On October 7, Palestinians in Gaza woke up to the news of Hamas’ attack on Israel. They were surprised as the rest of the world—including Israel itself, which is known for its sophisticated intelligence and security systems. But they soon found themselves on the verge of a fifth war with Israel, with the Israeli defense
CNN — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the third Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was out to prove at the Republican debate in Miami on Wednesday night that Florida belongs to him, which was no easy task with Republican
CNN — Five of the Republican presidential candidates made a variety of false, misleading or lacking-in-context claims on Wednesday during the third debate of the 2024 party primary. The frontrunner in the race, former President Donald Trump, again skipped the debate in favor of his own speech. Here is a fact check of some of
CNN — Less than a day after voters in multiple states rebuked GOP leaders who would restrict abortion rights, five Republicans running for president ignored the issue for the first 99 minutes of their third primary debate. Unlike their last gathering, a chaotic scramble of interruptions and cross talk, the debate Wednesday night in Miami
What are the factors that led the government to take this drastic move? The justification given by the government for the decision was a rapid increase in terrorist activities in KP and Baluchistan by 59 percent and 39 percent respectively in 2023. This, however, is not the first time that Pakistan has securitized the Pak-Afghan border. In 2021, the
November 8, 2023 Campaign 2024 2023-11-08T20:09:10-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTYyXC8wMTBcLzE2OTk0OTIyMDlfMDEwLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX192024 Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump spoke to Florida voters at an event just outside of Miami. This was on the same night his Republican opponents were nearby participating in a televised debate. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who served as White House Press Secretary during
8 hours ago Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ESTThe Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and
Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy The World Won't Be the Same After the Israel-Hamas War The Middle East's latest war will have widespread geopolitical effects. Will the latest Gaza war have far-reaching repercussions? As a rule, I think adverse geopolitical developments are usually balanced by countervailing forces of various kinds, and events in one
November 8, 2023, 5:45pm 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 recommended for using
Sultan Alamer was a nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Middle East Program.Sultan Alamer is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sultan Alamer was a nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Middle East Program. He is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on nationalism