by Iskander Rehman
Turkey’s Zero Sum Foreign Policy, by Aaron Stei
The U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Gets Busy
By Bradley Bowman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies: " If both governments continue to seize the opportunity and Congress holds the OTWG accountable for tangible results, the working group can help ensure that American and Israeli warfighters do not confront adversaries wielding more sophisticated weapons."
By Loren Thompson, Forbes: "The Department of Defense is funding at least eight programs aimed at equipping each of the military departments with hypersonic weapons by the end of the decade."
By George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures: "The Russians have initiated a concentrated air attack on Ukraine focused on the use of drones. The target . . ."
By Adam Lowther, James Petrosky, James Ragland & Robyn Hutchins, The War Zone: “With Russia making nuclear threats with the focus on so-called ‘battlefield’ nukes, experts examine the potential effects of these weapons."
The Eyes of the Fleet:
Distributed Maritime Operations in the First Island Chain
By Samuel Heenan Winegar, Proceedings: “In the event of a future conflict with China, sensors distributed throughout the first island chain would offer a clear benefit to the United States and its allies."
Russia Acknowledges a Prolonged War:
What Does That Mean?
By Stephen Blank, RealClearDefense: "Vladimir Putin has now acknowledged that Russia is fighting a protracted war in Ukraine."
National Review
January 3, 2023
https://www.meforum.org/63956/why-is-blinken-hiding-report-on-global-terrorist