These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, on Thursday Oct. 22 at 6pm GMT.
- Dammam’s King Fahd airport resumes operations after attack kills 2
- UN chief condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, warns an ‘El Nino of war’ is hitting world’s poor
- Trump says Iran is trying to drive up oil prices before the midterm elections
- Could Lebanon be dragged into another war if Israel-Iran tensions explode?
- Israel releases nearly all suspects in settler attacks on US journalist, European diplomats to house arrest
Check out the latest updates on arabnews.com
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لا يمكن اختزال التصلّب الإيراني الراهن في مجرد مناورة تفاوضية لانتزاع المكاسب، بل هو نتاج تقاطع استراتيجي معقد بين عقيدة ردع أيديولوجية ترى في المرونة ضعفاً، وبين استثمار استخباري معادٍ يُذكّي هذا التشدد لتقويض المسار الدبلوماسي وتوفير الذرائع الموجبة للمواجهة الشاملة.
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What does a #Pakistan under pressure mean for #India? @palepurshankar joins Dr John Bruni to examine Pakistan’s security challenges, Saudi ties and India’s strategic choices. Pakistan Under Pressure. Dispatches from India | The Focus. Coming soon.
@AIIANational #IndianDefence
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Pakistan's problems are no longer Pakistan's alone. Internal instability threatens Chinese investments, Saudi security interests and India's strategic calculations. @palepurshankar joins The Focus in DISPATCHES FROM INDIA Watch:
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#SouthAsia #Pakistan
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Defending Suez is not enough if ships cannot safely reach it. #Egypt’s #Yemen dilemma connects trade, military power and the danger of an open-ended war.
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@EgyIndependent @DailyNewsEgypt @RUSI_org @AIIANational
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Defending Suez is not enough if ships cannot safely reach it. #Egypt’s #Yemen dilemma connects trade, military power and the danger of an open-ended war.
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@EgyIndependent @DailyNewsEgypt @RUSI_org @AIIANational
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Can #NATO counter cumulative strategic degradation before conventional war? Before #BlockBluntBreak: Recognise, Understand, Resist.
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@SHAPE_NATO @NATO @hwag_ucmc @hcssnl @GermanyDefence @SM_Difesa
Can #NATO counter cumulative strategic degradation before conventional war? Before #BlockBluntBreak: Recognise, Understand, Resist.
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@SHAPE_NATO @NATO @hwag_ucmc @hcssnl @GermanyDefence @SM_Difesa
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Who supplies the weapons? Who orders the attack? Who can stop the next one? Different questions. Different consequences. Dr John Bruni examines #Iran’s armed partners—and a strategy to reduce the danger.
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@ASPI_org @AIIANational @DefenceAust
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Who supplies the weapons? Who orders the attack? Who can stop the next one? Different questions. Different consequences. Dr John Bruni examines #Iran’s armed partners—and a strategy to reduce the danger.
jbruni.substack.com/p/the-ad…
@ASPI_org @AIIANational @DefenceAust
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You can be curious about UAPs and still ask hard questions.
Tomorrow, @ProfAviLoeb joins me to examine Jay Stratton’s claims. What would turn testimony into verifiable evidence?
The Focus #120 | 16 October
#UAP #JayStratton #NationalSecurity
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Australia needs forces it can deploy, sustain and deploy again.
SAGE’s new brief explores sovereign mobile defence: joint integration, Australian sustainment and resilience against coercion.
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@DefenceAust @ASPI_org @AustralianArmy
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#America’s military superiority doesn’t guarantee strategic endurance. Our latest SAGE brief examines how adversaries exploit U.S. overextension through Threshold Conditioning.
🔗 SIB #011:
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@AustraliaChair @CSIS @RANDCorporation
#America’s military superiority doesn’t guarantee strategic endurance. Our latest SAGE brief examines how adversaries exploit U.S. overextension through Threshold Conditioning.
🔗 SIB #011:
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@AustraliaChair @CSIS @RANDCorporation
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#Wars spread. #Alliances shift. Disorder is easier to unleash than to contain.
In the latest Tyrrell Perspective, Patrick Tyrrell uses thermodynamics as an analogy for today’s international system—and asks whether leaders can stop a chain reaction.
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#Wars spread. #Alliances shift. Disorder is easier to unleash than to contain.
In the latest Tyrrell Perspective, Patrick Tyrrell uses thermodynamics as an analogy for today’s international system—and asks whether leaders can stop a chain reaction.
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Where does Article 5 actually begin?
NATO’s challenge may not start with Russian tanks crossing a border.
New SAGE SIB #009:
Where Does Article 5 Begin?
Russia, NATO and the Hardening Grey Zone
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#NATO #Russia #Article5
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Could the first serious contest over Taiwan take place in orbit? SAGE’s new SIB #008 examines U.S.–China counter-space competition and its implications for deterrence and Australian defence preparedness.
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#Taiwan #China #SpaceSecurity
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Could the first serious contest over Taiwan take place in orbit? SAGE’s new SIB #008 examines U.S.–China counter-space competition and its implications for deterrence and Australian defence preparedness.
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#Taiwan #China #SpaceSecurity
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