The sudden and all-but-total withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has caught the world by surprise. Since mid-August, the discourse has focused on the chaotic nature of the pullout …
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Protests turned violent in Lebanon over the weekend in the most recent flare up for the nationwide crisis. According to reports, gatherings of hundreds took place in cities around the country to …
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The persistent and near constant flow of international systems is, for the most part, taken for granted by most modern people. It takes something like a global health crisis to …
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In the information age, every real-world conflict is accompanied by a digital war. While forces face each other on the battlefield, programers and computer analysts face off in the cyber …
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Two years ago I published an article here on OpsLens detailing a Chinese government initiative dubbed the Thousand Talents Plan (TTP). As laid out in an expose by Bloomberg, one …
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In an effort to avoid a confrontation over northeast Syria, Turkey and the United States have agreed to jointly establish a Syrian buffer zone. On Wednesday, Turkey and the U.S. …
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President Trump’s administration has ordered two federal agencies to freeze billions in aid dollars, despite the fact that these packages had already been approved by Congress. The Office of Management …
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DoD Report: In U.S. Absence, ISIS has Been Rebuilding in Syria
A recent Pentagon report has confirmed what many in U.S. defense have long feared: ISIS has been rebuilding in Syria. The report was written by Department of Defense (DoD) Counsel …
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U.S. Looking to Form Pacific Security Pacts to Counter China
The Trump administration is actively seeking to lock in Pacific security pacts with regional nations, as concerns of Chinese expansion continue to perturb Washington. Earlier this week, Secretary of State …
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An Iraqi ship seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf is the third vessel commandeered by Tehran in recent weeks. According to reports, naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard …
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