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When Britain armed Iraq’s genocidal war on the Kurds

Conservative and Labour governments supported Baghdad’s brutal attack on the Kurds 60 years ago, knowing it may have constituted genocide, declassified files show. UK ministers stepped up arms exports to Iraq’s regime after it launched a “terror campaign” against the Kurds in 1963Thousands of rockets were sent to Baghdad knowing …

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What the U.S. Election Means for Ukraine

A Trump Win Would Cause a Crisis for Kyiv—but Wouldn’t Guarantee Defeat Having a strategy—a theory of victory—is essential to winning a war. In 2022, Russia’s initial plan to capture Kyiv and decapitate Ukraine’s leadership failed, and its current approach of grinding down Ukraine’s resistance through attritional war is just …

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Hezbollah Is in a Bind

As the conflict with Israel escalates, the path forward for the party is one fraught with obstacles. As Hezbollah’s conflict with Israel escalates, the party is in a bind. Its capacity to maintain its deterrence capacity vis-a-vis Israel has been severely constrained by its unwillingness to provoke an all-out war …

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