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Flashpoints & InsightsSOCOSIX Behind the Headlines for February 2025
TIK TOK SAGA As TikTok moves through the 90-day grace period offered to it by President Trump to find a solution to its ownership dilemma in the face of a unanimous Supreme Court decision backing an overwhelmingly bipart
February 17, 2025
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Flashpoints & InsightsSOCOSIX Behind the Headlines for January 2025
SYRIA UNRAVELS The regime of Bashar al-Assad, for decades Syria’s brutal dictator, was toppled in less than two weeks. Rebels, led by an Islamist group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), began their offensive from Idlib
January 7, 2025
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Flashpoints & InsightsSOCOSIX Behind the Headlines for December 2024
SUMMARY As we approach the end of a tumultuous year, November 2024 has proven to be a consequential month with the (surprising for some) election of a more provocative U.S. president; the collapse of the so-called “traff
December 5, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsSOCOSIX Behind the Headlines for November 2024
GOING NUCLEAR? Google has announced it’s inked a deal with Kairos Power to buy small modular reactors (SMRs) to help power the tech giant’s investments in data centers and AI. Google says it chose SMRs due to their small
November 8, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsSOCOSIX Behind the Headlines for October 2024
WAR WIDENS IN THE MIDDLE EAST COMMENT: Israel may be calling them “small, tactical incursions,” but in fact, the invasion of southern Lebanon and the purging of as much Hizballah infrastructure, personnel, and weapons f
October 16, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsNews, Flashpoints, and Insights for SEPTEMBER 2024
The same international issues remain leading causes for concern and interest in September 2024 as they were six or seven months ago. These include on-going crises or near-crises in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Venezuela, and t
September 11, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsNews, Flashpoints, and Insights for August 2024
NEW WAR SCARE IN THE MID-EAST, WHILE HOPES DASHED FOR HOSTAGE DEAL August begins with heightened concerns that the Middle East is on the brink of a major escalation in the violence already plaguing the region. Just a fe
August 19, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsNews, Flashpoints, and Insights for July 2024
IRAN HEADS TO RUN-OFF VOTE ON FRIDAY (JULY 5) The only reformist candidate on the June 28 presidential election ballot, parliamentarian Masoud Pezeshkian, scored a slim lead (43%) over his leading hardline competitors (3
July 11, 2024
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Flashpoints & InsightsNews, Flashpoints, and Insights for June 2024
WHITHER IRAN? Over the next few months, Iran’s political scene will be closely watched following the death on May 20 of the country’s president, Ebrahim Raisi. In accordance with constitutional provisions, elections for
June 14, 2024
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