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June 23, 2023 How Erdoğan Is Fomenting an Anti-Western Mindset in Turkey We are captives of the present. Up until the May elections, most observers of Turkish politics focused (correctly) on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s plans regarding foreign policy. Questions about domestic... June 23, 2023 Will Erdogan Finally Ratify Sweden’s NATO Accession? No One Knows. The expectation that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will finally agree to support Sweden’s bid to join NATO has gone from “It’ll definitely happen after Erdogan gets reelected” to “Who... June 22, 2023 Israel Kills Three Palestinian Terrorists in Rare West Bank Drone Strike An Israeli drone strike in the northern West Bank killed three Palestinian terrorists on June 21, including two members of Islamic Jihad and one member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The Israel Defense... June 22, 2023 Hezbollah Establishes Armed Posts in Israeli Territory The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah has established military posts on Mount Dov inside sovereign Israeli territory at the border with Lebanon, a discussion in the Israeli parliament’s Foreign... June 22, 2023 Why Iran’s regime fears women’s hair It’s the Iranian regime’s obsession. Surveillance cameras dot the landscape of Tehran and other Iranian cities in search of supposed deviants: women who fail to wear the mandatory hijab, or headscarf.... June 22, 2023 Turn Russia’s paranoia against it: Fight back in the information war A Russian bureaucrat and his wife are at home with their child. They’re disillusioned, asking themselves, “Is it the kind of life I dreamt of?” Then the man decides to contact the CIA. “We... June 21, 2023 UN Report Ignores Palestinian Terrorism, Blasts U.S. Supporters Of Israel A 27-nation coalition led by the United States today rightly condemned the United Nations commission of inquiry (COI) investigating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A COI report earlier... June 21, 2023 In the Tri-Border Area, Hezbollah Agents Are Again in the Wind An Argentinian federal judge issued an international arrest warrant last week against four Lebanese nationals suspected of involvement in the July 1994 terror attack against the AMIA building, the Jewish... June 21, 2023 Bashar Al Assad Must Pay Arab leaders have welcomed Syria back into the diplomatic fold, but the U.S. Congress remains committed to holding the regime of Bashar al Assad accountable for a decade of atrocities. In... June 21, 2023 Sanctioned Russian Bank to Begin Money Transfers to Turkey VTB Bank, Russia’s second-largest lender, announced last week that it would more than double the number of countries to which retail clients can transfer funds, with Turkey as one of the key new destinations.... June 21, 2023 A C2 Structure for a Strong U.S.-Japan Alliance This commentary is part of the Exploring New Horizons: Japan’s Defense Priorities project, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and American scholars examining the implications... June 21, 2023 Countering Threats Posed by Nation-State Actors in Latin America to U.S. Homeland Security ... June 21, 2023 Putin’s to-do list Western leaders have long misunderstood Vladimir Putin. In 2001, President George W. Bush “looked the man in the eye” and “found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy.” Not exactly. In... June 20, 2023 Hamas and Islamic Jihad Meet Iranian Leaders in Tehran Leaders of the Iran-backed Palestinian terror organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad (IJ) both met this week with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh met with Raisi... June 20, 2023 Can NATO Finally Make the 2 Percent Stick? Eyeing the NATO summit in Vilnius next month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated last Tuesday the need for each alliance member to spend at least 2 percent of GDP... June 20, 2023 Palestinian Terrorists Kill At Least Four in West Bank Shooting Palestinian terrorists killed at least four people in a gun attack in the city of Eli in the West Bank on June 20. In addition to the fatalities, at least four people were wounded. The casualties’... June 19, 2023 Israel Deploys Helicopter to West Bank Clash Israel deployed an IDF helicopter to support the extrication of troops hit by a roadside bomb during a counter-terrorism raid in the West Bank on June 19. The rare aerial intervention followed ferocious... June 18, 2023 Israel Green-Lights Gaza Offshore Gas Development The Israeli government gave the Palestinian Authority and Egypt a green-light on June 18 to develop a natural gas field off the Gaza Strip’s shore on condition that Israel’s national interests... June 18, 2023 The one place in the Middle East where minorities are thriving Palestinian propagandists want you to believe that Israel is engaged in the “ethnic cleansing” of non-Jews. A closer look at demographics, however, proves otherwise. On the occasion of... June 16, 2023 Biden wants a ‘thaw’ with China. What would that take? The Chinese Communist Party follows a deliberate, consistent strategy toward the United States that has not changed — and will not anytime soon. That strategy’s overarching goal is to overtake... June 16, 2023 Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Two Weeks In Nearly two weeks into their long-awaited counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces have made some initial tactical gains while also taking significant losses. However, the offensive has yet to reach its decisive... June 16, 2023 Iran and Venezuela Deepen Their Strategic Alliance Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi just wrapped up a two-day visit to Caracas, during which he consolidated Iran’s strategic alliance with the regime of Nicolas Maduro. While talk of American imperialism... June 16, 2023 Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda aiding Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency The Afghan Taliban, with the help of Al Qaeda, is directly sheltering, supporting, and training the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) despite claims to the contrary. The... June 16, 2023 Hold the WHO accountable for embracing North Korea Former President Donald Trump congratulated Kim Jong Un earlier this month after North Korea joined the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. Nikki Haley, Trump’s... June 16, 2023 Congress Should Protect U.S. Leadership in Quantum Research The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology heard from administration officials and academic experts last week on the importance of reauthorizing the National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act to... June 16, 2023 Protests Across Iran Persist, Now Nine Months On Latest Developments Today marks the nine-month anniversary of nationwide protests in Iran, which began last September when Tehran’s morality police killed 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly... June 16, 2023 Tehran Takes Caracas On Monday, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi began a five-day tour of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, three Latin American countries governed by authoritarian, anti-Western regimes. Raisi’s three predecessors... June 16, 2023 Israel must oppose the Iran understandings with all it’s got According to all indications, the negotiations between the United States and Iran on a nuclear deal known as “freeze for freeze” – which is actually “quiet for money” – are... June 16, 2023 How Cairo’s Embassy In Tel Aviv Can Contribute To A Warmer Peace With Israel There are very few things about which Cairo’s elite and its Muslim Brotherhood critics can agree. But last week, both sides cheered for a 23-year-old Egyptian border guard named Mohamed Salah who murdered... June 15, 2023 U.S. Deploys F-22s to Syria to Deter ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ by Russia U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on June 14 the deployment of advanced fighter jets, F-22 Raptors, to the Middle East to deter dangerous and provocative behavior by Russian aircraft in the... June 15, 2023 Trade Between Russia and China Surges in 2023 Preliminary data published last week by China’s General Administration of Customs show that in the first five months of 2023, trade between Russia and China reached $93.8 billion, a 41 percent increase... June 15, 2023 Don’t Stop Digging Into Iran’s Nuclear Secrets Few Americans have probably heard of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog. Last week, the IAEA’s board of governors convened in Vienna to hear from its director... June 15, 2023 Marines Need to Move beyond Their Amphibious-Assault Past As Congress begins to consider the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), there is no greater debate regarding naval shipbuilding than the one that surrounds the future of the Navy’s amphibious... June 15, 2023 A smarter way to catch insiders who leak top secret information How do you stop a 21-year-old national guardsman like Jack Teixeira from leaking classified information? Wrong answers to this question have quickly become very popular. One theory is there are... June 15, 2023 博明會晤台灣總統蔡英文之致詞稿尊敬的蔡英文總統，感謝您今天與我們會面。我要衷心感謝您和台灣政府以及台灣人民在這一周對我們的款待。我的同事們不少是第一次來到台灣，在過去幾天裡，他們一直對台灣這座寶島的美麗風光還有可口食物，尤其是熱情和善良的台灣人讚不絕口。我們的訪團包括來自美國和以色列的退伍老兵和國安人員。我們這次來訪主要希望與台灣政府官員、軍官和民眾分享交流。我們以謙卑的精神來向台灣學習，並儘可能地提供幫助。我們本周和大家進行了詳細的討論，分析民主國家可以從侵略者最近在中東和歐洲發動的戰爭中記取哪些教訓。戰爭的教訓是用鮮血書寫成的，因此自由社會的公民有特別的義務去認真研究這些教訓。烏克蘭為台灣提供了一個重要的啓示，就是嚇阻遠比戰爭更有用。那麼，如何才能保持有效的嚇阻，維持台灣的和平與繁榮呢？我希望和大家分享一個公式，那就是「能力乘以決心」。我所說的能力，包括可負擔的、用於不對稱作戰的導彈，進行務實的訓練，擬定聰明的戰術。簡而言之，是一大堆低成本的、機動、分散、精準、致命的小武器。我所說的決心是指勇氣、信心和戰鬥意志的結合。烏克蘭士兵和公民每天都在戰場上向我們展現這些品質。如何在和平時期展示決心，以色列可以向我們提供一些啟發。以色列的人口不到台灣的一半，也沒有台灣的海洋和山脈作為天然屏障。然而，過去50年來以色列贏得了每一場戰爭，阻止了敵人的入侵，儘管它面對的是像伊朗這樣數量上佔優勢並擁有先進技術的敵人。從我們本周所了解到的情況來看，即使面對中共的軍事威脅，我們相信台灣在其他民主國家的堅定支援下，正在凝聚維護和平與安全的力量。有一個能夠調和其他因素、產生向心力並建構長期嚇阻能力的催化劑，那就是文化。在這方面，以色列也提供了一些有益的借鏡。在以色列，青年不分男女都必須服義務兵役。他們的預備役人員接受頻繁和務實的訓練。他們保持強大的民防能力。服兵役在以色列社會是一件受到高度尊敬的事。以色列的男女透過激烈競爭才進入最菁英的單位服役，就像美國人競爭進入常春藤盟校一樣。在服兵役的過程中，士兵們獲得領導能力和專業技術的提升，進而推動以色列的經濟，也讓科技產業更加繁榮。我謹代表我們的訪團和保衛民主基金會，讚賞台灣政府在蔡總統的領導下，採取了積極的政策作為，透過將義務役期延長至一整年等政策，重振國民服役的文化。台灣正在邁出關鍵的一步，建構一個更具有嚇阻力的文化和社會生態體系，確保台灣始終是自由民主社會前線的守護者，而非捍衛民主自由的犧牲品。謝謝。 ... June 15, 2023 Remarks by Matt Pottinger to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen Madam President, Thank you for meeting with us today. I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to you, your government, and the people of Taiwan for the very warm welcome we received this week.... June 14, 2023 Why is Biden appeasing a Putin pawn as NATO forces are attacked? As Russian President Vladimir Putin performs poorly in Ukraine, he will employ every possible tactic to distract the West. This time, Russia, with Serbia’s help, is provoking chaos in Europe’s... June 14, 2023 China, Palestinian Authority Sign ‘Strategic Partnership’ Agreement China and the Palestinian Authority (PA) signed a “strategic partnership” agreement on June 14 during a four-day visit to Beijing by 87-year-old PA President Mahmoud Abbas. During Abbas’ meeting... June 14, 2023 Cyber Resilience Helps Democracies Prevail Against Authoritarian Disinformation Campaigns Before Russian troops poured into Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin had already begun its war online, using cyber operations to disrupt Ukrainian citizens’ access to information and spread chaos... June 14, 2023 How the Compacts of Free Association Support U.S. Interests and Counter the PRC’s Influence | Indo-Pacific Task Force ... June 14, 2023 Blood of the Congo Electric vehicles are marvelous in many ways but if you think they’re “green and clean” you haven’t done your homework. Not to worry: Siddharth Kara has done it for you. The author of three... June 13, 2023 Al Qaeda actively operating training camps in 5 Afghan provinces Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan following the U.S withdrawal in Aug. 2021, Al Qaeda has established training camps in five Afghan provinces, as well as safe houses and other infrastructure across... June 13, 2023 Islamic Jihad Begins Military Summer Camp for Palestinian Youth On June 10, mosques operated by Islamic Jihad held open registration for Palestinian youth to attend military training camps in the Gaza Strip. The camp is called “Revenge of the Free,” which... June 13, 2023 Iran’s Raisi Embarks on Five-Day Tour of Latin American Countries Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi landed in Caracas on June 12, the first stop of a five-day visit to Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Accompanying Raisi is a large delegation, including the Iranian ministers... June 12, 2023 U.S. Permits Iraq to Release Billions to Iran The Biden administration has authorized the transfer of $2.76 billion from Iraq to Iran, Reuters reported on June 10. The news comes within days of emerging reports that Washington hopes to trade Iranian... June 12, 2023 Bipartisan Coalition Urges Biden to Send ATACMS to Ukraine A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced a resolution on Friday urging the Biden administration to send Ukraine the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). These missiles would facilitate Kyiv’s... June 12, 2023 Analysis: Shabaab takes advantage of slowed counter-offensive Somalia’s large counter-offensive against Shabaab is currently stalled and its much touted next phase continues to be delayed. In response, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, seeks to gain... June 12, 2023 Five urgent steps to prevent American military defeat in the Pacific As lawmakers in Washington move this month to consider the fiscal 2024 defense budget and annual defense authorization bill, the United States is on a path toward military defeat in the Pacific. China’s... June 12, 2023 Why is Baghdad funding pro-Iran militias? Iraq is about to approve a budget that allocates $2.8 billion to the Shia militias known as the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU), marking an increase of $600 million from the previous... June 11, 2023 Al Qaeda leaders are prominently serving in Taliban government Several members of Al Qaeda are serving as leaders and key functionaries within the Taliban’s government, which it calls the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Among them are two provincial governors, the...

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