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Daily Memo: IAEA Assesses Damage, Netanyahu Holds Firm

Damage done. There are no signs that the fighting between Israel and Iran will...

Strategic Projects Under Consideration in Canada

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(click to enlarge) The Canadian government is making a strong push to improve the country’s strategic independence. The government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has...

Tariffs and Distrust Hit Critical Minerals

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(click to enlarge) Base metals, battery metals and rare earth elements play major roles in the production of industrial and consumer goods used daily. Price...

Africa’s Worsening Refugee Crisis

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(click to enlarge) Conflicts across Africa have displaced more than 45 million people, the highest number on record by the end of 2024. The crisis...

A Pivotal Moment for the Kurdish Question

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(click to enlarge) The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), founded in 1978 by Abdullah Ocalan, spent decades waging an insurgency against the Turkish state in pursuit...

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How Israel Caught Iran Off-Guard

Ever since its establishment in 1948, Israel has been conscious of its precarious security situation, which is a result of its small geographic size...

Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Iran: Searching for the Significant

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The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia at the beginning of this month and the...

German and Japanese Military Resurgence

The United States is stepping back from its role as the world’s security guarantor...

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Russia’s Calculated Silence on the India-Pakistan Conflict

Last week, the special assistant to Pakistan’s prime minister arrived in Moscow to discuss...

Report From Hungary

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My ongoing trip to Europe has brought me to Hungary, the country in which...

France’s Plan to Bridge Europe and Asia

France is implementing a new grand strategy in response to a rapidly changing world...

The Evolution of the Global Defense Industry

The global defense industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by rapid technological advancement...
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Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Iran: Searching for the Significant

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The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia at the beginning of this month and the Israeli attack on Iran have some striking similarities. 1. Both attacks...

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Daily Memo: EU to Tighten Restrictions on Russia

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Can Turkey and Saudi Arabia Be Friends? | ClubGPF Preview with Kamran Bokhari

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Rivalry and alliances in the Middle East go back centuries and have shaped the geopolitics of this region in a major way. On this clip of a recent ClubGPF Podcast+ episode, GPF contributing analyst Kamran Bokhari joined Christian Smith to examine the complicated relationship between the various factions, mainly Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and how this all fits together to forecast the future of the Middle East region.

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