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Behind Shuttered Borders

Victor Cha, et al. | 2025.06.17

North Korea denied any COVID-19 cases in the first two years of the pandemic, but the voices of 100 ordinary citizens expose what really unfolded there.

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Operation Rising Lion

Darya Dolzikova and Matthew Savill | 2025.06.16

Operation Rising Lion has demonstrated the vast conventional superiority that Israel enjoys over Iran, highlighting the importance of intelligence, surprise and effective air and missile defence. But for now, the impact on Iran’s nuclear programme is more uncertain.

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Mozambique’s Instability

Cathy Haenlein, et al. | 2025.06.16

This Whitehall Report provides a comprehensive analysis of Mozambique’s complex and layered security landscape, emphasising the importance of local perspectives.

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Defending Democracy

Balázs Gyimesi | 2025.06.12

Democracies need to fight back against harmful disinformation. Sanctions can be a useful tool to counter malign operations – if enforced correctly.

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Necessity Of Evolution

Edward Black and Sidharth Kaushal | 2025.06.11

The primacy of the Russian threat to Europe may not eliminate the value of CSG deployments but in the future they should take a different form as dictated by the threat environment. The current emphasis on diplomacy might be better served by less operationally valuable assets.

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Gaza’s Starvation Explained

Noah Sylvia | 2025.06.06

Israel’s deliberate starvation of Gaza’s population is a logical conclusion of a campaign aimed at the destruction of life in the Strip, a campaign that many experts view as genocidal.

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Russian Wartime Economy

Maria Snegovaya, et al. | 2025.06.05

Russia is muddling through the sanctions, with its economy impacted but not ruined and its defense industry able to maintain the current levels of attrition. Moscow hence sees no need to end the war, unless it leads to Kyiv’s capitulation on key political issues.

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Ukraine’s Agricultural Recovery

Antonina Broyaka, et al. | 2025.06.04

Given the critical role agriculture plays in Ukraine’s national economy, a number of strategic reconstruction plans have put forth various policy frameworks to rebuild the country’s agriculture sector. However, no formal, comprehensive plan for Ukraine’s agricultural recovery exists today after more than three years of protracted conflict.

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