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Iran Update, October 10, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Gaza Ceasefire: Israel and Hamas implemented a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10. The ceasefire agreement does not address outstanding issues that...

China-Taiwan Weekly Update, October 10, 2025

PLA modernization: The PRC may have provided targeting intelligence via satellite to support a recent, large-scale Russian strike on Ukraine. This support could provide...

Smoke and mirrors: Building EU resilience against manipulation through cognitive security (Beatrice Catena, Ondrej Ditrych, Nad’a Kovalčíková – European Union Institute for Security Studies)

Recent violations of the airspaces of Poland, Romania and Estonia illustrate how Russia uses psychological operations to distort perceptions and manipulate behaviour – effectively...

Beyond Trump: Xi’s price wars and weaponisation of critical raw materials threaten European prosperity (Joris Teer – European Union Institute for Security Studies)

Critics blame Europe’s ‘summer of humiliation’ on the EU’s timidity in trade negotiations with President Trump. Yet the greater threat to European prosperity is...

How Does Hybrid Warfare Impact the Global Supply Chain? (The Soufan Center)

In early September, Poland closed its eastern border following Russian-Belarusian wargames that sent at least 19 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Polish airspace, including...

France’s Shift to Long-Term Engagement in the Black Sea (Bogdan Cozma – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Historically, France’s policies in the Black Sea region were more of a side effect of its EU enlargement, Russia, or Middle East policies. Its...

Czechia Is No Hungary (Zsuzsanna Végh – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

The Czech parliamentary election brought a stronger than anticipated comeback for Andrej Babiš’ populist ANO. Having secured a clear plurality in the October 3–4...

Escalation Against the Maduro Regime in Venezuela: Puerto Rico’s Emerging Role in U.S. Power Projection (Henry Ziemer and Ryan C. Berg – Center for...

The United States is overseeing a seismic reordering of defense priorities and assets to the Western Hemisphere. At the time of this writing, four...

China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains (Gracelin Baskaran – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In advance of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea later this month—where he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for...

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