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One Year Later, No End in Sight for Mideast Wars

Nov 24, 2024
“Hamas has got the war they wanted.” That assessment came from Middle East scholar Hussein Ibish, who believes there has been a fundamental shift in the war between Israel and Hamas over the past year: from a more conventional airstrike campaign...
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Possibility of Ukraine ceasefire somewhat closer - Ali

Nov 23, 2024 Fox News
Javed Ail, Ford School professor, talked about possible topics at the meeting to be held between NATO and Ukraine next week. Ali also talked about Russias use of a hypersonic ballistic missile. He said the US may have been notified of the use of...
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Kremlin rhetoric more for internal audiences - Ali

Nov 22, 2024 The National
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked on the rhetoric Russia has deployed, he says the war in Ukraine "is a ground war that's a stalemate, and it's a war of attrition, and now it's the battle of wills." But he says, the "really provocative...
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Uncertain results as US expands arms aid to Ukraine - Ali

Nov 18, 2024 KCBS
Even after tens of billions of dollars worth of U.S. equipment and materiel, the addition of long-range missiles may not have a significant imp[act on the war in Ukraine, Ford School Professor of Practice Javed Ali told KCBS...
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“I am at a complete loss" Page on Haiti situation

Nov 17, 2024 The New York Times
Susan D. Page, Ford School professor, says the continuing crisis in Haiti is hard to explain. Page says “Everyone is just kind of astounded.” Because of that it will be hard to know how the incoming Trump administration will influence that...
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Ali on CIA official leaking classified documents

Nov 13, 2024 USA Today
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, says “This is not a good-news story for the CIA,” about a CIA official being charged with leaking documents about Israeli strike on Iran. Ali also highlighted the vulnerabilities in the US system of keeping...
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Ali comments on damage to Iran from Israel

Oct 27, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the damage Iran sustained from Israel's attacks. Ali said, "this was a significant response by Israel but also very calibrated and deliberate, and appears not to have been designed to...
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Israel's attack may be de-escalatory - Ali

Oct 26, 2024 KCBS
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with KCBS about Iran's response to the Israeli missile strikes. Ali said "they hit about 20 targets roughly across Iran Iraq and syria and focused on facilities associated either with air defense and or...
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Ali on journalist killed in Lebanon

Oct 25, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, said, "Unfortunately I don't think the development in southern Lebanon is going to affect the peace talks" said Ali talking about the journalist killed. He said there have been since October 7th 2023 there have been...
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Sinwar's death may not change dynamics - Ali

Oct 18, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC News about the death of Yahya Sinwar leader of Hamas. He said, "the issues with the hostages needs to be resolved in addition to the broader war and the fate of the Palestinians in Gaza." He said...
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Ali said Sinwar's death would be a major development

Oct 17, 2024 Fox News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with Fox news about the possible death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He said "If the reports are true" and Israel "killed Yahya Sinwar, this would be a major development." Ali explained that Sinwar was "the...
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Ali on why Hamas will not collapse after Sinwar's death

Oct 17, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, said on the death of Hamas leader Sinwar, "that even with Sinwar's death and the significance of that, Hamas as an organization, still intact, they are on their back foot." He said with terror groups such as this...
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Netanyahu opposed to cease-fire in Lebanon - Ali

Oct 16, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC News about Netanyahu's comments that he is opposed to unilateral cease-fire in Lebanon. Ali said "they feel militarily and operationally that they have the momentum and they are delivering...
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Ali on Israel Hamas war one year anniversary

Oct 7, 2024 Channel News Asia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about how the situation in Israel appears one year after the beginning of this war. He said, "here we are on the eve of the one year anniversary of Hamas attack against Israel a year ago and I don't think...
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US does not want to get involved in Israel - Ali

Oct 7, 2024 Exame
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with Exame about US involvement in the conflicts in Israel. Ali said, "We are not seeing, from the US side, a response like the one we saw after 9/11, with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This...
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Ali responds to escalating conflict between Israel and Iran

Oct 4, 2024
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former and former senior official at the National Intelligence Council,  National Counterterrorism Center, and National Security Council, rapidly respond to the shifting situations in the Middle East this week....
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Ali comments on Israeli military campaign on Houthis

Sep 29, 2024 ABC News
Ford School professor Javed Ali commented on the Israeli strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. He said, "Israel hasn't confronted anything like this going back like 50 years, this is a multi front that is opening up." Ali then said, "I would have to...
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Ali on Israel strikes in Yemen

Sep 29, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC News about Israel's recent strike in Yemen. He said, "Israel is now talking on for the most part the totality or most of the totality of the Iran backed axis of resistance groups, so with Hezbollah...
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Ali on developments in Israel Hezbollah conflict

Sep 29, 2024 CBC
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with CBC news about "despite all the pounding that Hezbollah has taken over the couple few weeks," with their leadership  gone, "the group still possesses tens of thousands of fighters probably a couple...
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Ali addresses Iranian cyber attack against Trump

Sep 6, 2024 NBC News
Ford School professor Javed Ali talked with NBC news about the Iranian cyber operation against Donal Trump. He said “I’m sure they didn’t send the whole treasure trove over,” and they are likely holding on to the information they have gathered from...
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Ali on NY governor's aid charged as Chinese agent

Sep 4, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with ABC Australia about the former aid to the New York governor who was charged with acting as a Chinese agent. He said "this is someone who had risen to the inner circle of democratic politics in New York...
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Ali comments on recent operations by Israel in Gaza

Aug 31, 2024 Fox Now
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about the most recent operation by Israel against Hamas in the Gaza, "multiple things competing for IDF [Israel Defense Force] attention each time they go in." He said it would not surprise him if "that a few...
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Ali on Iran's interference in US election

Aug 29, 2024 Marketplace
Ford School professor, Javed Ali, said in response to Iran's attacks on American elections infrastructure, "This is just the latest evolution of what they’ve already been doing for that stretch of time." Ali likened it to what Russia did in 2016 by...
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Ali explains how Ukraine has relied on NATO and US

Aug 17, 2024 Dawn News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked about the situation in the war between Ukraine and Russia. He said "for the past two and a half years how NATO including the US has been the key conduit of weapons to Ukraine" But he said, "absent that Ukraine...
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"Even more complex" - Ali on Middle East peace talks

Aug 16, 2024 CNA
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about the new ceasefire talks in the Middle East, and the possibility of progress without Hamas attending the talks. Ali said "the United States is truing to exert a lot of diplomatic power to get to the end...
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Tensions in Middle East likely will not affect US homeland - Ali

Aug 12, 2024 CBS Detroit
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with CBS news about the possibility of an all-out war in the Middle East. Ali said "this has been building for months," however it "has been restrained for several months." But in light of the recent events,...
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Eras tour threatened by teenagers - Ali

Aug 8, 2024 CBC Radio
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and counter terrorism expert explained the decision to cancel all of Taylor Swift's shows in Vienna. He said, "The decision to cancel the shows is an interesting one because that was not apparently based on either a...
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Ali: Always need a partner in prisoner swaps, Türkiye stepped up

Aug 2, 2024 TRT World Now
Ford School Professor Javed Ali explained the importance of the prisoner swap with Russia in such turbulent times, he said "I don't think it is going to have an impact in terms of the significant tension between the US and Russia, but yes I do agree...
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