Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Friday, 12 April 2024. Why It Matters: When U.S. strikes killed IRGC-QF commander Qasem Soleimani in January 2020, Iran responded about a week later with missile attacks on Iraqi bases housing U.S. personnel. It’s now been almost two weeks since Israel killed senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard […]
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Production company A24 released their much-anticipated movie “Civil War” in select theaters last night. It opens nationwide today. I attended a showing last night and will pass along my reflections, which contain no spoilers. The movie “Civil War” focuses on a small team of photojournalists navigating through the disruption of a civil war. The protagonists […]
Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Thursday, 11 April 2024. Why It Matters: To reiterate previous points, I doubt Iran wants to start a conventional war with Israel, so their retaliatory attacks should remain beneath the threshold that would trigger one. Israel has bolstered security for personnel and embassies abroad and activated […]
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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Wednesday, 10 April 2024. Why It Matters: Xi is likely correct that no one will stop reunification with Taiwan. I remain doubtful that the United States will militarily intervene in the defense of Taiwan, which is likely to meet the same fate as Hong Kong. The […]
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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Tuesday, 09 April 2024. Why It Matters: It’s unclear if the Chinese students were barred entry over counterintelligence concerns, but connections to Chinese intelligence or the Chinese Communist Party is a plausible explanation. China is making use of lax security on the southern border to infiltrate […]
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Good morning, and welcome to the Global Situation Report for Monday, 08 April 2024. Why It Matters: It certainly appears that the U.S. is not willing or prepared to militarily defend Taiwan against Chinese action and instead is drawing a line against Chinese encroachment into the Philippines. The U.S. and the Philippines already have two major […]