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- 5/8/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- A Plan to Remake the Middle East
- With a Gaza Cease-Fire in the Balance, Netanyahu Maneuvers to Keep Power
- Israeli Tanks Enter Rafah as Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume in Cairo
- Biden Condemns a ‘Ferocious Surge’ of Antisemitism in the United States
- Gaza War Puts New Pressures on U.S. Arms Transfer Policies
- China Maritime Report No. 38: PLAN Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft – Sensors, Weapons, and Operational Concepts
- 5/7/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syria
- Episode 5: Wagner – The Rise and Fall of a Russian Mercenary Group
- Ghosts in the Machine: Irregular recruitment for an irregular force
- 5/6/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
- 5/5/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- 5/4/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- Israel, Gaza and the Law on Starvation in War
- Israeli Officials Weigh Sharing Power With Arab States in Postwar Gaza
- With Pressure Rising for a Gaza Cease-Fire, Turkey Cuts Trade With Israel
- 5/3/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- The Secret Recording Played at Trump’s Trial, and the Latest Cease-Fire Negotiations
- U.S. Troops Kicked Out of Africa? Here’s What Washington Should Do.
- Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Trading Places
- 5/2/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
- Taiwan: Insurgents Needed
- U.S. and Israel Struggle With Clashing Visions on Ending Gaza War
- In Brief: The U.S.-Chinese Relationshipby Collin Meisel on May 8, 2024 at 5:30 pm
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Beijing in the latest of a series of high-level meetings between Chinese and U.S. leadership to ease tensions. After the meeting, Blinken said that the United States and China were focusing […]
- 5/8/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentaryby Dave Maxwell on May 8, 2024 at 1:51 pm
5/8/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News Content: 1. SOCOM chief sees ‘renaissance’ for special forces amid great power competition, evolving warfare 2. How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces 3. Military technology on display at Tampa trade show 4. SNC: Engineering the Future of Special Operations 5. ‘Power of Partnerships’ Is Focus of Special […]
- U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syriaby Charlie Savage on May 8, 2024 at 1:12 pm
The group — the largest set of Americans retrieved from the war zone — was joined by a 9-year-old noncitizen whose brother is an American.
- A Plan to Remake the Middle Eastby Michael Barbaro, Michael Crowley, Nina Feldman, Clare Toeniskoetter, Rikki Novetsky, Liz O. Baylen, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop, Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley on May 8, 2024 at 10:00 am
While talks for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas continue, another set of negotiations is happening behind the scenes.
- German Atomwaffen and the Superweapon Trapby Gustav Meibauer on May 8, 2024 at 7:45 am
Can nuclear weapons fix Germany’s or Europe’s complex security problems? That is what some German politicians across the political spectrum have proposed in the past few months. Former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, eminence grise of the Green Party, called for a European bomb in December of last year. The head of the liberal Free Democratic Party and current finance minister has proposed Germany contribute to a revised “Eurodeterrent.” Leading candidates for European Parliament from […]
- With a Gaza Cease-Fire in the Balance, Netanyahu Maneuvers to Keep Powerby Steven Erlanger on May 8, 2024 at 4:00 am
The Israeli prime minister, under pressure from all sides, is trying to reassure his many domestic, military and diplomatic critics. Here’s a look at what he is confronting.
- Israeli Tanks Enter Rafah as Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume in Cairoby Isabel Kershner, Cassandra Vinograd and Michael Levenson on May 7, 2024 at 11:00 pm
An Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza city did not appear to be the long-anticipated, full-scale invasion of the city, home to about a million displaced Palestinians.
- Biden Condemns Antisemitism in Holocaust Remembrance Speechby Erica L. Green and Michael D. Shear on May 7, 2024 at 8:18 pm
President Biden’s speech at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony came during weeks of protests on U.S. college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza.
- Biden’s Arms Transfer Policies Face New Pressures From Gaza Warby Michael Crowley on May 7, 2024 at 5:48 pm
The Biden administration is due to release a report this week on whether it believes assurances from Israel on its use of U.S. arms and protection of civilians.
- 5/7/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentaryby Dave Maxwell on May 7, 2024 at 12:33 pm
5/7/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News Content: 1. Ghosts in the Machine: Irregular recruitment for an irregular force 2. Special Ops a Steady Presence in Chaotic World 3. Air Force Special Operators Developing Drone-Launched Swarms 4. GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE: Pathfinding, Transforming to Deter, Defeat Special Ops’ Evolving Enemies 5. Main Street on a Flattop aka Operation […]