Analysis
Friday, January 19th 2024
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Jan. 17, 2024 “The big information point — if validated in the upcoming days — is where the Houthi assets are being moved.” … To briefly introduce the topic, the political condition of Yemen – reduced as it often is to warring factions, with no central government in control – […]
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Saeed Shah and Benoit Faucon WSJ, Jan. 16, 2024 “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took the rare step on Monday of launching strikes out of Iran into Syria, despite having its own military presence there.” Iran hit a jihadist group in Pakistan with a missile and drone strike Tuesday, according to Iranian state media, […]
Thursday, January 18th 2024 / Wednesday, January 17th 2024
Lucas Webber and Peter Smith Unherd, Jan. 15, 2024 “It wasn’t until October 7 that this Islamist impetus really burst into the open, with ISIS suddenly finding itself on fertile soil for cultivating new followers in the West.” While the public’s focus on non-state actor threats is shifting to military action against the Houthis, a […]
Ehud Yaari and Matthew Levitt The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dec. 21, 2023 “In the immediate aftermath of October 7, the scope and brutality of the attack triggered criticism from external leaders and sent many into damage-control mode. In public, they denied that Sinwar’s men had butchered women and children, blaming the Israel Defense […]
Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2024 “While the key fundraisers have been active in some cases for decades, their tactics have been perfected in recent years as the groups learned to combine the vast reach of platforms such Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter, with the emotional power of an […]
Thomas Grove and Carrie Keller-Lynn WSJ, Jan. 17, 2024 “This war is continuing and will continue until the end, until we have hit all our goals,” Netanyahu said.” Israel withdrew thousands of troops from Gaza following pressure from the U.S. to transition to a more surgical phase of its war against Hamas, a move that has sparked […]
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 / Tuesday, January 16th 2024
Chun Han Wong and Charles Hutzler WSJ, Jan. 15, 2024 “Since Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerged from a November summit with an agreement to steady relations after years of plummeting ties, the two governments have held discussions on military communications, counternarcotics, technology controls and Taiwan—a well-acknowledged flashpoint. Lai’s win now puts that fledgling deal to the test.” Taiwan’s […]
Kenji Kawase Nikkei Asia, Jan. 14, 2024 “To meet its goals, Beijing explicitly added “relevant political parties [and] groups” that it will work with to promote cross-strait exchanges for “the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.”” Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party does not represent the island, Beijing said Saturday in an initial response to the DPP’s victory […]
Gordon G. Change Gatestone Institute, Jan. 14, 2024 “I think the people here are accustomed to the endless threats coming from China. … They seem to take them in stride.” The results are in. Taiwan’s voters stood up to China and all its war talk of recent weeks. Vice President Lai Ching-te of the Democratic […]
Editorial Taipei Times, Jan. 16, 2024 “Taiwan should be proud of what it accomplished this weekend. Watched by the world, it proved that “vibrant democracy” really is an accurate description of the way Taiwanese revel in their hard-won right to vote.” The highly anticipated election season drew to a close on Saturday, with Taiwanese giving their […]
Tuesday, January 16th 2024
Tom McTague Unherd, Jan. 12, 2024 “The Houthis might be plucky little fuckers, but that’s also the point — they have proved remarkably resilient.” Finally, we’ve found the kind of Middle Eastern war we should be fighting. Still, that doesn’t mean we’ll win. Let’s start with the first proposition: that this is the right war. Strip […]
Tuesday, January 16th 2024 / Tuesday, January 16th 2024
Arash Azizi The Atlantic, Jan. 12, 2024 “An entire generation of Axis fighters has been brought up in Iran’s unique brand of Islamism, with its emphasis on the Islamic Republic as the headquarters of a multinational army that will supposedly one day bring about the downfall of Israel.” Fridays are holy days of rest […]
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