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China’s state news agency Xinhua, has shown the world just how far China has come in the artificial intelligence race with the introduction of a digital news anchor. The digital anchor not only read the news at China’s World Internet Conference last week, but it also demonstrated the capabilities of a digital ‘person’ created via

Seth G. Jones is senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He focuses on defense strategy, military operations, force posture, and irregular warfare. He leads a bipartisan team of over 50 resident staff and

DiwanFor Hezbollah, Timing Is the EssenceMohanad Hage AliNovember 10, 2023The party may escalate on the southern border with Israel, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will reach the level of bombing cities. DiwanThe Makings of a DisasterMaha YahyaNovember 06, 2023Plenty of factors could expand the conflict in Gaza, which is why a ceasefire is now

Strategic EuropeIran Is a Geopolitical Challenge for EuropeCornelius AdebahrSeptember 05, 2023The Islamic Republic no longer wants to work with Europe, but rather against it. Counterintuitively, the EU should still seek areas for potential cooperation in a hard-nosed, interest-driven way to create an opening into Iranian society.Strategic EuropeThe Orbanizing of GeorgiaThomas de WaalAugust 31, 2023Georgia’s ruling

DiwanMight Israel’s Push Become a Shove?Yezid SayighDecember 06, 2023Yezid Sayigh, Joost Hiltermann, and Marwan Muasher discuss the implications of an Israeli expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.DiwanA Cry for the LevantMichael VatikiotisDecember 04, 2023The great divide we are witnessing today in the Middle East is, in part, the result of European interference.

DiwanPalestine’s Disposable LaborersNur ArafehNovember 15, 2023Gazans with permits to work in Israel have long served as a pacification tool for the Israeli occupation, and continue to face abuse today. DiwanIs Benjamin Netanyahu Planning An Escape Through Lebanon?Yezid SayighNovember 14, 2023The Israeli prime minister may take a page out of Yasser Arafat’s book in order to

DiwanLebanon’s War Before the WarIssam KayssiOctober 06, 2023What was happening in the country during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, whose 50th anniversary begins today?ResearchTormented Territory: The Emergence of a De Facto Canton in Northwestern SyriaArmenak TokmajyanOctober 03, 2023Northwestern Syria is being consolidated into an effective canton protected and sustained by—and dependent on—Türkiye. Given the lack

ResearchTormented Territory: The Emergence of a De Facto Canton in Northwestern SyriaArmenak TokmajyanOctober 03, 2023Northwestern Syria is being consolidated into an effective canton protected and sustained by—and dependent on—Türkiye. Given the lack of prospects for any side to secure a decisive victory in the Syrian war or for a political settlement, the territory is the

ResearchTurkey’s European Goals: Prospects and Impediments as Seen From BrusselsMarc PieriniSeptember 18, 2023Turkey is pursuing an increasingly autonomous foreign policy while consolidating its centralized system of government. Amid a changing global order, Ankara will need to balance its geopolitical ambitions with its core economic interests and relations with the West.CommentaryDeal or No Deal, the Calm