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NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
As ISW’s Nataliya Bugayova writes, Putin counts on offsets — using operations and partnerships in one region to offset the limits of Russia’s capability in another. (1/7)
Read the full report: isw.pub/SeizingtheIn...
Read the full report: isw.pub/SeizingtheIn...
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As ISW’s Nataliya Bugayova writes, Putin counts on offsets — using operations and partnerships in one region to offset the limits of Russia’s capability in another. (1/7)
Read the full report: isw.pub/SeizingtheIn...
Read the full report: isw.pub/SeizingtheIn...
Reposted by Institute for the Study of War
NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian delegations reportedly narrowed down the initial US-proposed 28-point peace plan to 19 points.🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112425
Other Key Takeaways:
NEW: The IDF killed Hezbollah’s “de facto chief of staff” and senior commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 23. (1/7)
Iran Update, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
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Iran Update, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NEW: The IDF killed Hezbollah’s “de facto chief of staff” and senior commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 23. (1/7)
Iran Update, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
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Iran Update, November 24, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
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As ISW's Nataliya Bugayova writes, NATO is both behind the curve of the Russian threat and also underutilizing the opportunity to contest Russian initiative at a relatively low risk and cost compared with the challenge it will face when the rate of the Russian attacks can grow exponentially (1/5)
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As ISW's Nataliya Bugayova writes, NATO is both behind the curve of the Russian threat and also underutilizing the opportunity to contest Russian initiative at a relatively low risk and cost compared with the challenge it will face when the rate of the Russian attacks can grow exponentially (1/5)
READ: The New Syrian Army: Order of Battle, by Kelly Campa and Brian Carter (1/8)
Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political coalition are building a new army as part of their effort to unite and consolidate their control over Syria after the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war.
Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political coalition are building a new army as part of their effort to unite and consolidate their control over Syria after the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
READ: The New Syrian Army: Order of Battle, by Kelly Campa and Brian Carter (1/8)
Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political coalition are building a new army as part of their effort to unite and consolidate their control over Syria after the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war.
Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political coalition are building a new army as part of their effort to unite and consolidate their control over Syria after the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war.
NEW: US and Ukrainian officials indicated that the initially reported US-proposed 28-point peace plan is not final and is currently undergoing changes.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
NEW: US and Ukrainian officials indicated that the initially reported US-proposed 28-point peace plan is not final and is currently undergoing changes.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112325
Other Key Takeaways⬇️(1/4)
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
During the Hertog War Studies program, students learn alongside like-minded and passionate peers and interact with distinguished senior leaders in the national security and military communities.
This course teaches students at the start of their careers how to assess military decision-making.
This course teaches students at the start of their careers how to assess military decision-making.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
During the Hertog War Studies program, students learn alongside like-minded and passionate peers and interact with distinguished senior leaders in the national security and military communities.
This course teaches students at the start of their careers how to assess military decision-making.
This course teaches students at the start of their careers how to assess military decision-making.
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to indicate that his demands have not fundamentally changed since the August 2025 Alaska summit.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to indicate that his demands have not fundamentally changed since the August 2025 Alaska summit.
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar112125
NEW: Some Syrian General Security Service (GSS) units are improving their counter-insurgency approach in rural minority areas by relying on relationships with locals. (1/6)
Read the November 21, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Read the November 21, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
NEW: Some Syrian General Security Service (GSS) units are improving their counter-insurgency approach in rural minority areas by relying on relationships with locals. (1/6)
Read the November 21, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Read the November 21, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
NEW: Iraqi Government Formation: Iranian-backed Iraqi Parties Are Poised to Control the Next Government
1/ Iranian-backed political parties are preparing to form the next Iraqi federal government after winning over a third of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections.
1/ Iranian-backed political parties are preparing to form the next Iraqi federal government after winning over a third of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
NEW: Iraqi Government Formation: Iranian-backed Iraqi Parties Are Poised to Control the Next Government
1/ Iranian-backed political parties are preparing to form the next Iraqi federal government after winning over a third of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections.
1/ Iranian-backed political parties are preparing to form the next Iraqi federal government after winning over a third of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections.
NEW: The PRC has escalated pressure against Japan in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi saying that a war over Taiwan could threaten Japanese security. (🧵1/4)
Read more in the November 21, 2025, China & Taiwan Update: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
Read more in the November 21, 2025, China & Taiwan Update: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW: The PRC has escalated pressure against Japan in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi saying that a war over Taiwan could threaten Japanese security. (🧵1/4)
Read more in the November 21, 2025, China & Taiwan Update: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
Read more in the November 21, 2025, China & Taiwan Update: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...
Special Report|Adversary Entente Cooperation at Russia's Shahed Factory Threatens Global Security 🧵(1/6)
The ASEZ is a cornerstone of the Adversary Entente’s resistance against the US-led coalition and is emblematic of its members' symbiotic relationship.
Read more: isw.pub/112125BSK
The ASEZ is a cornerstone of the Adversary Entente’s resistance against the US-led coalition and is emblematic of its members' symbiotic relationship.
Read more: isw.pub/112125BSK
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Special Report|Adversary Entente Cooperation at Russia's Shahed Factory Threatens Global Security 🧵(1/6)
The ASEZ is a cornerstone of the Adversary Entente’s resistance against the US-led coalition and is emblematic of its members' symbiotic relationship.
Read more: isw.pub/112125BSK
The ASEZ is a cornerstone of the Adversary Entente’s resistance against the US-led coalition and is emblematic of its members' symbiotic relationship.
Read more: isw.pub/112125BSK
The reported peace plan cedes all Western and Ukrainian leverage to Russia. More: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The reported peace plan cedes all Western and Ukrainian leverage to Russia. More: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Reposted by Institute for the Study of War
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025
NEW: Iran has reportedly signaled its willingness to resume negotiations with the United States if its “rights”—which refers to its right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil—are guaranteed. (1/7)
Read the November 20, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Read the November 20, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NEW: Iran has reportedly signaled its willingness to resume negotiations with the United States if its “rights”—which refers to its right to enrich uranium on Iranian soil—are guaranteed. (1/7)
Read the November 20, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Read the November 20, 2025, Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
The Hertog War Studies Program is an intensive two-week seminar hosted by the Institute for the Study of War in partnership with the Hertog Foundation in Washington, DC.
Apply here: isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
Apply here: isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Hertog War Studies Program is an intensive two-week seminar hosted by the Institute for the Study of War in partnership with the Hertog Foundation in Washington, DC.
Apply here: isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
Apply here: isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
ISW’s @nataliabugayova's latest report assesses that altering Russia’s current trajectory toward a longer and larger war requires contesting the Russian initiative in Ukraine, in Europe, and its global cognitive warfare effort against US decision-making (1/5)
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ISW’s @nataliabugayova's latest report assesses that altering Russia’s current trajectory toward a longer and larger war requires contesting the Russian initiative in Ukraine, in Europe, and its global cognitive warfare effort against US decision-making (1/5)
NEW: Russia may be planning to forcibly relocate Ukrainians to Siberia as part of a scheme to stimulate the economic growth of underdeveloped Russian regions. 🧵(1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Russia may be planning to forcibly relocate Ukrainians to Siberia as part of a scheme to stimulate the economic growth of underdeveloped Russian regions. 🧵(1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
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NEW: Russia killed at least 26 Ukrainian civilians and injured at least 139 on the night of Nov. 18 to 19 strikes that disproportionately impacted civilian areas.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
NEW: Russia killed at least 26 Ukrainian civilians and injured at least 139 on the night of Nov. 18 to 19 strikes that disproportionately impacted civilian areas.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 19, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar111925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/7)
NEW: An Iranian Defense Ministry-affiliated delegation traveled to Russia in Nov. 2024, possibly to seek “laser technology and expertise that could help validate a nuclear weapon design.”
Iran Update November 19 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵
Iran Update November 19 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NEW: An Iranian Defense Ministry-affiliated delegation traveled to Russia in Nov. 2024, possibly to seek “laser technology and expertise that could help validate a nuclear weapon design.”
Iran Update November 19 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵
Iran Update November 19 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate11...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵
Reposted by Institute for the Study of War
NEW: The Shia Coordination Framework announced on November 17 that it formed the “largest parliamentary bloc” with 157 seats. This bloc includes Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al Sudani’s Reconstruction and Development Coalition. 🧵(1/6)
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
NEW: The Shia Coordination Framework announced on November 17 that it formed the “largest parliamentary bloc” with 157 seats. This bloc includes Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al Sudani’s Reconstruction and Development Coalition. 🧵(1/6)
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Reposted by Institute for the Study of War
NEW: Russian forces are struggling to focus on a single decisive objective in the Pokrovsk direction and instead continue simultaneous attempts to close the encirclement of the wider Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket while also attacking within both towns. 🧵 (1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
NEW: Russian forces are struggling to focus on a single decisive objective in the Pokrovsk direction and instead continue simultaneous attempts to close the encirclement of the wider Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket while also attacking within both towns. 🧵 (1/7)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar111825