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September 17, 2023
Academic Webinar: India and Great-Power Rivalry - Council on Foreign Relations

Nirupama Menon Rao, former Indian foreign secretary and former ambassador of India to the United States and China, leads the conversation on India and great-power rivalry. CASA: Welcome to the first session of the Fall 2023 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I’m Maria Casa, director of the National Program and Outreach at CFR. Thank you all

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September 17, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 16, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

Click 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 daily by showing a

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September 16, 2023
The President's Inbox Recap: AI's Impact on the 2024 U.S. Elections - Council on Foreign Relations

United States Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil.   FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the final session of the Winter/Spring 2023 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach

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September 16, 2023
Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organising unrest and sabotage,' Tasnim reports - Reuters

DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organise unrest and sabotage", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid heightened security to thwart planned protests a year after a young woman's death in police custody.The unidentified individual had "several smart phones ... and an appreciable

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September 16, 2023
IAEA chief Grossi condemns Iran's 'unprecedented' barring of inspectors - Reuters

FILE PHOTO-U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi attends a press conference during the International Atomic Energy Agency 's (IAEA) 35-nation Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsVIENNA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Saturday condemned Iran's "disproportionate and unprecedented" move to

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September 16, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

Click 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 daily by showing a

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September 15, 2023
Iran Update, September 15, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

20 hours ago The Iran Update aims to inform national security policy by providing timely, relevant, and independent open-source analysis of developments pertaining to Iran and its Axis of Resistance. This update covers political, military, and economic events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. It also provides insights into

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September 15, 2023
US welcomes Saudi's invitation to Yemen's Houthis for talks - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's invitation to a Houthi-led delegation from Yemen for talks in Riyadh and described it as an "important step towards peace."THE TAKESaudi Arabia invited Yemen's Houthi delegation to Riyadh to continue ceasefire talks. The kingdom wanted to resume its and Oman's efforts

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September 15, 2023
Thousands march in Brussels on anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death - Reuters

BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iranian emigres marched in Brussels on Friday, the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman whose death in the custody of Iran's morality police sparked months of anti-government protests.Thousands of demonstrators, holding up pictures of Amini and many others killed in

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September 15, 2023
US welcomes Saudi's invitation to Yemen's Houthi for talks - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's invitation to a Houthi-led delegation from Yemen for talks in Riyadh and described it as an "important step towards peace."THE TAKESaudi Arabia invited Yemen's Houthi delegation to Riyadh to continue ceasefire talks. The kingdom wanted to resume its and Oman's efforts

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