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| 12.08.2024 | Pakistan and the Middle East’s evolving approach to Afghanistan | With the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaching, the plight of ordinary Afghans is by no means over. Throughout its history, the strategic location of this landlocked country has proven to be more of a curse ... |
| 03.08.2024 | A Diplomatic Dance: The Historic Russia-West Prisoner Swap | On August 1, 2024, a monumental prisoner swap unfolded, echoing the tensions of the Cold War. This complex exchange involved 24 individuals, including American journalist Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, and Russian dissident Vl... |
| 02.08.2024 | How the historic Russia-West prisoner swap happened: Secret talks, a hitman and Biden's fateful call | WASHINGTON: The historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and 15 other Westerners was the fruit of painstaking, secret talks - and one crucial phone call from President Joe Biden an hour before he dropped ... |
| 02.08.2024 | Who is being freed in a major Russia-West prisoner swap? | A total of 24 people were freed on Thursday (Aug 1) in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
The prisoners were flown to Türkiye's capital Ankara from Russia, the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belaru... |
| 01.08.2024 | Iran strives to become a pan-sectarian Islamic power | The success of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 marked the first time in modern history that a secular regime in the Middle East was toppled in favor of a theocratic, Islamist order. Over the following decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran... |
| 22.07.2024 | Russia jails US-Russian journalist Kurmasheva for over 6 years | MOSCOW: A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating strict military censorship laws, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".
Kurmasheva, 47 wa... |
| 05.07.2024 | Hungary's Orban to head to Moscow to meet with Putin | BUDAPEST: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday (Jul 5), Radio Free Europe and the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spo... |
| 19.06.2024 | Iran: IPI condemns arrest of journalist Hassan Shanbehzadeh | Arrest signals media crackdown ahead of June elections
Photo: Screen capture, Center for Human Rights.
The IPI global network urges the Iranian government to immediately release journalist and activist Hassan Shanbehzadeh (also known as Hos... |
| 17.06.2024 | Armenia: Authorities must investigate violence against journalists covering protests | Armenia: Authorities must investigate violence against journalists covering protests
Armenian riot police officers block a street during a rally against Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in front of the Parliament building in Yerevan, Armen... |
| 08.06.2024 | Raisi's death underscores Iran’s instability and potential post-Khamenei destabilization | The death of President Ebrahim Raisi serves as a stark reminder of the pervasive instability within the Iranian system of government and its potential repercussions for the future of the Islamic Republic.
Following Raisi's death in a helico... |
| 06.06.2024 | Why Europe Should Support Peace in the South Caucasus | The steps towards peace in the South Caucasus should be considered a positive regional movement, and one that deals with lingering Soviet era conflicts. Avoiding irridentist claims to formerly occupied terrority won’t be easy, particuarly g... |
| 01.06.2024 | Western Allies Grant Ukraine Permission to Strike Russia with U.S.-Provided Weapons | In a significant development, most Western leaders have now granted Ukraine the authorization to utilize advanced long-ranged weapons provided by the United States to strike targets within Russia. This decision comes as a response to Ukrain... |
| 31.05.2024 | U.S., allies to let Ukraine strike Russia with western arms despite Putin threats | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Most Western leaders have now given Ukraine permission to use advanced long-ranged weapons they've provided to strike targets in Russia, fulfilling a request Kyiv asked for weeks ago.
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| 24.05.2024 | Xi Jinping’s “Civilization State” and Anti-Americanism in Europe | It is not surprising that China’s Xi Jinping should visit France, Europe’s second largest economy and one of the dominant nations within the European Union. But why should he visit comparatively small and economically less important nations... |
| 23.05.2024 | Biden campaign: Trump "doesn't give a damn" about WSJ reporter detained in Russia | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
President Biden's campaign called out former President Trump Thursday for claiming that his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin will secure Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich... |
| 21.05.2024 | Zelensky urges allies to begin intercepting Russian missiles over Ukraine | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Slow decision making on the part of its allies has hindered Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with Reuters on Mon... |
| 06.05.2024 | UN debates space weapons as new details emerge on Russian nuclear satellite | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The United Nations on Monday debated Russia's recent veto of a resolution that would have called on countries to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space.
Why it matters: The debate came days after ... |
| 06.05.2024 | Serbia: MFRR partners demand Belgrade court set Belarusian journalist free | Andrey Gniot at risk of deportation under politically motivated charges
Andrey Gnyot. Source: andrewgnyot / Instagram
The undersigned partner organizations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) demand the immediate release of Andrey Gn... |
| 14.04.2024 | Iran launches drone attacks on Israel | Military & Defense Iran launches drone attacks on Israel
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
2024-04-14T03:50:44Z
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| 24.03.2024 | Husband of U.S. journalist detained in Russia: "I'm not going to give up" | Fifteen-year-old Bibi Butorin has not been at home with her mom in Prague since last spring. Her mother, Alsu Kurmasheva, an American-Russian journalist, is now detained in Russia. "My mom is definitely my biggest inspiration," Bi... |
| 24.03.2024 | The long struggle to free Evan Gershkovich from a Moscow prison | On March 29, 2023, Evan Gershkovich was on assignment in Russia when he was arrested by security forces and accused of being a spy, a charge vigorously denied by Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. government.
Look around the... |
| 22.03.2024 | This week on "Sunday Morning" (March 24) | The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. (Download it here.)
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| 12.03.2024 | Closing Circles: Iran’s Exclusionary 2024 Elections | On 1 March, Iran held its twelfth parliamentary election since the 1979 revolution as well as its sixth contest for the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body nominally tasked with selecting the next supreme leader. Official results indicat... |
| 11.03.2024 | Analysis: Russia ramps up pressure on media and journalists in exile | Newly adopted laws add to repression years after enactment of wartime censorship
Russian police detain a protester at an anti-war rally in St. Petersburg (archive image) EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
In the first two months of 2024, the Russian p... |
| 02.03.2024 | Don't want Russia to successfully invade your country? Then do this. | Military & Defense Don't want Russia to successfully invade your country? Then do this.
Michael Peck
2024-03-02T11:00:02Z
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| 28.02.2024 | Ukraine's air force extends its kill streak to 10 Russian planes in 10 days | Military & Defense Ukraine's air force extends its kill streak to 10 Russian planes in 10 days
Mikhaila Friel
2024-02-28T11:44:39Z
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| 25.02.2024 | Zelensky: 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since start of Russia's invasion | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia began its invasion.
The big picture: It's the first time Zelensky has publicly confirmed the number of Ukrainian military deaths s... |
| 24.02.2024 | Here's why an influential US wargame was so wrong about Ukraine's chances against Russian invaders | Military & Defense Here's why an influential US wargame was so wrong about Ukraine's chances against Russian invaders
Analysis by Michael Peck
2024-02-24T10:02:01Z
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| 18.02.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Klaus W. Larres: Why the United States needs NATO – 3 things to know | By Klaus W. Larres
Former President Donald Trump has long made it clear that he deeply resents NATO, a 75-year-old military alliance that is composed of the United States and 30 other countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany... |
| 09.02.2024 | Vladimir Putin pulled a classic power move that steamrolled Tucker Carlson | Military & Defense Vladimir Putin pulled a classic power move that steamrolled Tucker Carlson
Thibault Spirlet
2024-02-09T10:59:07Z
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| 06.02.2024 | Russia may be moving to pull the plug on letting the only anti-war candidate run for president because the Kremlin's worried he might take too many votes from Putin, experts say | Military & Defense Russia may be moving to pull the plug on letting the only anti-war candidate run for president because the Kremlin's worried he might take too many votes from Putin, experts say
Chris Panella
2024-02-06T20:57:59Z
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| 01.02.2024 | Russian court extends detention of American journalist until April | A Russian court on Thursday extended Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva's pre-trial detention by another two months.
Why it matters: Kurmasheva, who has dual U.S.-Russian citizenship, was the second American journali... |
| 09.01.2024 | AI predicts oil price for the end of 2024 | Given its many functions and importance – as a lucrative commodity, a crucial resource for daily life, and a critical tool in the national security arsenal, just to name a few – it is, perhaps, alarming that oil has had an interesting 2023 ... |
| 08.01.2024 | Russia is trying to mess up Ukraine's air defense by deploying decoy flares on its missiles, soldier says | Military & Defense Russia is trying to mess up Ukraine's air defense by deploying decoy flares on its missiles, soldier says
Sinéad Baker
2024-01-08T12:13:38Z
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| 21.12.2023 | A Russian ally's purchase of French and Indian weapons is another sign Moscow is losing influence in its neighborhood | Military & Defense A Russian ally's purchase of French and Indian weapons is another sign Moscow is losing influence in its neighborhood
Paul Iddon
2023-12-20T23:47:01Z
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| 20.12.2023 | America has a McGonigal problem | Redeem now
The case of Charles McGonigal is bigger than one corrupt FBI agent.
In fact, it's bigger than the entire FBI.
The legal case against Charles McGonigal, the FBI's former New York counterintelligence chief — a scandal that launched... |
| 18.12.2023 | Ukraine's real power broker | Redeem now
On a Monday in late September, Mike Pyle, the point man on President Joe Biden's National Security Council for international economic issues, sent his counterparts in Ukraine a four-page "working draft" he had written l... |
| 13.12.2023 | Sobering centers offer a safe place to recover from intoxication. Every community should have one | Every day, thousands of individuals across the United States call 911 due to concern about someone who is intoxicated in public. Their concern is warranted: The potential harms from public intoxication are significant. They are at risk of b... |
| 24.11.2023 | Why the Taliban Should Be Brought in from the Cold for Climate Talks | In late November, delegates will gather in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the COP28 summit, where they will wrestle with the global problem of climate change. But not all corners of the planet will be represented. Behind the scenes of s... |
| 17.11.2023 | Russia is relocating Ukrainian children to Belarus where they are subjected to military training and reeducation, report finds | Children hold Ukrainian flags along the road near Sloviansk, Ukraine on January 30, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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Since the war began, thousands of Ukrainian children have been removed from their families.
A new stud... |
| 26.10.2023 | Russia: IPI demands immediate release of Alsu Kurmasheva | One week since Russian-American journalist was put behind bars
The IPI global network calls on Russian authorities to immediately release journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who was detained in the city of Kazan on October 18.
Kurmasheva was arrest... |
| 17.10.2023 | Russia's Lancet drone is its most effective weapon in Ukraine, and it's only getting deadlier | An image of what appears to be a Lancet drone in Ukraine in January. Defence Ministry Of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters
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Russia's Lancet drone has proven capable of taking out a wide range of targets at long distances.
It was rushed ... |
| 21.09.2023 | Russia is barely training its troops, probably rendering them incapable of going on the offensive, UK intel says | Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022. Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia's lack of training is hindering its troops' ability for successful attacks, the UK MOD said.
A leading factor is the absenc... |
| 17.09.2023 | Moscow has been surrounded by air defenses for a century, but they were never designed to stop the drones Ukraine is using now | Military & Defense Moscow has been surrounded by air defenses for a century, but they were never designed to stop the drones Ukraine is using now
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| 06.09.2023 | RARBG Shut Down in the Middle of a Bulgarian Piracy Crackdown | When RARBG suddenly ended its operations at the end of May 2023, the absence of notice coupled with the immediate and comprehensive nature of the shutdown felt different to similar events of the past.
The RARBG team mentioned several factor... |
| 27.08.2023 | 3 Ukrainian pilots died in a disastrous mid-flight collision days after Western allies announced a new training initiative | An Aero L-39C Albatros aircraft from Ukraine Air Force flies over Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images
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Three Ukrainian pilots were killed Friday after a midair collision during a training flig... |
| 22.08.2023 | A prized Russian bomber was blown up 400 miles behind enemy lines, suggesting the attack came from inside Russia: UK intel | A view of a Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian air force seen from the cockpit of another such plane during a training flight. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
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Photos show a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber destroyed at a b... |
| 07.08.2023 | As the drone battle in Ukraine unfolds, the US Army is scrambling to get its soldiers a new one-way tank-buster | A US Marine launches a Switchblade drone during an exercise in California in September 2020. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Jennessa Davey
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The US Army is rushing to develop its own tank-killing drone that soldiers can carry into combat.
Th... |
| 04.08.2023 | Russia is playing risky games with its exploding drones, attacking Ukrainian ports only a couple hundred meters from NATO territory | A view shows a marine station building destroyed during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Nina Liashenko
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Russian forces have been routinely attacking... |
| 01.08.2023 | Hunter Biden associate describes "illusion of access" | A former Hunter Biden associate told Congress that Hunter sold "the illusion of access" by putting his father on speaker phone with business partners, but that then-Vice President Biden never talked shop, according to Rep. Dan Gol... |
| 31.07.2023 | Kenya: No, Former U.S. President Barack Obama Hasn't Admitted He Was Born in Kenya - Old Video Reappeared in 2023 | IN SHORT: In the original 2009 video, the former US president talks to students in Turkey. The altered version from 2010 is a spoof. The 2023 clip is claimed as fact. But Barack Obama was born in the US.
The over a decade-old "birther&... |
| 24.07.2023 | Russia's war in Ukraine has apparently come home again, this time with drones striking skyscrapers in the capital | Police officer is seen in front of a building after two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attack in Moscow, Russia on July 24, 2023. Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Two drones struck several buildin... |
| 21.07.2023 | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 20, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, July 20 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 20, 2023
Riley Bailey, Kateryna Stepanenko, Grace Mappes, Angelica Evans, George Barros, Christina Harward, and Frederick W. Kagan
July 20, 2023, 7:50pm ET
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| 18.07.2023 | Putin wanted his own version of NATO. Instead he has a failing alliance that has only made him look weaker since the invasion of Ukraine. | Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Yerevan, Armenia, November 2022. Contributor/Getty Images
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| 18.07.2023 | Sources: Lensa AI backer exits Servers.com for $200M | A backer of the Lensa AI app, which sent AI-generated images from Stable Diffusion rocketing into mainstream social media, has just exited a company for a substantial amount of money, say well-placed sources speaking on the condition of ano... |
| 20.06.2023 | Finding Language Models in Influence Operations | With the 2024 election campaign around the corner and public interest in artificial intelligence (AI) at fever pitch, policymakers, business leaders, and researchers have voiced concern about AI-enabled influence operations interfering in t... |
| 15.06.2023 | The Dynamics of the Ukrainian IT Army’s Campaign in Russia | Our understanding of cyber operations is almost entirely driven by defenders. Reports from cybersecurity companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies offer a view into what and whom cyber operations target, but this perspect... |
| 08.06.2023 | Can the U.S. Use Its Long Arm to Stop a Technology Hemorrhage? | In 2014, U.S. officials described Chinese national Karl Lee as the “principal supplier” to Iran’s ballistic missile program. Pursued for nearly two decades by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement, Lee’s network was responsible for illicitl... |
| 09.05.2023 | Russia's version of NATO is crumbling, with even some of its closest allies frustrated by Putin's war in Ukraine | Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, CSTO Secretary-General Stanislav Zas, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the CSTO summit at the on May 16. Contribut... |
| 08.05.2023 | Ukrainians with cellphones and machine guns are forcing Russia to change how it launches its drone attacks | Antiaircraft gunners with an air-defense unit of Ukraine's national guard on a combat mission in August. Vyacheslav Madiyevskyi/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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Ukraine's flexible and adaptive air defenses have force... |
| 05.05.2023 | Ukraine's talking loudly about its coming counterpunch but holding key secrets tight because the stakes couldn't be higher. Here's what we know. | Ukrainian armored vehicles maneuver and fire their 30mm guns, as Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades train for a critical and imminent spring counteroffensive against Russian troops Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images
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| 04.05.2023 | Details in the drone incident the Kremlin says aimed to assassinate Putin 'don't quite add up.' Experts have 3 theories on what happened. | Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on April 6, 2023. Getty Images
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| 02.05.2023 | How Not to Negotiate With the Taliban | Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the policy debate in Washington, D.C., and other Western capitals has focused on the merits of engaging in dialogue with the Taliban. Opponents of engagement point to the few gains that have been a... |
| 01.05.2023 | The apparent poisoning of schoolgirls is just one part of Iran’s health crisis | On the first day back to school in April, after time off to celebrate the Persian New Year, students in Iran were greeted with another apparent chemical attack. This was just the most recent in a monthslong series of reports of students, in... |
| 29.04.2023 | Iran Update, April 28, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, April 29 -
Iran Update, April 28, 2023
Amin Soltani, Annika Ganzeveld, Johanna Moore, and Kitaneh Fitzpatrick
April 28, 2023, 5:00 pm ET
The Iran Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterp... |
| 25.04.2023 | Ukraine’s Nuclear Moment | A review of Mariana Budjeryn, “Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022).
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| 22.04.2023 | A dramatic video shows a famed Ukrainian unit dodging grenades and shooting Russian soldiers in close-combat trench warfare | A screenshot from a video by the volunteer Ukrainian "Da Vinci Wolves" battalion in Bakhmut. YouTube
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A video shows a Ukrainian battalion fighting off Russian troops in close-combat trench warfare.
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| 19.04.2023 | Moscow's promise of big payments to its troops is creating a new headache for the Russian military | Russian conscripts called up for military service at a railway station in Omsk in November. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
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The Kremlin has promised high pay to Russians who perform military service in Ukraine.
But there are already repo... |
| 14.04.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, April 12, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, April 14 - Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, April 12, 2023
Authors: Brian Carter, Liam Karr, Kathryn Tyson, and Peter Mills
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| 13.04.2023 | Russian court sentenced school shooter to life in prison | Image from Flickr by Edom Orellana
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced Ilnaz Galyaviev to life in prison for killing nine people at a school in the western city of Kazan.
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| 05.04.2023 | Western countries are speeding up tank deliveries to Ukraine, but tanks aren't what Ukrainian troops need to get around Russian forces | A Ukrainian tank at a shooting range near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia on March 29. Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Western countries are hustling to deliver main battle tanks to Ukraine's military.
Tanks ... |
| 31.03.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 29, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 30 - Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 29, 2023
Authors: Brian Carter, Liam Karr, Kathryn Tyson, and Peter Mills
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| 30.03.2023 | Afghanistan Requires a Change from Humanitarian Business as Usual | International humanitarian aid is critical in responding to natural disasters and other short-term emergencies. But as the U.N. itself recognizes, such aid is not well positioned to respond to—let alone resolve—a prolonged economic crisis s... |
| 21.03.2023 | A close Russian ally is messing with the legendary spaceport it leases to the Kremlin, seizing assets over an unpaid debt | A Soyuz MS-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 20, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images
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Kazakhstan impounded Russian equipment at the Baikonur space base over a feud with the K... |
| 19.03.2023 | Iran Update, March 17, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 18 -
Iran Update, March 17, 2023
Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, and Nicholas Carl
March 17, 2023, 6:00 pm ET
The Iran Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise I... |
| 17.03.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 16, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 17 - Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 16, 2023
Authors: Brian Carter, Liam Karr, Peter Mills, and Kathryn Tyson
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| 17.03.2023 | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 16, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 16 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 16, 2023
Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, Angela Howard, George Barros, Nicole Wolkov, Layne Philipson, and Frederick W. Kagan
March 16, 6:15 ET
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| 16.03.2023 | DIRCO hands tied as mom of SA woman incarcerated in Georgia fights to prove her innocence | Genevieve Uys, 32, faces eight to 15 years in a Georgian prison over alleged illegal possession of drugs. Images: Facebook
Capetonian Sandra Uys is determined to prove her daughter Genevieve’s innocence. The 32-year-old faces eight to 15 ye... |
| 07.03.2023 | The Potential Consequences for Africa of an FTO Designation of the Wagner Group | In January, the U.S. government designated the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, “a significant transnational criminal organization.” In doing so, the Biden administration has avoided succumbing to growing pressure to design... |
| 20.02.2023 | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, February 19 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2023
Karolina Hird and Frederick W. Kagan
February 19, 7:30pm ET
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated ... |
| 18.02.2023 | How Ukraine uses high-tech anti-drone guns to down Russian drones and recover intelligence from them | Ukrainian soldiers with the anti-drone KVS G-6, manufactured by Kvertus Technology. Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook
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Ukraine is using anti-drone guns to down Russian drones and collect intelligen... |
| 17.02.2023 | Afghanistan as a Site of U.S.-China Competition | The chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country thereafter ushered in a host of geopolitical challenges for South and Central Asia. The resulting power vacuum in Afghanistan could ... |
| 16.02.2023 | Trump and Kushner's Saudi ties are an ethical minefield — and Hunter Biden's a distraction, DC watchdog says | Donald Trump meets with then Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, March. 14, 2017. White House senior adviser Jared Kush... |
| 12.02.2023 | ‘Uzbek Princess’ Jail Term For $1.5 Billion In Financial Crimes Still Awaits Swiss, U.S. Agreement | MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 23: Gulnara Karimova attends the "Nights In Monaco" Gala Fundraiser ... [+] equally benefiting The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation at the Casino on May 23, 2012... |
| 08.02.2023 | US approves $10 billion sale of Himars rocket launchers to Poland | The announcement on the sale of the rocket launchers to Poland — which shares a long border with Ukraine — comes nearly a year after the start of Russia’s invasion. Image from Twitter by Andy Vermaut
The United States on Tuesday announced i... |
| 04.02.2023 | Afghanistan in 2023: Taliban internal power struggles and militancy | Afghanistan in 2023 will be shaped by whether or not the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, retains his tight grip on all decisionmaking. The second crucial dynamic will be terrorism and militancy. The Taliban is unlikely to ... |
| 04.02.2023 | Iran Crisis Update, February 3, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, February 4 - Nicholas Carl, Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Zachary Coles, and Frederick W. Kagan
February 3, 2023, 5:00 pm ET
The Iran Crisis Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterpris... |
| 02.02.2023 | Iran Crisis Update, February 1, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, February 1 -
Iran Crisis Update, February 1, 2023
Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles, Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, and Frederick W. Kagan
February 1, 2023, 5:30 pm ET
The Iran Crisis Updates are produced by the Critical Thre... |
| 30.01.2023 | Kazakhstan Jumpstarts Itself One Year After Protests, Russia Crisis | Protesters attend a rally in Almaty on January 4, 2022, after energy price hikes. The surprising and ... [+] long protest led to deaths, arrests, and a forgiveness later on as the new government coped with its worst yet political crisis. (P... |
| 29.01.2023 | Russia in the Caucasus and Central Asia After the Invasion of Ukraine | Editor’s Note: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the politics of much of the former Soviet periphery. Before the war, Moscow tried to police many regions, but with its forces bogged down in Ukraine, regional states no longer heed Pu... |
| 25.01.2023 | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 24, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, January 25 -
Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, George Barros, and Frederick W. Kagan
January 24, 9:30 pm ET
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongsid... |
| 23.01.2023 | Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage | The hours-long outage, the second in the past two years, was caused by a fault in the national grid. Image from Flickr by Pamarduk Pamdrammelech
A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on Monday affected most of the country’s more than 220 mi... |
| 19.01.2023 | Swedish intel agent gets life for spying for Russia | The court found Peyman Kia guilty of gathering some 90 classified documents through his jobs. Image from Twitter/@ChrisRevievvs
A former Swedish intelligence official was handed a life sentence on Thursday for spying for Russia’s military i... |
| 13.01.2023 | Russia's top military brass and an infamous mercenary leader are feuding over who gets credit for taking back a Ukrainian town | Russian businessman and Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin at an economic forum in 2016. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
The Russian army and mercenary organization Wagner Group have both claimed credit for taking a Ukrainian town.
Wagner ... |
| 11.01.2023 | Russian mercenary boss deepens rift with military, gloating that the actual army did nothing to secure a recent (and rare) victory | Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in what Russian state media described as the salt mines of Soledar, eastern Ukraine, on January 10 2022. RIA Novosti
The Wagner Group founder took credit for Russian gains in Ukraine in a pointed stateme... |
| 04.01.2023 | US-trained Afghan commandos are fighting in Ukraine. Some are there for the pay. Others are there for revenge. | Members of the Afghan army's special forces. Rahmat Gul/AP
Afghan commandos who fled the Taliban are being recruited to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine.
Afghan volunteers because they lack stable incomes and are being offerred high salari... |
| 03.01.2023 | Top 10 World Changing Negotiations For 2023 | 1856- Paris, France: General view of the delegates to the Congress of Paris seated at a table during ... [+] peace discussions. The Congress of Paris was held in 1856 involving the British, French, Ottoman Empire, Russia, Austria, Prussia a... |
| 02.01.2023 | How Putin was repeatedly snubbed by countries he thought were his allies since invading Ukraine | Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in December 2018. Aleksey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Some of Russia's longtime allies have snubbed the country and Putin since the Uk... |
| 24.12.2022 | Iran Crisis Update, December 23 | AFGHANISTAN, December 24 -
Nicholas Carl, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, and Frederick W. Kagan
December 23, 5:00 pm ET
The Iran Crisis Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute with support from ... |
| 24.12.2022 | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23 | AFGHANISTAN, December 24 -
Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, Layne Philipson, and Frederick W. Kagan
December 23, 9:30 pm ET
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside t... |
