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October 17, 2024

As the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to heat up, Syria is the strategic tract of land caught in the middle. For Iran, Syria is the geographic center of its strategy to maintain influence in the Arab world. Conversely, Israel views Syria as the key to securing the Israeli northern flank. The outcome of […]

Daily Memo: Israel Targets Beirut, North Korea’s New Recruits

October 16, 2024

In the crosshairs again. The Israel Defense Forces resumed airstrikes on Beirut after a six-day hiatus. The IDF said it struck a Hezbollah underground...

Russia’s Strategy to Revitalize the CIS

October 16, 2024

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted in Moscow the leaders of the other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States. According to his...

Daily Memo: Canada-India Spat, North Korea Severs Ties

October 15, 2024

Widening rift. Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including India’s high commissioner to Ottawa, after identifying them as persons of interest in the murder in...

The Rise and Fall of Hezbollah

October 15, 2024

The rise of Hezbollah began in the early 1980s. Following the success of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sought to export the...

Daily Memo: China’s Warning Exercise, Israel’s Ammo Shortage

October 14, 2024

Surrounded. China’s military conducted one-day joint force exercises known as Joint Sword-2024B to the north, south and east of Taiwan. Officially, the drills were...

Russia’s Deliberately Unclear Strategy for Iran

October 14, 2024

Readers have no doubt noticed that much of my writing over the past two-and-a-half years has focused on Russia. Some of the reasons for...

Daily Memo: Takeaways From ASEAN Summit

October 11, 2024

Thaw in relations. During a meeting with Australia's prime minister on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Laos, Chinese...

Gaming Out Israeli and Iranian Retaliation

October 11, 2024

The Israeli Security Cabinet convened on Oct. 10 to decide how it will retaliate against Iran’s recent missile barrage. There’s reason to believe it's...

Daily Memo: Germany’s Economic Forecast, Hungary’s Russian Gas Imports

October 10, 2024

Downgrade. The German government’s latest economic forecast projects a 0.2 percent contraction in gross domestic product this year, a downgrade from its April forecast...