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Will the Battle of Kursk be a turning point? Tracking the latest developments on the Russian-Ukrainian front, the Chinese are asking this question too.

Chinese publicies and bloggers, whose political pubicists are always censored by Beijing, agree that as the operations of the AFU escalate on the territory of the Russian Federation, the military situation is developing in an increasingly complex and dangerous direction. And two more points of consensus: the AFU intercepted the …

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The Financial Future of the Islamic State

Abstract: The fall of the Islamic State’s caliphate in Iraq and Syria significantly impacted the group’s ability to fundraise through territorial control. Despite this loss, the group retained substantial financial reserves, estimated between $10 million to $30 million, some of which were stored outside its immediate area of operations. These …

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In the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence

Abstract: Throughout its rule, the Islamic State employed an ideologically driven system of control and persecution, resulting in widespread gendered violence perpetrated by and against men, women, and even children. On the 10th anniversary of the start of the group’s genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community, Islamic State ideology persists, …

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