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April 2023
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Sanctioning One of Lebanon’s Largest Banks
Hizbullah has long treated Lebanon’s financial system as its personal bank vault — laundering funds, moving money through shell companies, and using quasi-banks like Al-Qard al-Hasan, a US-sanctioned entity, to keep its financial empire humming. But on July 15, something remarkable happened: Lebanon finally pushed back. The country’s central bank banned financial institutions from dealing with Al-Qard […]
The Lesson of Russian History
The German military historian Carl von Clausewitz, writing about the Napoleonic Wars, once commented on military aggressions more generally: “The conqueror is always peace-loving; he would much prefer to march into our state calmly.” After the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and covertly invaded the Donets Basin (Donbas) of […]
Nuclear Proliferation Begins in Korea
Seventy-five years ago, an unexpected event on the Korean peninsula changed the world. In the coming years, that history may repeat itself: an increasingly likely development there has the potential to transform the entire international order once again. In June 1950, forces from communist North Korea invaded the non-communist south. The United States dispatched troops […]
