INTELBRIEFS
August 26, 2020
IntelBrief: Red, White, and Q: QAnon Candidates Move Forward in U.S. Elections
At least 77 Congressional candidates vying for a spot on the ballot in November have espoused support for QAnon, a right-wing conspiracy movement centered on claims that a cabal......
READ MOREAugust 25, 2020
IntelBrief: Lebanon Crisis Deepens After Blast, COVID-19 Spread
Lebanon’s converging public health, economic, and political crises have intensified in the weeks since the warehouse explosion in Beirut’s port on August 4th that claimed ov......
READ MOREAugust 24, 2020
IntelBrief: U.S. Struggles to End Iran Nuclear Deal
On August 20, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered to the current U.N. Security Council president, Indonesia, a formal complaint that Iran is in material breach of its oblig......
READ MOREAugust 21, 2020
IntelBrief: Is Europe’s Last Dictatorship in Belarus Finally Coming to an End?
The August 9 election of Aleksandr Lukashenko as President of Belarus saw the authoritarian strongman secure his 6th term in a country long known as Europe’s last dictatorship......
READ MOREAugust 20, 2020
IntelBrief: Military Coup in Mali Raises Concerns about Stability in the Sahel
On August 18, Malian soldiers from Kati barracks outside Bamako launched a coup to depose president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK). IBK had been under growing pressure in recent ......
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