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October 20, 2023
Baghdad Squeezes Kurdistan Region on Legal and Economic Fronts, Prompting Crisis - Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

On September 25, the Kurdistan region of Iraq commemorated the sixth anniversary of its independence referendum. The historic vote came at the pinnacle of Kurdish political, military, and diplomatic power in 2017. However, the audacious move toward independence led to a sequence of profound reversals for Iraq’s Kurdish region, including the loss of 40% of

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October 20, 2023
Open Forum, Part 1 | October 20, 2023 - C-SPAN

October 20, 2023 | Part Of Washington Journal 10/20/2023 Washington Journal Open Forum, Part 1 2023-10-20T07:00:03-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZmU1XC8wMDFcLzE2OTc3OTk4NzlfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Viewers commented the battle for House Speaker and President Biden’s address on foreign policy. Viewers commented the battle for House Speaker and President Biden’s address on foreign policy. Report Video Issue Go to Live Event *This text was compiled from

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October 20, 2023
Quels scénarios face au rejet du franc CFA en Afrique de l'Ouest ? - Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques

Interview 20 octobre 2023 Le franc CFA est régulièrement critiqué en Afrique subsaharienne, dans les rues de nombreuses capitales comme dans les milieux intellectuels. Il serait la cause de nombreux maux socio-économiques que traversent ces pays. Comment se caractérise ce rejet ? Quelles en sont les principales raisons ? Où en est-on du processus, entamé

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October 20, 2023
Quels scénarios face au rejet du franc CFA en Afrique de l'Ouest ? - IRIS - Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques

Interview 20 octobre 2023 Le franc CFA est régulièrement critiqué en Afrique subsaharienne, dans les rues de nombreuses capitales comme dans les milieux intellectuels. Il serait la cause de nombreux maux socio-économiques que traversent ces pays. Comment se caractérise ce rejet ? Quelles en sont les principales raisons ? Où en est-on du processus, entamé

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October 20, 2023
Internal rifts emerge in Moroccan Islamic movement amid Gaza solidarity - Hespress English

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Source: Twitter Hespress ENFriday 20 October 2023 - 09:19 The schisms within the Islamic movement orchestrating support for Palestine activities have come to the forefront, in the wake of solidarity marches that unfolded across Moroccan cities. Informed Hespress AR sources said that the Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane group harbored

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October 20, 2023
A Season of Summits in a Divided World - China-US Focus

The last few weeks have seen an astounding series of summits. These engagements give participants flexible frameworks for launching projects, strengthening their leverage vis-à-vis third parties, and foundations for more institutionalized cooperation in the future. Yet, some of these institutions have proved to be much more successful than others.  For instance, the ineffectiveness of the

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October 20, 2023
The war in Gaza as a major test of China's Middle East peace diplomacy - Middle East Institute

China has long sought to brand itself as a “neutral” player and force for peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, willing and able to talk to “all sides.” Beijing’s nascent ambition to play the role of peacemaker and its potential to shape regional events was on display when it succeeded last March in brokering

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October 20, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

October 19, 2023, 6pm ETClick here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.Click here to access ISW’s archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These maps complement the static control-of-terrain map that ISW produces

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October 20, 2023
Defense Department Briefing | October 19, 2023 - C-SPAN

October 19, 2023 2023-10-19T20:18:01-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNDU2XC8wMDFcLzE2OTc3NjIzNDNfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder announced during the daily briefing that Navy destroyer USS Carney in the Red Sea shot down 'three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen." He said the defensive response by the USS Carney demonstrates U.S. power in

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October 19, 2023
Where will this end? | Oct 21st 2023 - The Economist

Current editionBrowse all editionsOct 21st 2023The world this weekPoliticsBusinessKAL’s cartoonThis week’s coversLeaders The Middle EastOnly America can save Israel and Gaza from greater catastropheIran, Russia and China are profiting from the mayhem Speaking of goat rodeosAmerica’s Republicans cannot agree on a speaker. GoodHow the GOP could yet, inadvertently, further the national interest At last, good

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