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Iran – Narjes, Qasem Soleimani’s Daughter, in Family Feud over her Political Campaign in Tehran (JCPA)

Narjes Soleimani is running for a seat on the Tehran city council 1 A year and a half after his assassination, the family of Qasem Soleimani,...

Russia/Iran – Is Russia Going to Provide Iran a Spy Satellite and What Are the Implications? (Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, JCPA)

The Noor-1 satellite, launched atop an Islamic Revolutionary Guard rocket in April 2020. “A tumbling webcam.” (Tehran Times) According to a June 11, 2021, report in the Washington...

China/Afghanistan – China’s New Security Concept for Afghanistan (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

Xi Jinping, photo by Jean-Marc Ferré for UN Geneva via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The announced withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan could represent an opportunity...

Israel/Hamas – Concessions to Hamas Lead to Violence. Holding Firm Leads to Calm (Hillel Frisch, BESA Center)

Israeli flags in Jerusalem, image by Zeev Barkan via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israeli concessions in Jerusalem led to the recent outbreak of serious fighting,...

Turkey – Erdoğan’s Eastern Med Repentance: Too Little, Too Late (Burak Bekdil, BESA Center)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan making the raba’a sign, image via Pixabay CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s string of failures and increasing isolation in the Eastern Med have forced President Erdoğan to recalibrate his policy toward the region. Yet another Turkish diplomatic embarrassment has been...

Sri Lanka/India – Why Sri Lanka’s artificial reef plan for fish breeding is ‘toxic’ in India (Sathiya Moorthy, ORF)

A recent Sri Lankan government initiative to dump discarded buses into chosen spots in the sea, to help create artificial reefs for fish breeding...

Afghanistan/USA – Why America should protect local allies in Afghanistan (Saaransh Mishra, ORF)

The impending withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has fomented fears regarding the future of thousands of Afghan translators, interpreters, and other local allies...

Afghanistan/Russia/USA – The Russian perspective on the Afghanistan situation post US withdrawal (Georgi Asatryan, ORF)

Afghanistan is not yet destined to become like Switzerland, and full-fledged peace in this state will not be a reality in the foreseeable future....

India – How declassifying India’s military records will bring benefits beyond new research avenues (Harsh V Pant, Kartik Bommakanti, ORF)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s announcement that war records will be archived and declassified after every 25 years is, indeed, a welcome move. According to...

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