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The Adversarial: Intensifying Risks

March 20, 2025
The Adversarial: Intensifying Risks
The Adversarial: Intensifying Risks

The Adversarial: Intensifying Risks

March 20, 2025

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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***RussiaIn the last two weeks, Russia has retaken almost all of the territory held by Ukrainian forces in Kursk oblast. While Russian forces had been making gradual advances over the last several months, the key breakthroughs happened after North Korean troops returned to the fight in mid-February. According to reports, the returning troops were more prepared and had better tactics than in their initial attacks in January. The pause in sharing of U.S. military intelligence on March

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