew low passes in the skies over the... February 23, 2025 Why Russia Wants to See California Secede Following Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency in November 2024, the idea of secession has reemerged on the ballot in America’s richest state. On Jan. 23, California’s Secretary... February 23, 2025 China roils the Pacific waters courtesy Australia and New Zealand This past week flights were diverted between Australia and New Zealand to avoid Chinese military live fire exercises, three Chinese military ships sailed within 277 kilometres of Sydney, and the Cook Islands and China agreed an “Action Plan 2025-2030 for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Cook Islands and the People’s Republic of China”. February 23, 2025 US military kills Al Qaeda facilitator in Syria The US military killed a senior member of Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria in an airstrike in the northwestern part of the country on February 21. February 23, 2025 Pro-Iranian Iraqi militia leaders gather in Lebanon for Hezbollah leader’s funeral Delegations and leaders of pro-Iranian Iraqi militias traveled to Lebanon for the funeral of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on February 23. February 22, 2025 Hamas Attempts to Minimize Decade-Long Captivity of Israeli Arab Released Israeli Arab Hostage Kept From Public View: Hamas terrorists freed six Israeli civilians on February 22, the final release of living hostages under the first phase of the... February 22, 2025 Final Living Israeli Hostages in Phase One of Ceasefire Freed, Hamas Returns Remains of Shiri Bibas Six Hostages Freed, Including Two Held for a Decade: Israel welcomed home on February 22 six hostages held captive by Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas. Tal Shoham, Avera... February 21, 2025 ‘Peace Through Strength’ Requires Increased Defense Spending President Donald Trump, who ran on a platform of “peace through strength,” surprised some in Washington when he suggested last week that he might support cutting the U.S. defense budget by as much... February 21, 2025 Netanyahu Visits West Bank City of Tulkarem Following Attempted Tel Aviv Area Bus Bombings Netanyahu Visits IDF Troops in Tulkarem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the West Bank city of Tulkarem on February 21, hours after bombs planted on three buses... February 21, 2025 U.S. Must Pressure Qatar Not to Release Frozen Iranian Oil Revenues Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei thrust a long-simmering hostage controversy into the headlines on February 19. February 21, 2025 ‘In Cold Blood’: Hamas Murdered Bibas Children With Bare Hands, Sent Unidentified Body in Place of Shiri Bibas Forensic Details Reveal Shocking Murder of Bibas Children: The IDF said on February 21 that Palestinian terrorists murdered with their bare hands Ariel and Kfir Bibas — the two... February 21, 2025 ‘The Top Executioner’: Iran Executed at Least 975 People in 2024 A ‘Surge’ in Executions: Tehran executed at least 975 people in 2024, making Iran the year’s “top executioner in the world per capita,” two human rights groups said in... February 21, 2025 Israel SitRep: February 21, 2025 Today’s Issue: | Defense Minister After Attempted Bus Bombings: ‘We Will Hunt Down the Terrorists to the Bitter End’ | IDF Counterterrorism Operations in West Bank Continuing; Three More Battalions... February 21, 2025 The dreaded moment is finally here The moment we had all been dreading came to pass on Feb. 20, as four coffins draped with Israeli flags traveled from the Gaza Strip to Israel in a convoy led by the Israel Defense Forces. Two of the caskets... February 21, 2025 Gaza ceasefire faces new hurdles as Hamas releases bodies of slain hostages, only 3 of 4 identified On February 20, Hamas released four caskets ostensibly carrying the bodies of four deceased hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza, including Shiri Bibas and her children, Ariel and Kfir. February 20, 2025 Bombs Explode Prematurely on Tel Aviv Area Buses in Attempted Terror Attack 3 Tel Aviv Explosions: Bombs planted on three parked buses exploded prematurely on February 20 in an overnight depot in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. The lot was vacant at the time,... February 20, 2025 Russia’s AI-Powered Cyberattacks Threaten to Outpace Western Defenses Russia is increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to refine its cyber espionage and enhance attack precision, warned Western officials at the Munich Security Conference this past weekend. February 20, 2025 Khamenei Urges Qatari Emir to Release Iranian Oil Revenues Previously Used for Hostage Negotiations Supreme Leader Tells Qatar To Release Oil Revenues: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, during a February 19 meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in... February 20, 2025 Iran Charges British Couple With Spurious Espionage Charges False Allegations of Spying: Iran has charged a British couple with committing espionage, the Islamic Republic’s judiciary announced on February 18. The Islamic Revolutionary... February 20, 2025 Congress Moves to Spotlight Foreign Money on American College Campuses Hostile foreign governments want to hijack the American higher education system. Congress wants to expose them. February 20, 2025 ‘Grief Too Heavy to Bear’: Bodies of Four Israeli Hostages, Including Shiri Bibas and Two Sons, Returned to Israel Four Deceased Israeli Hostages Home: The bodies of four Israeli hostages were returned to Israel on February 20 by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist organization after they were kidnapped... February 20, 2025 Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Three Years Later February 20, 2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s “Martyr Leaders Day” speech Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered the secretary-general’s customary address on the group’s “Martyr Leaders Day” on February 16. February 20, 2025 An Axis of Autocracy? February 20, 2025 Egypt and UNRWA Were for Trump’s Gaza Plan Before They Were Against It President Donald Trump announced his call to relocate Gazans to Egypt on February 5, 2025, but his plan is actually 72 years old. February 19, 2025 ‘He is Not Going to Have a Country Left’: Trump Dispute With Ukrainian President Zelensky Escalates Following U.S.-Russia Talks ‘Disinformation Space’: A public feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, escalated on February 19, one day after American... February 19, 2025 Turkey Marginalized? How Trump’s Middle East Strategy is Rewriting Alliances Nearly a month into Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. President, we are beginning to see the contours of his foreign policy in the Middle East. Having campaigned on a promise to prioritize American... February 19, 2025 Profiles of foreign commanders in the new Syrian army The new Syrian administration has announced the disbandment of the Bashar al Assad regime’s Syrian Arab Army and confirmed the integration of multiple rebel groups into a unified military under... February 19, 2025 Kremlin Retains Maximalist Goals in Ukraine, U.S. Pressure Needed Washington took an initial step toward thawing relations with Moscow on Tuesday as U.S. and Russian officials met in Riyadh for talks on Ukraine. A peace deal remains far off, however. The Kremlin continues... February 19, 2025 Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort ... February 19, 2025 Hamas Reportedly Willing to Release All Israeli Hostages in Single Exchange Once Second Phase of Ceasefire Begins Hamas Willing to Release All Hostages Under Phase Two of Ceasefire: A senior Hamas leader has said that the Iran-backed terrorist group is willing to release all remaining Israeli... February 19, 2025 What Steps Must Iran Take to Construct Nuclear Weapons? February 19, 2025 Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy US President Donald Trump has conveyed a clear message to Israel. “You do whatever you want,” he says he told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. February 19, 2025 Cybersecurity: A Bipartisan Imperative in a Dangerous World In an increasingly interconnected and hostile world, cybersecurity has never been more critical. And at this critical moment, we’re witnessing troubling signs of political paralysis creeping... February 19, 2025 Head of Iraq’s powerful pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Units visits Tehran On February 18, Falih al Fayyadh, the chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), visited Tehran and met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to a report in Iranian state media. February 19, 2025 Trump can halt Russia’s war against Ukraine Since beginning his second term in office not quite a month ago, President Trump has taken on multiple missions from securing the border to putting woke back to sleep to shrinking the administrative state... February 19, 2025 Israel SitRep: February 19, 2025 February 19, 2025 | Israel at War Situation Report Israel SitRep: February 19, 2025 Today’s Issue: | Alma: IDF Troops Remaining in Lebanon to Prevent Rebuilding of Hezbollah Terror Infrastructure... February 18, 2025 ‘We Can’t Have a Contract That Says Iran or Russia Must Not Bid’: South African Minister Opens Door to Nuclear Cooperation With Tehran and Moscow Iran and Russia in the Running: A South African government minister has said that Pretoria is willing to turn to Iran and Russia as partners in the development of its civilian... February 18, 2025 When Democrats Govern Undemocratically: The Case of Poland Excerpt A specter continues to haunt Europe, one that many thought was long resolved: the debate over what constitutes democratic government and acceptable behavior in twenty-first-century democracies.... February 18, 2025 Tehran’s Trump Trap Tehran is setting a trap for the Trump administration. Recent comments by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have poured cold water on the idea of negotiations with the United... February 18, 2025 ‘Hamas Executed a Mother and Her Two Children in Cold Blood’: Bibas Family Bodies Reportedly Included in Upcoming Hostage Release Bibas Family Said to Be Among Hostage Remains: Hamas will release the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages on February 20 and six living hostages two days later, the Iran-backed... February 18, 2025 Lebanon’s Neutrality Must Include Arabs vs. Israel Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam did well by recommending that the different Lebanese factions replace their allegiance to foreign powers with unity and independence, suggesting that he supported Lebanon’s...

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