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OPINION — Strategic intelligence, usually perceived as intelligence supporting the formulation of strategy, has always had limited influence over national security decisions. Leaders in democratic countries, let alone in authoritarian ones, have their own ideological views of the world, and their own vision of ways to shape the world. TheyContinue Reading

while-the-us.-focuses-on-iran,-russia-and-china-see-strategic-gain

OPINION — Russia and China are certainly concerned about the desperate state of Iran’s regime, an invaluable transactional partner to both countries. Yet they are also working to secure more strategic gains at America’s expense. Both likely prefer—and are enabling—a drawn out, grinding, and unpopular U.S.-led war that strains U.S.Continue Reading

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US vice president’s Budapest trip highlights US-Hungary far-right alignment as Orban faces toughest electoral challenge., United States Vice President JD Vance is travelling to Budapest to bolster support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose Fidesz Party faces its most difficult election in over a decade. The White House announcedContinue Reading

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Exclusive Russia listed Ivory Coast as a “promising country” for influence operations — then ran four anti-Ukraine campaigns there in five months. Leaked documents from the Russian network “The Company,” analyzed by France 24, reveal how Moscow ran four disinformation campaigns against Ukraine in Ivory Coast in 2024. “There areContinue Reading