INTELBRIEFS
August 24, 2022
IntelBrief: Russia-Kazakhstan Strains Benefit Ukraine and Global Oil Market
The invasion of Ukraine has created a rift between Russia and its longtime ally Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic that still has a substantial, if shrinking, percentage of e......
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August 23, 2022
IntelBrief: Al-Shabaab Attack Demonstrates Continued Resilience in Somalia
A deadly weekend-long siege at an upscale Mogadishu hotel by al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, resulted in 21 dead and more than 100 people injured. Al-Shabaab has ......
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August 22, 2022
IntelBrief: Cooperation with Key Gulf States Still Halting
In July, after meetings in Israel, President Biden visited Saudi Arabia, where he met Saudi leaders, including de-facto leader Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), as well a......
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August 19, 2022
IntelBrief: The Global Jihadist Movement in a Post-Zawahiri Era
The death of longtime al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul in late July following a U.S. drone strike signaled the end of an era. Zawahiri’s roots in the global jihadist......
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August 18, 2022
IntelBrief: Regional Implications of a Nuclear Iran
As of mid-August, international diplomats and proliferation experts have begun to consider Iran a “threshold nuclear state,” based on the significant advances its nuclear p......
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