Your Thursday Briefing: Ukraine’s Fight for Bakhmut
Also, U.S. proposals to revolutionize the auto industry.
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South Korea Downplays Leaked Pentagon Documents
The reaction to the leak in South Korea is perhaps the strongest so far as the Biden administration scrambles to contain the damage from apparent spying on allies.
Your Tuesday Briefing: China’s Display of Force Around Taiwan
Also, President Biden prepares to visit Northern Ireland and Ireland.
China Conducts Military Drills Near Taiwan Over Three Days
After President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan visited the U.S., China put on a show of force and warned Taipei against building closer ties with Washington.
Your Monday Briefing: Leaked U.S. Intelligence
Also, China conducts drills near Taiwan and the World Bank prepares for changes.
Review – Meddling in the Ballot Box
This timely and important book presents a well-supported and persuasive account of how geopolitical interests are advanced via electoral intervention.
“CIA head visited Saudi Arabia following Tehran-Riyadh rapprochement”
The chief of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Bill Burns was in Saudi Arabia this week to meet with officials and reinforce Washington’s commitment to intelligence cooperation, a US official told Al Arabiya.
Politics Complicates Chinese Reaction to U.S. Visit by Taiwan’s President
For Beijing, showing displeasure too openly carries risks, particularly of harming the chances for its preferred party in Taiwan’s coming presidential election.
China’s Ambassador to the E.U. Tries to Distance Beijing From Moscow
The ambassador, Fu Cong, said China was not on Russia’s side in the war in Ukraine. “‘No limit’ is nothing but rhetoric,” he said, referring to a statement from last year about the countries’ relationship.
US extends carrier deployment near Syria after deadly attack: Pentagon
The Pentagon announced Monday that the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean has been repositioned near the Syrian coast as a precaution after American military bases in Syria came under missile and drone attacks.