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US foreign policy vs. China has continued uninterrupted since the end of WW2 regardless of who occupies the White House or controls Congress, with the incoming Trump adminstration lined with neocon war hawks dedicated to further antagonizing and encroaching upon China.

References:

NEO - US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump (Nov. 21, 2024):
https://journal-neo.su/2024/11/21/us-foreign-policy-vs-china-continues-under-trump/
US Department of State, Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
WSJ - To U.S. Allies, Al Qaeda Affiliate in Syria Becomes the Lesser Evil (Jun. 2015):
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-u-s-allies-al-qaeda-affiliate-in-syria-becomes-the-lesser-evil-1434022017
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
Guardian - Trump contradicts aides and says troops in Syria 'only for oil' (Nov. 2019):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/13/donald-trump-syria-oil-us-troops-isis-turkey
US White House - National Security Strategy of the United States of America (Trump administration, Dec. 2017):
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf
CSIS - China Power, How Much Trade Transits the South China Sea? (2021):
https://chinapower.csis.org/much-trade-transits-south-china-sea/
Defense News - Here’s the US Marine Corps’ plan for sinking Chinese ships with drone missile launchers (Feb. 2020):
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/02/12/heres-the-us-marine-corps-plan-for-sinking-chinese-ships-with-drone-missile-launchers/
RAND Corporation - War with China (2016):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1100/RR1140/RAND_RR1140.pdf
America First Policy Institute - PILLAR VI: Deliver Peace Through Strength and American Leadership (accessed 2024):
https://agenda.americafirstpolicy.com/strengthen-leadership

LATIN AMERICA: INFRASTRUCTURE VS INTERFERENCE

FP - Peru Unveils Chinese-Backed Megaport (Nov. 15, 2024):
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/peru-port-chancay-china-bri-economics-shipping-us/
BBC - China megaport opens up Latin America as wary US looks on (Nov. 16, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg79y3rz1eo
US Department of State - Secretary Blinken participates in a Caltrain donation ceremony in Lima, Peru (Nov. 17, 2024):
https://youtu.be/Hx9tiOfT2zQ?si=stZlWyCgPw9wHX5x
US State Dept. - Secretary Antony J. Blinken At Caltrain Donation Ceremony (Nov. 16, 2024):
https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-caltrain-donation-ceremony/
Trains - Caltrain offers F40s for sale in online store (Aug. 2024):
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/caltrain-offers-f40s-for-sale-in-online-store/
Trains Are Awesome - Caltrain’s NEW ELECTRIC Trains (Aug. 2024):
https://youtu.be/M5i6RhbH0FQ?si=6coo_LuqzQHF9Ezn
2022 Annual Report:
https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/2022-annual-report.pdf
Council of the Americas - Corporate Members:
https://www.as-coa.org/about/coa-corporate-members
US Department of State - U.S. Relations With Taiwan:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
Donald Trump (YouTube) - “Beijing Biden” (Aug. 2020):
https://youtu.be/WAHlmqu2now?si=qBiac4vD830YYjHV

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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 24, 2024…

- Russia has retaliated against the use of Western-manufactured missiles inside Russian territory by firing an intermediate-range ballistic missile with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles at military industrial targets in eastern Ukraine;

- The missile had previously been prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with such missiles constituting the primary means of nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and NATO in Europe during the Cold War;

- The stark warning comes at a time when Ukrainian forces are rapidly deteriorating and the prospect of a widespread collapse increases;

- US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has acknowledged that weapon deliveries aren’t Ukraine’s primary problem, but a lack of trained manpower, unrealistically urging Ukraine to mobilize more men;

- The US is attempting to continue exhausting Russia, raising the costs of the conflict as much as possible, including through the possibility of wider direct intervention before Ukrainian forces completely collapse;

- The prospect of Russia and NATO exchanging conventional long-range strikes continues to rise, thus also raising the risk of a nuclear exchange;

References:

BBC - Ukraine front could 'collapse' as Russia gains accelerate, experts warn (Nov. 20, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0dpdx420lo
Rachel Blevins - Putin Confirms Russia Fired New Hypersonic Ballistic Missile at Ukraine Targets (Nov. 22, 2024):
https://youtu.be/_6CbdUf-ssk?si=4Dt4Fjjh0q1_VRJ1
Learn From the Base (YouTube) - How the RS-28 Sarmat 'Satan II' Works: The World's Most Powerful ICBM Explained (Oct. 2024):
https://youtu.be/KWBQZYsZU80?si=hEAdU0cJ16A06KQ9
Reuters - Ukraine says Russia has launched over 8,000 missiles, 4,630 drones during war (Feb. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-has-launched-over-8000-missiles-4630-drones-during-war-2024-02-22/
Defense UA -​Ukraine Won't be Running Short of ATACMS: Production Rates and Stock Estimates
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/ukraine_wont_be_running_short_of_atacms_production_rates_and_stock_estimates-10384.html
Lockheed Martin - Fast Facts, Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) (2020):
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/mfc/documents/business-area-landing/mfc-Fast-Facts-ATACMS.pdf
PBS News - ‘Kyiv Stands’: Sullivan says U.S. role in defending Ukraine defines Biden’s legacy (Nov. 18, 2024):
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/kyiv-stands-sullivan-says-u-s-role-in-defending-ukraine-defines-bidens-legacy
NYT - Ukraine Asks U.S. to Provide More Intelligence on Targets in Russia (May 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/ukraine-intelligence-russia-targets.html
NBC News - Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile and threatens Western countries arming Ukraine (Nov. 21, 2024):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-launched-icbm-ukraine-war-putin-rcna181131
Defense One - What does Russia’s launch of an ‘experimental’ weapon at Ukraine mean for allies? (Nov. 21, 2024):
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/11/what-does-russias-launch-experimental-weapon-ukraine-mean-allies/401235/?oref=defense_one_breaking_nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Defense%20One%20Breaking%20News:%2011/21%20Russia%20missile&utm_term=newsletter_d1_alert
Defense News - How companies plan to ramp up production of Patriot missiles (Apr. 2024):
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/04/09/how-companies-plan-to-ramp-up-production-of-patriot-missiles/
US Department of Defense - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (Nov. 20, 2024):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3972421/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/
US DoD - $800 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (Apr. 2022):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2999113/
BBC - Anti-landmine groups criticise US for sending mines to Ukraine (Nov. 21, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrejnnl8jo

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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 17, 2024;

- Ukraine continues losing territory at an increasing rate, with the salient west of Donetsk City continuing to expand including the city of Kurakhove, as well as advances into the urban areas of Toretsk near New York, Chasiv Yar west of Bakhmut, and Kupiansk in eastern Kharkov;

- While the West insists Russia is running out of time to press its advantages, all evidence suggests conditions in Ukraine will continue shifting in Russia's favor until the West either intervenes or comes to terms with Moscow;

- The incoming Trump adminstration claims it will "end" the conflict in Ukraine, but is in actuality is more face-saving than a policy shift all while pivoting to other US wars, proxy wars, and confrontations around the globe;

- Covert UK military operations revealed in leaked documents present a possible model the US will use to continue "extending Russia" in Ukraine even after it "withdraws;"

References:

CNN - Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too (November 16, 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/16/europe/ukraine-russia-war-frontlines-latest-intl/index.html
UK Ministry of Defense - Update on September 17, 2024:
https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1835960118921380228
Mediazona - Russian Losses in the war with Ukraine (Updated November 7, 2024):
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng
ISW - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 16, 2024:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates
Grayzone - Leaks expose secret British military cell plotting to ‘keep Ukraine fighting’ (by Kit Klarenberg, Nov. 16, 2024):
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/11/16/uk-plot-keep-ukraine-fighting/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia, Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html

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- Despite US voters hoping the incoming Trump administration will end America’s wars abroad, citing apparent interest in divesting in Ukraine as proof of change to come, President-elect Trump and his vice president pick JD Vance have vowed even while campaigning to shift US attention overseas from Ukraine to a much larger and more dangerous confrontation with China;

- US confrontation with China has been unfolding for decades with the incoming Trump administration continuing policies inherited from both the Biden and Obama administrations;

- The US maintains 10,000s of troops in arc along China’s shores in South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, closer to Chinese territory than to US shores on the other side of the Pacific Ocean;

- During the Biden administration, the US military has been transformed for combat specifically with China and will be standing by just as a Trump administration begins America’s pivot from Ukraine toward the Asia-Pacific;

References:

NEO - The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks:
https://journal-neo.su/2024/11/13/the-trump-administration-from-no-war-hawks-to-all-war-hawks/
Telegraph - No place for war hawks in my father’s Cabinet, says Donald Trump Jr (November 10, 2024):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/10/donald-trump-jr-mocks-zelensky-allowance-run-out/
Reuters - Trump administration hits China's Huawei with one-two punch (May 2019):
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/trump-administration-hits-chinas-huawei-with-one-two-punch-idUSKCN1SL2QX/
Reuters - Huawei CFO strikes agreement with U.S. over fraud charges, allowing her to leave Canada (Sept. 2021):
https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-cfo-meng-appear-court-expected-reach-agreement-with-us-source-2021-09-24/
VOA - Why Trump Has Gotten Extra Tough in Monitoring China at Sea (Jun. 2019):
https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia_why-trump-has-gotten-extra-tough-monitoring-china-sea/6170397.html
FT - China slams ‘unprecedented’ US military build-up in Asia (Nov. 2016):
https://www.ft.com/content/2f8b366a-b2e6-11e6-a37c-f4a01f1b0fa1
Guardian - Trump contradicts aides and says troops in Syria 'only for oil' (Nov 2019):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/13/donald-trump-syria-oil-us-troops-isis-turkey
NBC News - Trump authorized Soleimani's killing 7 months ago, with conditions (Jan. 2020):
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-authorized-soleimani-s-killing-7-months-ago-conditions-n1113271
ABC News - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (Oct. 2019):
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898
White House - President Donald J. Trump to Withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (Feb. 2019):
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-withdraw-united-states-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-inf-treaty/
White House - Joint Statement from United States and Germany on Long-Range Fires Deployment in Germany (Jul. 2024):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/10/joint-statement-from-united-states-and-germany-on-long-range-fires-deployment-in-germany/
NED - Elise Stefanik:
https://www.ned.org/experts/the-honorable-elise-stefanik/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
Reuters - Rubio says Trump will continue to back Taiwan in a second term (Jul. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senate-republican-rubio-defends-trump-over-taiwan-remarks-2024-07-18/
US State Department - US - Taiwan Relations:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20approach,not%20support%20Taiwan%20independence
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (Feb. 1, 2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
Defense News - US Air Force eyes missile defense for dispersed bases in China fight (August 2024):
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/08/22/us-air-force-eyes-missile-defense-for-dispersed-bases-in-china-fight/
BBC - What Trump's win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China (Nov. 6, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dl0e4l7lzo
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851

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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024…

- The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized;

- Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections;

- Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates;

- While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia;

- The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds;

- US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything;

References:
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
America First Policy Initiative - Agenda:
https://agenda.americafirstpolicy.com/
US State Department - US Relations with Taiwan (archived - 2019):
https://web.archive.org/web/20190608140339/https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
NYT - The Group at the Center of Trump’s Planning for a Second Term Is One You Haven’t Heard of (America First Policy Institute, Oct. 24, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign-america-first-policy-institute.html

Ukraine is Already Losing…

AP - Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign (Nov. 8, 2024):
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-missiles-drones-bombs-098885dc87ac4ffbeecdc537650a85b0
Defense One - Pace of war shortens EU-based training for Ukrainian troops (Nov. 6, 2024):
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/11/pace-war-shortens-eu-based-training-ukrainian-troops/400895/
NYT - Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East (Oct. 31, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/31/world/europe/russia-gains-ukraine-maps.html

Geopolitical Developments…

Guardian - Trump’s return is terrible news for Ukraine. Europe should step into the breach – but will it? (Nov. 8, 2024):
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/08/trumps-return-terrible-news-ukraine-europe-divided
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
CNN - Ukraine is forced to confront a brutal Trump reality that it hoped would never happen (Nov. 7, 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/analysis-ukraine-trump-election-intl-latam/index.html

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US Presidential Elections + Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might

- US presidential elections have little consequence because the actual special interests driving foreign policy remain in power;

- US military power around the globe is in decline, meaning that withdrawal from conflicts is more a matter of physical limits than a waning desire for global primacy;

- Iran has developed a ballistic missile force and asymmetrical military power capable of checking US-Israeli military power in the region;

- Just as the US has used Ukraine to fight a deadly proxy war against Russia, it seeks to use Israel to wage proxy war against Iran;

- Because Israel possesses nuclear weapons, the danger of US proxy war in the Middle East is more dangerous, and as US desperation outgrows a sense of consequences for its actions, the danger increases even more;

For more information on why US elections have no impact on US foreign/domestic policy:

The New Atlas - Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy? (August 9, 2024):
https://youtu.be/p-MvPLV1Rf8?si=EDTjXnhM5Oi7KDOc

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NEO - Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might (Nov. 5, 2024):
https://journal-neo.su/2024/11/05/israeli-strikes-demonstrates-limits-of-western-military-might/

Resources:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
NYT - Timeline: The Israel-Iran Shadow War Moves Into the Open (Oct. 25, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-iran-conflict-history.html
AA - Iran accuses US of 'complicity' in Israel's anticipated attack by providing 'advanced weaponry' (Oct. 22, 2024):
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-accuses-us-of-complicity-in-israels-anticipated-attack-by-providing-advanced-weaponry/3369611
NPR - Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base (Oct. 4, 2024):
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base
NBC News - Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack (Oct. 30, 2024):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/satellite-images-show-damage-iran-military-sites-israel-attack-rcna177552
NYT - Satellite Images Suggest Israel Struck a Major Iranian Missile Plant (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-iran-shahroud-space-center.html
Reuters - Exclusive: Satellite photos show Iran expanding missile production, sources say (July 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/satellite-photos-show-iran-expanding-missile-production-sources-say-2024-07-08/
EuroNews - Tehran's missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim (Oct. 10, 2024):
https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/10/tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim
NYT - Iranian Officials Threaten Retaliation for Israeli Strikes (Oct. 31, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/world/middleeast/iran-threatens-retaliation-israel-strikes.html

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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 3, 2024…

- Western media continues growing admissions to Ukraine’s collapsing fighting capacity while producing more outlandish propaganda pieces to distract away from Ukraine’s fate;

- Several large Western arms corporations are announcing plans to build arms factories in Ukraine including for armored vehicles, air defense missiles, and artillery shells;

- The collective West’s arms industry has failed to expand production sufficiently even with existing factories and trained workforces, making the prospects of building facilities in Ukraine a non-starter;

- Industry plans will secure billions of dollars for projects that likely will not see completion or serve any effective role in the conflict;

- This large transfer of public wealth to corporations amid a failed war resembles the over $1 trillion the US spent on “reconstruction,” building up military forces, and a proxy government in Afghanistan over the course of two decades;

Resources:

SITREP
Business Insider - Ukrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have an advantage they've never had in this war (Oct. 31, 2024):
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-troops-in-kursk-russia-have-advantage-new-to-ukraine-2024-10

ARMS AND AMMUNITION
US DoD - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (Nov. 1, 2024):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3954004/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/
Kyiv Independent - Norway's PM announces new 500-million-euro aid package for Ukraine (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/norways-pm-announces-new-500-million-euro-aid-package-for-ukraine/
Kyiv Independent - Norway to finance production of NATO-standard artillery shells in Ukraine (Aug. 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/norway-to-finance-production-of-nato-standard-artillery-shells-in-ukraine/
Kyiv Independent (YouTube) - The factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine (April 2024):
https://youtu.be/ITZfjXEOx7Y?si=XvH0wXbFo-MGY8VS

Rheinmetall Facilities in Ukraine
Army Recognition - Rheinmetall Announces Four New Factories in Ukraine to Produce Lynx IFVs, Ammunition and Air Defense Systems (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://armyrecognition.com/focus-analysis-conflicts/army/conflicts-in-the-world/ukraine-russia-conflict/rheinmetall-announces-four-new-factories-in-ukraine-to-produce-lynx-ifvs-ammunition-and-air-defense-systems
Kyiv Independent - First Rheinmetall-Ukraine joint production and repair plant becomes operational (June 11, 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/first-rheinmetall-ukraine-joint-production-plant-becomes-operational/
Army Recognition - Breaking News: Germany’s Rheinmetall Confirms First Delivery of 10 KF41 Lynx IFVs to Ukraine by End of 2024. (Oct. 26, 2024):
https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/breaking-news-germanys-rheinmetall-confirms-first-delivery-of-10-kf41-lynx-ifvs-to-ukraine-by-end-of-2024
CNN - Rheinmetall will build and repair tanks in Ukraine, says CEO (July 10, 2023):
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/10/business/rheinmetall-german-tank-factory-ukraine/index.html
Rheinmetall - Ammunition factory to be built in the Ukraine: Rheinmetall receives order to deliver a production line (July 2024):
https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2024/07/2024-07-24-rheinmetall-supplies-equipment-for-ammunition-factory-in-ukraine
Reuters - Kremlin says Russia could target Rheinmetall plant in Ukraine (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-russia-could-target-rheinmetall-plant-ukraine-2024-10-29/
RFE/RL - EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises (July 2024):
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation/33025300.html
CSIS - The State of Russia's Defense Industry After Two Years of War and Sanctions (June 2024):

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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for October 30, 2024 …

- Western media admits Ukraine losing territory and cities at an accelerated rate;

- Western media also admits Ukraine’s growing manpower crisis and an inability to address it;

- Repeated claims of “North Korean” troops entering into the conflict continue to outweigh actual evidence and may be an attempt to sell Western intervention;

- Western intervention in Ukraine will compromise Western dominance in the Middle East and Asia;

- The West faces a choice of either doubling down in Ukraine or pivoting to the Middle East and/or the Asia-Pacific;

References:

CNN - Russia claims control of key town of Selydove in Ukraine’s Donetsk region (Oct 29, 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/29/europe/russia-selydove-ukraine-donetsk-region-intl/index.html
Reuters - Russia took 196 square km of Ukraine last week, Agentstvo media says (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-took-196-square-km-ukraine-last-week-agentstvo-media-says-2024-10-29/
Economist - Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/10/29/ukraine-is-now-struggling-to-survive-not-to-win
Foreign Policy - Conscription Is Breaking Ukraine (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/conscription-ukraine-military-men-russia-war/
WSJ - Ukraine Resorts to Shaking Down Nightlife Spots for Recruits as Troop Numbers Fall (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-resorts-to-shaking-down-nightlife-spots-for-recruits-as-troop-numbers-fall-b62646b7
NYT - With Limited Options, Zelensky Seeks a Path Forward for Ukraine (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-russia-war.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
Washington Post - North Korea’s elite troops are in Russia to fight Ukraine: What we know (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/29/north-korea-elite-troops-russia-ukraine-war/


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Israel Launches Limited Strikes on Iran

- Israeli missile strikes on Iran appear to have been limited, in part to the limitations of Israel’s long-range conventional military power;

- This and a previous strike conducted in April may be providing Israel with information toward a larger more devastating attack on specific facilities;

- The geo-strategic shift of power in the region has limited US-Israeli military power;

- Iran’s ballistic missile forces and asymmetrical military power including through organizations like Hezbollah and Ansar Allah continue to expand as US military power, including through its Israeli proxies, diminishes;

- Israel struggles in its offensive in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah according to the Western media as US forces find themselves increasingly isolated and with limited weapons and ammunition;

- As the balance of military power shifts in the region, so does the geopolitical balance of power, with nations like Saudi Arabia slowly working out from under subordination to the US and working closer with the global majority;

- As time continues to run out for the US and its proxies, the temptation to resort to extreme measures will increase, requiring Iran and its allies to continue carefully managing escalation;

Resources:

Lead Up
Guardian - Strike on Iran will make world understand Israel’s might, says defence minister (October 23, 2024):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/23/strike-on-iran-will-make-world-understand-israels-might-says-defence-minister
Defense Post - USAF Orders Ramp Up of JASSM, LRASM Air-Launched Missiles Production (August 2024):
https://thedefensepost.com/2024/08/20/usaf-jassm-lrasm-missiles/
Reuters - Ukraine says Russia has launched over 8,000 missiles, 4,630 drones during war (February 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-has-launched-over-8000-missiles-4630-drones-during-war-2024-02-22/
BBC - What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows (October 22, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6w6p8x7p8o
Financial Times - Military briefing: the Israeli missiles used to strike Iran (April 2024):
https://www.ft.com/content/56064051-e880-43db-b7e9-a56717c8c38b
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

Western Media
BBC - Explosions in Iran as Israel launches air strikes (October 26, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr5ek4r8ro
BBC - Strikes on Iran suggest Israel may have heeded US warnings (October 26, 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c704w7d3997o
France24 - Israel launches air strikes on targets in Iran (October 26, 2024):
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241026-israel-launches-air-strikes-on-targets-in-iran
VOA - Israel launches strikes on military targets in Iran (Oct 26, 2024):
https://www.voanews.com/a/explosions-heard-in-iran-s-tehran-nearby-karaj-state-media-say/7839723.html

Israeli Media
Times of Israel - Israel launches ‘precise strikes’ on Iran military sites weeks after missile attack (October 26, 2024):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-launches-precise-strikes-on-iran-military-sites-weeks-after-missile-attack/

Iranian Media
PressTV - Israel targeted positions in Tehran, Khuzestan, Ilam, causing limited damage: Iran (October 26, 2024):
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/26/735983/‘Defense-activity’-caused-loud-sounds-heard-in-Tehran

Israel vs Hezbollah
Washington Post - Hezbollah proving a formidable foe against Israeli forces in Lebanon (October 24, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/24/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-invasion-idf/

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- For over a decade the US State Department through organizations like “Human Rights Foundation” have carried out programs distributing subversive propaganda across North Korea including through the use of balloons;

- Despite the US itself regarding errant Chinese weather balloons as national security threats, earlier in 2024 the US State Department openly voiced support for the ongoing balloon-borne propaganda campaign;

- The recent alleged use of drones represents the next step in this US-backed campaign, delivering propaganda further and more accurately to population centers across North Korea, however it also represents a genuine threat to North Korean national security and public safety and a violation of North Korean airspace;

- The US demonstrates once again that it is driving hostilities on the Korean peninsula, not underwriting peace and stability, all while using its military presence there toward its much wider regional objective of encircling and containing China;

Resources:

The Atlantic - We Hacked North Korea With Balloons and USB Drives (2014):
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/we-hacked-north-korea-with-balloons-and-usb-drives/283106/
CNN - North Korea accuses South of flying drones over Pyongyang (October 11, 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/11/asia/north-korea-south-drones-pyongyang/index.html
Guardian - Flashdrives for freedom? 20,000 USBs to be smuggled into North Korea (2016):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/flashdrives-for-freedom-north-korea-20000-usb-sticks
Flash Drives for Freedom (Human Rights Foundation) - Home Page:
https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/
Oslo Freedom Forum (Human Rights Foundation) - Sponsors (2022):
https://web.archive.org/web/20220315112502/https://oslofreedomforum.com/sponsors/
Freedom Fund - Key Investors (US State Department):
https://www.freedomfund.org/investors-and-supporters/
VOA - US voices support for South Korean ‘balloon war’ efforts (June 2024):
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-voices-support-for-south-korean-balloon-war-efforts/7654056.html
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - South Korea:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=121&queryLevel=location&product=undefined&year=2021&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined

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