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US @CENTCOM has been incredibly successful in degrading Iran's military capabilities.
But with the IRGC still in power, further military action may be necessary to achieve a diplomatic solution, @RLHeinrichs argues.
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Iran uses diplomatic outreach to divide Western democracies from their partners in the Middle East, divert attention from its nuclear program, and convince regional powers like Saudi Arabia that they would be better off without US forces in the region, @MaryKissel explains.
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In December 2025, Australia and Japan released a joint statement announcing "the establishment of the Framework for Strategic Defense Coordination," effectively formalizing an informal alliance.
In a new report, James Przystup analyzes the emerging threat environment in the Indo-Pacific, Japan and Australia's shared national interests, and the concrete steps the two countries have taken to advance this informal alliance.
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A great honor to meet UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba (@UAEEmbassyUS) at @HudsonInstitute for a wide-ranging discussion on developments across the Middle East and the UAE’s upcoming initiatives to deepen strategic cooperation with the United States.
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Last week, senior Iranian security officials threatened to attack undersea cables in the Middle East if US or Israeli forces resume strikes against Iran.
Multiple cuts could disrupt internet services, finance, e-commerce, and cloud computing across the region and worldwide. Wartime risks would likely delay repairs.
These developments indicate a widening asymmetric underwater threat across the Gulf and the Red Sea, @ckasapoglu1 writes.
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Putin is reportedly interested in a trilateral summit between the US, Russia, and China.
A Trump-Putin-Xi meeting would reflect a broader transformation in international relations: the growing temptation to replace established institutions, alliances, and multilateral frameworks with direct transactions among great powers.
But by prioritizing direct deals with adversaries, the US risks undermining one of its greatest strategic advantages: its network of alliances, Tsiporah Fried writes.
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China does not have the financing to compete with the US at the frontier levels of AI. Instead, Beijing uses distillation to appropriate American breakthroughs.
If Trump gives Beijing access to the US market, it could undermine the economics of US AI and data centers, Tom Duesterberg warns.
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For the last decade, Iran's strategy has been to buy time and avoid sanctions.
Now, this administration is willing to escalate and ensure Iran cannot gain the upper hand, @zriboua explains on @Quillette.
Listen to her full conversation with @zoecabina:
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In the last decade, the Pentagon has lost more than $125 billion because of an outdated budgeting process that requires any unspent, congressionally appropriated dollars to be returned to the Treasury.
Billions of budgeted dollars simply vanish instead of being used to replenish munitions stockpiles, procure new technology, or invest in America's defense industrial base.
A special fund should be created that the Secretary of War can use to fund enduring priorities at the speed of relevance, @ChairmanG argues.
Read in @FirstBreakfast:
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On Wednesday, @UnderSecPD Sarah Rogers and @zriboua will discuss how the US is adapting its public diplomacy tools to advance its interests abroad, counter censorship, and leverage AI.
Senator @Eric_Schmitt will deliver opening remarks.
Live at 10:30 am:
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"Xi Jinping has a diplomatic and psychological goal with Taiwan.
"He wants to isolate Taiwan economically, diplomatically, psychologically, politically, and in every single way you can imagine.
"He also wants Taiwan to believe it is isolated, and he wants the United States to believe it as well—perception versus reality.
"And if he can get people to believe that, that's almost as good as it actually being isolated," @michaelsobolik told @bdomenech.
Read Sobolik's full interview in @realDailyWire on Taiwan and the Trump–Xi summit:
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On October 10, the Chinese Communist Party arrested Zion Church leader Pastor Ezra Jin in one of its largest crackdowns on a church in decades.
American leadership is needed to free the unjustly detained church leaders and support those suffering under the CCP's persecution.
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