Ex-NATO chief: World conflicts result of American hesitancy

Key Facts

• He added that the U.S. needs to be clearer with China in regards to how it would defend Taiwan in the event of an invasion.
• The National Security Council pointed us to national security adviser JAKE SULLIVAN’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, in which he said the U.S. has been “rallying a global response to push back” against aggression around the globe.
• The U.S. is pushing the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank, to make changes as part of a long-term goal of having it run the Gaza Strip, where Israel is battling Hamas militants in a war that has killed more than 20,000 people.
• A senior administration official, speaking anonymously with reporters ahead of the announcement as a condition of the briefing, said that “the ultimate goal of sanctions is to convince the Houthis to de-escalate and bring about a positive change in behavior.”

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