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Islamic State’s New Threats in Northern Azerbaijan

(Paweł Wójcik - The Jamestown Foundation) Islamic State (IS) is actively expanding into northern Azerbaijan after officially establishing a new branch there in 2024....

Quadcopter Drones Reshaping Pakistan’s Militant Landscape (Part One)

(Rahim Nasar - The Jamestown Foundation) Militant organizations, particularly the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP), have begun using commercially available quadcopter...

U.S. lacks the “will” for Iran ground war, Anduril’s Luckey says

(Colin Demarest - Axios) The U.S. lacks the "political will" and popular consensus to put boots on the ground in Iran after decades of...

Macron: France’s role in Middle East remains ‘purely defensive’ despite soldier’s death

(Clea Caulcutt - Politico) French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Friday that France's role in the Middle East would remain defensive after a French soldier...

Republican lawmakers shrug at more funding for Iran war

(Leo Shane III, Connor O'Brien and Joe Gould - Politico) The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion...

The Dynamics You Aren’t Watching: Iran’s Campaign Across Its Peripheries

(The Soufan Center) During the course of the Iran War, Iran reportedly targeted an Azerbaijani enclave and the Incirlik Air Base in Türkiye, while...

Pro-Iran hackers claim cyberattack on major US medical device maker

(Sean Lyngaas - CNN) A cyberattack claimed by pro-Iran hackers has caused a “global network disruption” to a major US medical device maker, according...

Military AI Policy by Contract: The Limits of Procurement as Governance

(Jessica Tillipman - Lawfare) On Feb. 27, the Pentagon designated Anthropic, the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) company on U.S. government classified networks, as...

The Illegality of Israel’s Military Campaign in Lebanon

(Adil Ahmad Haque - Just Security) Israel and the United States began major military operations against Iran on Feb. 28. In response, Hezbollah began...

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