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https://www.newsweek.com/blasts-rock-crimea-zelensky-vows-control-1837598

Blasts rock Crimea hours after Zelensky vows full fire control over region Crimean Telegram channels reported loud explosions around Sevastopol after the Ukrainian leader spoke of establishing fire control over the peninsula.

A wonderful resource for on the ground, citizen coverage--wasted, corrupted.

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we're paying the price Since acquiring Twitter, now X, nearly a year ago, Elon Musk's changes to the platform have helped perpetuate misinformation, mistrust and hate.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-s-israel-alliance-upended-by-hamas-war Not random mayhem and murder, but Iran's strategic and tactical goal...

Hamas Attack on Israel Deals Blow to Saudi Prince’s Grand Vision Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a vision for the Middle East that placed shared economic benefits at its heart — including an historic alliance with Israel.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-new-fighting-in-azerbaijan-s-troubled-region-may-herald-a-new-war/ar-AA1gX2wi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=39437f2845774394a044a59123de777f&ei=50

Why new fighting in Azerbaijan's troubled region may herald a new war TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway, less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people. Nagorno-Karabakh, with ...

Required reading on Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America How self-dealing elites failed in both countries.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/far-right-government-in-israel-votes-to-limit-supreme-court-powers/ar-AA1eheDN?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=19b8dc070a644a1f936958636cb6a8c7&ei=10

Far-right government in Israel votes to limit Supreme Court powers In a dramatic and contentious parliamentary session, a judicial reform measure was pushed through despite massive and ongoing civil unrest in Israel.

China influence in Central Asia/Silk Road/BRI/Russia

https://youtu.be/4PtBqK70nVI

Podcast: Russia's War on Ukraine--One year Assessment & Regional effects ICRCenter and Caspian Conversations podcast: One year later, an assessment of the war in Ukraine. What we got wrong, what surprised us, what the future holds...

https://youtu.be/4PtBqK70nVI Guest: Gen. Ben Hodges 1/18/23

Podcast: Russia's War on Ukraine--One year Assessment & Regional effects ICRCenter and Caspian Conversations podcast: One year later, an assessment of the war in Ukraine. What we got wrong, what surprised us, what the future holds...

Interesting summary of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations as of Fall, 2022. Decent historical survey. Not objective but as good as might get.

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Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine The $4 billion bridge, linking mainland Russia to the illegally-annexed Ukrainian peninsula, is a symbol of Vladimir Putin's ambitions to dominate Ukraine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/08/crimea-kerch-bridge-attack-explosion-russia-ukraine/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3820536%2F6341a13ff3d9003c580a1b55%2F596bfb769bbc0f403f9cec81%2F9%2F70%2F6341a13ff3d9003c580a1b55&wp_cu=86e0b506adeeb1ed3e941a0872c77cfc%7C0BC2391C7EB3C76CE050007F01004C6E ICRCenter discussed the Kerch bridge in December 2021...and now it comes full circle.

Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine The $4 billion bridge, linking mainland Russia to the illegally-annexed Ukrainian peninsula, is a symbol of Vladimir Putin's ambitions to dominate Ukraine

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JUST IN: The United States ramps up its diplomatic engagement to achieve peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan September 27 marks the two-year anniversary of the Second Karabakh War, in which Azerbaijan regained control of most of Nagorno-Karabakh and the country’s other territories Armenian forces had occupied since the early nineties. As important as the anniversary might be, in recent days there have be...

From GFSIS in Georgia. Www.kremlin-roadmap.GFSIS.org.ge

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/03/ukraine-peace-bogus-russian-deal-surrendering-territory-russia-terrible?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Truer in September than June

Ukraine is desperate for peace, but we won’t sign up to a bogus Russian deal | Andriy Zagorodnyuk Kissinger is wrong: urrendering territory would have terrible consequences for the world, says the former Ukrainian defence minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/11/dc-lobbyist-ukraine-nord-stream-pipeline/

How a D.C. lobbyist tried to stop Putin’s pipeline before war started Daniel Vajdich saw danger in plans to bypass Ukraine to deliver Russia’s gas to Germany. But the project’s backers had friends in Washington, too.

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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 on Twitter “Yes, the Ukrainian military are just kicking anti-tank landmines. It’s called the Ukrainian curling on the Warsaw Highway close to Kyiv. https://t.co/9xAxRjFdYL”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkmenistan-vote-set-to-establish-political-dynasty/ar-AAUYHIb?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Turkmenistan vote set to establish political dynasty ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan citizens are voting Saturday in an election that could mark the beginning of a political dynasty for the gas-rich Central Asian nation's sitting president. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, 64, announced the vote last month, setting stage for his 40-y...

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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Squeezes Georgia's Ruling Party With demonstrations in the streets and confrontations in the legislature, Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his government are now pressed fro...

https://paloma-media.simplecast.com/episodes/we-are-not-going-to-let-civilians-be-murdered-an-interview-with-member-of-the-international-conflict-resolution-center-_GJ2go2B

Fighting to Keep People Alive: Christopher Chambers of the ICRC | Paloma Media Podcast "There are some people who will make Molotov cocktails and jump down on an armored personnel carrier," says Christopher Chambers, an attorney, professor at Georgetown, and board member of the International Conflict Resolution Center. "We can't stop that, but what we're trying to get people to do is....

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Disinformation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

The reality: https://icrcenter.org/tensions-around-ukraine-blur-russias-objectives-and-advancements/

Tensions Around Ukraine Blur Russia’s Objectives and Advancements - International Conflict Resolution Center Russia is content to cause anxiety and misdirection around Ukraine. It does so to obfuscate its more silent and, in a way, more successful foreign policy moves in Belarus and Central Asia. Under particular focus is the South Caucasus, where Moscow eagerly pushes for a new order. Russia has been buil...

https://twitter.com/conflictcenter/status/1483574833317400578?s=21 Conflict Monitor 1/17/22

International Conflict Resolution Center on Twitter “In this week's Conflict Monitor: • 🇦🇲 and 🇹🇷 hold first round of normalization talks • 🇺🇸 accuses 🇷🇺 of staging pretext for invasion of 🇺🇦 • says Russian troops 'not welcome' in 🇬🇪, 🇲🇩, a...

https://icrcenter.org/a-new-frontier-understanding-the-context-of-the-armenia-azerbaijan-border-demarcation-process/

A New Frontier: Understanding the Context of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Demarcation Process - International Conflict Resolution Center The ICRC is an independent, non-profit think tank committed to the advancement of international dialogue, preservation of territorial sovereignty and resolution of frozen conflicts in Eurasia.

International Conflict Resolution Center's Conflict Monitor - Week of December 13

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