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Al Qaeda And ISIS 2022

Katherine Zimmerman | 2022.09.08

Salafi-jihadi groups are increasingly embedded in local conflicts, even while remaining part of al Qaeda’s and the Islamic State’s global networks.

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Software-Defined Warfare

Nand Mulchandani and John N.T. Shanahan | 2022.09.07

In the future, warfighting will only become more complex, even more chaotic, and even faster. The only way to stay competitive in a new warfighting environment is to ensure that it uses the most potent weapon available: technology, and more specifically, software.

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Russian View Of Sanctions

Saskia Zandstra and Tom Keatinge | 2022.09.07

Western rhetoric emphasises the massive economic impact of sanctions on Russia. But how are sanctions seen from within the country?

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Ukrainian Offensive In Stages

Jack Watling | 2022.09.02

Deliberate offensive operations must be conditions-based, and the Ukrainian military need assurances if they are to most effectively allocate the resources they have in order to liberate their territory.

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China-Russia Military Ties

Brian Hart, et al. | 2022.08.24

China’s decision to tacitly side with Russia despite its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine renewed fears of a China-Russia military alliance. The two countries have so far eschewed a formal alliance, but they share deep military ties centering on arms sales and joint military exercises.

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China-Russia Key Strengths

CSIS China Power Team | 2022.08.23

China largely eschewed formal alliances, but has increasingly courted close ties with Russia.

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China-Russia Weaknesses

CSIS China Power Team | 2022.08.22

Russia’s war in Ukraine has cast a spotlight on the China-Russia relationship. On February 4, 2022, just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin met and issued a historic joint statement which stated their bilateral relationship has “no limits” and that “there are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation” between them.

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Transform European Defense

Max Bergmann, et al. | 2022.08.18

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a wake-up call for Europe, which has taken decisive steps to assist Ukraine and shore up European security and defense. Yet this moment could be short-lived if not followed by a sustained, collective effort to transform and rationalize European defense.

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Fragility In Papua New Guinea

Erol Yayboke, et al. | 2022.08.17

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of five priority countries under the U.S. Global Fragility Strategy. The U.S. government has made a 10-year commitment to addressing fragility in PNG and is currently planning its approach.

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Road To War

Shane Harris, et al. | 2022.08.16

On a sunny October morning, the nation’s top intelligence, military and diplomatic leaders filed into the Oval Office for an urgent meeting with President Biden. They arrived bearing a highly classified intelligence analysis, compiled from newly obtained satellite images, intercepted communications and human sources, that amounted to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war plans for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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