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Six takeaways from Iran nuke negotiations – analysis

Issues include the use of ballistic missiles, the Islamic Republic’s destabilization of the Middle East and potentially extending nuclear limitations beyond 2030. Some major events have happened in the last week of the nuclear talks’ standoff between Iran, the US and other world powers, which give some additional insights into …

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As France Draws Down in the Sahel, How Will it Impact Regional Stability?

France is ending Operation Barkhane, shifting its counterterrorism posture in West Africa and attempting to devise a new approach in the Sahel. Without robust Western counterterrorism assistance, large swaths of West Africa could end up being controlled by al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates.

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Lebanon’s Army Approaching a Crisis Point

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is in dire need of emergency assistance to help sustain it and prevent an outright collapse. The average monthly salary for a soldier is just $80, leading some soldiers to abandon their jobs amidst deteriorating morale within the army.

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Far-Right Violent Extremists in Europe Pose a Growing Threat to NATO

Italian police recently announced that they had disrupted a terrorist plot by an Italian far-right violent extremist group planning to bomb a NATO base. Italian authorities, like their counterparts throughout Europe, are increasingly concerned about far-right violent extremism and terrorism.

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Iran’s Next President

The regime’s efforts to ensure the election of a president closely allied with Iran’s Supreme Leader succeeded with the victory of Ibrahim Raisi in Friday’s vote. The low voter turnout indicates widespread resentment at the regime’s narrowing of the candidate field to favor Raisi, foreshadowing potential future unrest. As president, …

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Fizz is gone from Biden-Putin summit

The morning after a Russian-American summit is most critical to know whether the previous day’s bonhomie was real, surreal or unreal. Surveying the Geneva Summit (June 16) between presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, I cautiously assessed the next day, “Does Biden have the political capital to press ahead with …

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Games the Pentagon plays

Modern warfare is waged with high-tech weapons. Each battle fought eats up loads of ammunition and modern weapons systems need spare parts and fuel. All this meaning that no military action is possible without an advanced economy and supplies. Even terrorist organizations forced to go deep into the underground have …

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The Long Crusades of Western Imperialism

In late April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced a withdrawal from Afghanistan. In other words, the US has been trounced in Afghanistan by its very own jihadist Frankenstein, the Taliban. The defeat of USA is covered with the ugly debris of history. The dirty war on Afghanistan was part …

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ISIS Editorial Calls ‘Apostate’ Taliban ‘Security Guard’ Of U.S. Interests In Wake Of Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Refutes Claims Taliban Seeks To Establish Islamic Shari’a

Issue 291 of Al-Naba’, the weekly newspaper of the Islamic State (ISIS), published[1] on June 17, 2021, included an editorial alleging that the Taliban “apostates” are no longer a threat to “Crusader” America and noting that they have become “the security guard” that protects American interests by fighting the mujahideen …

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