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Winter Wars Of 2022-2023

Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie | 2022.11.15

It is obvious that the world now faces a wide range of potential wars and crises. What is far less obvious is the level of confrontation between the U.S. and its strategic partners with both Russia and China, the rising levels of other types of violence emerging on a global level, how serious these wars and crises can become, and what kind of future could eventually emerge out of so many different crises, confrontations and conflicts, and trends.

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CCP Inc. In Portugal

Andrew Polk | 2022.11.15

How did an ecosystem of Chinese party-state actors enable a range of state-owned and private Chinese companies to embed themselves in Portugal’s financial system, creating a foothold to widen China’s presence within the country and beyond?

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Russian Air War In Ukraine

Justin Bronk, Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling | 2022.11.07

Further Western support is needed to ensure that Kyiv can counter Moscow’s updated approach to the air war in Ukraine.

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Iran’s Drones In Ukraine

A Shahed-136 drone attacking Kyiv, 17 Oct., 2022.
Katherine Zimmerman and Cleary Waldo | 2022.10.31

The Russian military has attacked multiple Ukrainian cities with Iranian drones in recent weeks. The use of Iranian drones in Ukraine has sparked concern over the deepening Iranian-Russo ties and the maturity of Iran’s drone program. But for Iran, Ukraine serves as another battlefield to live-test its drone fleet against U.S.- and NATO-provided defensive systems.

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CCP Inc. In Greece

China’s State Grid took a 24 percent stake in the Greek natural power grid operator ADMIE in 2016.
Briana Boland, et al. | 2022.10.19

How did a China’s core state-owned enterprise gain a foothold in Greece’s electricity sector?

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Ukraine’s Resilience

Frederick W. Kagan and Mark Polyak | 2022.10.07

Ukraine has shocked the world by withstanding the February 2022 Russian invasion and then reversing it around Kyiv in April and Kharkiv in September.

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Alternative Chinese Invasion

Benjamin Jensen, Riley McCabe, et al. | 2022.10.07

The report looks back to look ahead, using the logic of six historical cases ranging from the 1948 Berlin Airlift to the 1980s Tanker War in the Arabian Gulf to identify ways and means Beijing could use to compel Taiwan. The resulting range of scenarios point toward an urgent need to develop new escalation management frameworks supporting the new integrated deterrence strategy.

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China’s Approach To Taiwan

Bonny Lin, et al. | 2022.10.03

As China’s recent unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan demonstrated, the Taiwan Strait is a major flashpoint that threatens to undermine regional and global stability. Yet crucial questions remain about the dynamics shaping the Taiwan Strait. What is China’s approach to Taiwan and how long is Beijing willing to wait for Taiwan’s unification? Will China use significant military force against Taiwan, and when? How does Beijing view the potential of U.S. intervention in a Taiwan contingency?

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Putin’s Nuclear Threats

Mason Clark, Katherine Lawlor, et al. | 2022.09.30

Putin did not threaten an immediate nuclear attack to halt the Ukrainian counteroffensives into Russian-occupied Ukraine during his speech claiming Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory.

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