The "number one existential threat": Gulf countries warn of rising threat from Iran-backed militias and proxies #GI4059
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Fate of Argentina’s disappeared remains ‘open wound’ as more victims identified #GI4059 #LatinAmerica
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Surprise US talks with Iran’s fractured leadership offer uncertain path out of conflict #GI5051 #GI7037 #GI4059
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The fruits of small-group decision making led by “a very stable genius” #GI4059 #GI4055 #Gi5051
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Trump entered government last year with a broad attack on the “deep state” that others have called the DC foreign policy “blob”, cutting out the career government employees that had populated agencies and departments and that he argued acted in conspiracy to undermine his previous administration and prevent changes to US foreign policy. Within months of his inauguration, Trump gutted the national security council, and later the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, proceeded with major layoffs called at the Department of State. There were few signs that key parts of the state department beyond Rubio’s immediate circle were brought into the policy planning: there were no operations to evacuate citizens and at-risk embassies remained staffed even through the beginning days of the war. But even as the US’s intention to go to war had been telegraphed, the closely held decision to launch the strikes meant that official directions had not been handed down to the state department and other key agencies.
‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics #GI4055 #GI4059
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As discussed in our #GI4059 class on the #MiddleEast this afternoon, here is the recording of Arafat visibly shaken at the news of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York. Clearly he could see it was going to make the situation of the Palestinians even more difficult
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Kamran Bokhari: “This is blowback, big time.” Pakistan’s patience runs out after badly miscalculating over Taliban
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The husband and wife Norwegian team who helps kickstart the Oslo Peace process are being investigated for their links to Epstein #GI4059 #GI5052
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Museveni “elected” for a seventh term as president of Uganda. Journalists are currently unable to contact the opposition leader
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“Of course there’s an enormous conflict of interest here,” said Matt Duss, the executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy, who described the influence-peddling in the administration as open corruption. But, he added: “Part of what’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire. Because they all stand to make so much money there is an interest and an incentive to kind of stop the war.”
Peace through corruption
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The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal #GI4059 #GI5051 #backchannel
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A parliament in flames, a leader toppled. Nepal’s Gen-Z protesters ask: What comes next? #GI4059 #SouthAsia
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“We had a beautiful, interactive dashboard, but we didn’t understand the goals of the war”: Isreal and the difficulties of confronting a networked opponent, once again #GI4059
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Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war #GI4059 #GI4055 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say #GI4059
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