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Who is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel has called a ‘dead man walking’

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
December 9, 2023
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4 min

The Israeli prime minister said Wednesday that Israeli forces had surrounded the house of Yahya Sinwar, potentially closing in on the top Hamas official in Gaza – and the man most wanted...

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Internal Security

More Japanese than Taiwanese consider China major threat

Posted byby Michael Becker
December 8, 2023
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2 min

TAIPEI — A new poll by Pew Research Center showed that a higher percentage of Japanese consider China a major threat, while in Taiwan,...

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US Senator to Tajikistan President: End Your Government’s Use of Transnational Repression

Posted byby Marie Corrie
December 6, 2023
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2 min

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan, Emomali...

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Opinion

Wars in Europe and Middle East Can Affect East Asian Power Balance

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
December 6, 2023
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4 min

Southeast Asian states know that a balance of power and influence between China and the U.S. in East Asia is necessary for their independence...

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Kyiv’s Political Feuds Cause Cracks in Ukrainian Unity

Posted byby Marc Dubois
December 6, 2023
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4 min

Ukrainians on the streets of Kyiv were musing that it had been a week since Russia launched the largest drone assault on the country’s...

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Europe: Declining local media jeopardizing local democracy and community cohesion

Posted byby Michael Becker
November 25, 2023
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3 min

A new report has highlighted how a decline in local and community media is producing a growing trend of “media deserts” across Europe that...

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Defense

Zero tolerance for terrorism and its supporters

Posted byby Michael Becker
November 20, 2023
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3 min

Following Israel’s initial response to the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, aggressive anti-Israeli riots erupted around the world and persisted for several days....