Category: Conflict

August 9, 2024

Ahmed Alkhatib quoted in Voice of America on Gaza ceasefire talks

ORIGINAL SOURCE Related Experts: Ahmed F. Alkhatib Conflict Crisis Management Middle East Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Security & Defense We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok
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August 9, 2024

Is Ukraine’s raid into Russia a ‘crossing the Delaware’ moment?

Ukrainian forces, on the defensive in eastern Ukraine, have mounted an audacious raid into Russia’s Kursk Province, capturing enemy soldiers and destroying equipment, surprising and discomforting the Kremlin. What strategic significance might it have? Some raids have no impact on the course of a war. In the summer of 1864, with Union forces besieging Richmond
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August 8, 2024

Ukraine continues to expand drone bombing campaign inside Russia

Ukraine’s long-range drone bombing campaign targeting military and industrial sites inside Russia has had a dramatic series of successes over the last few weeks. The most eye-catching achievement was the attack on Russia’s Morozovsk airbase, which Ukrainian officials claim damaged Russian jets and destroyed stockpiles of munitions including glide bombs used to pummel Ukraine’s military
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August 8, 2024

How Ukraine’s incursion into Russia could change the war

GET UP TO SPEED The August surprise came from Ukraine. Beginning on Tuesday, as many as a thousand Ukrainian troops reportedly crossed the border into the Kursk region in Russia, capturing an estimated seventeen square miles of territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the move a “major provocation,” while the Ukrainian government has largely declined
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