1 day ago ISW's Daniel Mealie contributed maps to this article. The al Qassem Brigades are the military component of Hamas and the means by which Hamas seeks to destroy the Israeli state and form an Islamic state in Palestine. Hamas is a highly organized group that views terrorism and military action as the only method
December 7, 2023 2023-12-08T14:02:37-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTBlXC8wMDJcLzE3MDIwNjI4NDFfMDAyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Military generals, lawmakers, and other domestic and foreign government officials discussed national security and foreign policy at the Aspen Security Forum in Washington, DC. Topics included regulating data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the digital economy, the connection between climate change and mass migration, and the reasons why the U.S. and European nations
Brazilian official uses ChatGPT to write local law which was later passed This week, Ramiro Rosário, a councilman from Porto Alegre, Brazil shared that an ordinance reviewed and passed by Porto Alegre’s city council in October was written fully by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The councilman asked the chatbot to create a proposal for preventing Porto Alegre
December 8, 2023 2023-12-08T13:32:00-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvQ2FwaXRvbF9kZWZhdWx0LWltYWdlLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza is an effort to “liquidate the Palestinian cause” and that it’s “completely unacceptable” to allow that to happen. The foreign minister was in conversation with Vivian Salama from the Wall Street Journal for a discussion hosted by the
Global Memos are briefs by the Council of Councils that gather opinions from global experts on major international developments. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images The horrors of the Second World War spurred countries throughout the world to come together to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On December 10, this critical international instrument
December 2, 2023 | Part Of Defense Executives and Gov't Officials Attend Reagan Defense Forum 2023-12-08T11:42:03-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNGM3XC8wMDFcLzE3MDIwNTM4MzFfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown participated in a fireside chat at the 10th Annual Reagan National Defense Forum held at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Topics discussed included competing with China, Iran, and
December 8, 2023 United Nations Security Council Meeting on the War in Gaza 2023-12-08T21:04:18-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMjk3XC8wMTFcLzE3MDIwNTMzNzRfMDExLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19The United Nations Security Council addressed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoking Article 99 and calls for a ceasefire amid the Israel-Hamas War. Article 99 authority allows the secretary-general to inform the council on any matter believed to be a threat to peace and
As Israel’s invasion of Gaza advances southward, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin called up his Saudi and Israeli counterparts on Thursday. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were the primary focus of Austin’s chat with Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman. The Houthis have been attacking Israel with ballistic missiles, which the U.S. and Israel have shot
Israel wants to create deserts all around and call it peace. Since October 7, something has become evident to its leadership, beyond the shortcomings of Israeli security, namely that the Zionist enterprise is at an impasse. Israeli politicians for decades have tried to erase the Palestinian presence in their midst, and yet the Palestinians remain. Some 5
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – As U.S. Government Executives are working to implement the Biden Administration’s new Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, (AI) they are not only grappling with the global impact of the world-changing technology but they are doing it while facing a range of threats to U.S. businesses and national security, threats predominantly originating