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As its counteroffensive fizzles, Ukraine battles itself, Russia and a shift in the world’s attention

Staring down a long and difficult winter, Ukraine is fighting on multiple fronts while the world’s attention has shifted to the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East. Ukraine is battling more than the Russian army. After more than 21 months of grueling war, it’s now grasping for the world’s attention …

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Daniel DePetris: Blaming Iran for all the violence in the Middle East is not the right tack to take for US policy

The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned deadly were it not for the professionalism demonstrated on the ship. On Sunday, the Yemen-based Houthi group launched four attacks on international vessels transiting the waterway. …

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The ‘Ukraine Model’ for Intelligence Disclosure May Not be the New Normal

The war in Ukraine heralded a new era of public engagement for Defence Intelligence. However, the Israel–Hamas war has demonstrated that it is not a silver bullet for countering disinformation. In the days and weeks following Hamas’s attack on Israel, and as the Israeli counteroffensive began, no daily intelligence updates …

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