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Iran Update, November 26, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iranian Nuclear Program: A Financial Times investigation unveiled that an Iranian company claimed to possess Western-origin nuclear-related technology, which highlights how Iran continues to...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of...

Russian Occupation Update, November 26, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The Russian “University Shifts” program continues to deport Ukrainian children to Russia to prepare them for future careers in Russia. Russian federal subjects (regions) continue...

UN News (26 November 2025)

(Peace and Security - Gaza) Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that...

The Changing Character of Terrorism and U.S. Counterterrorism (Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel, Brian Dodwell, Ned Curry – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)

The competition between terror movements and counterterrorism forces is an interactive and iterative game, as the actions taken by one side are designed to...

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: The Repressed Islamic State Affiliates (Daniel Milton – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)

It has been more than 10 years since Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ascended the pulpit in the al-Nuri mosque to announce that the group known...

Burden-Sharing with Non-Traditional Counterterrorism Partners (Iselin Brady, Daniel Byman – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)

The United States works with an array of counterterrorism partners in efforts to fight global jihadi groups such as al-Qa`ida and the Islamic State....

Foreign Terrorist Fighters: A Threat in Stasis (Kim Cragin – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)

This article examines the historical trajectory of “foreign terrorist fighters” associated with the Islamic State and its antecedents, al-Qa`ida and the Arab Afghans. The...

Iran Update, November 24, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Israel’s Strike on Hezbollah: The IDF killed Hezbollah’s “de facto chief of staff” and senior commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs...

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