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December 6, 2023
How Russia Punched an $11 Billion Hole in the West's Oil Sanctions - Bloomberg

The failure of Western sanctions on Russian oil exports can be seen a short boat ride from the Greek coastal town of Gytheio, where two oil tankers with rusty hulls and a combined age of 57 years sit just meters apart from one another. The identity of the ships’ owners and insurer are elusive. They

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December 6, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 5, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

5 hours ago December 5, 2023, 6:45pm 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 see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of Ukraine. Use of a computer (not a mobile device) is strongly

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December 6, 2023
A Faithful Spy: The Life and Times of an MI6 and MI5 Officer Archives - The Cipher Brief

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December 6, 2023
Senators Cornyn, Warner, and Others on Border Security and Ukraine - C-SPAN

December 5, 2023 2023-12-05T16:10:49-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvY2ExXC8wMTRcLzE3MDE4MTA3NjlfMDE0LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Senators John Cornyn, Mark Warner, Lindsey Graham, and others speak to reporters about the president’s emergency supplemental aid request for Ukraine and the impasse over borders security provisions. Senators John Cornyn, Mark Warner, Lindsey Graham, and others speak to reporters about the president’s emergency supplemental aid request for Ukraine and the impasse

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December 6, 2023
The Difficult Realities of the BRICS' Dedollarization Efforts—and the Renminbi's Role - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Introduction The expansion of the BRICS bloc beyond its original members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa should reignite focus on the group’s long-standing interest in reducing the dollar’s dominant role across emerging markets. At an August 2023 BRICS summit where Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were

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December 5, 2023
Containing the Houthi Militias in Yemen: Issues and Options for the Policy Review - The Washington Institute

During the Gaza war, Houthi militia forces have emerged as the most risk-acceptant member of Iran's "axis of resistance" and a demonstrated menace to international freedom of navigation. Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, it has been Yemen’s Houthis—not Lebanese Hezbollah—who have made the war's first attempts to strike critical Israeli infrastructure with

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December 5, 2023
In all but Name: The Iranian Regime's (De Facto) Lobby in the West - Hoover Institution

In late September, an online publication named Semafor and the London-based, opposition-focused Iran International simultaneously released two separate but jointly-conducted investigative reports. The stories, based on a trove of internal Iranian regime correspondences – how the outlets came to possess these documents remains unclear – alleged that Iran’s Foreign Ministry had for years cultivated a network of “influential overseas

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December 5, 2023
Biden Wants Open Borders All the Way South to Guatemala - Heritage.org

The Biden administration doesn’t want to just keep the U.S.-Mexico border open. It wants the borders of our Latin American neighbors to remain open as well.   Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei told us that earlier this year in an interview that he asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken for help closing Guatemala’s border

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December 5, 2023
Defense Department Briefing | December 5, 2023 - C-SPAN

December 5, 2023 2023-12-05T14:06:31-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYzFiXC8wMTNcLzE3MDE4MDMyMDlfMDEzLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefs reporters at the Pentagon. Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefs reporters at the Pentagon. Report Video Issue Go to Live Event *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Related Video November 28, 2023 Defense Department Briefing Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General

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December 5, 2023
State Department Daily Briefing | December 5, 2023 - C-SPAN

December 5, 2023 2023-12-05T13:27:08-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTY0XC8wMTFcLzE3MDE4MDA5MjZfMDExLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller briefs reporters on a range on international topics. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller briefs reporters on a range on international topics. Report Video Issue Go to Live Event *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Related Video November 20, 2023 State Department Daily Briefing Spokesperson Matthew

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