Mollie Saltskog

Very happy to announce I’ve taken on the role as Chief of Staff at @TheSoufanGroup and look forward to contributing to the organization in this new capacity 🙌💼🚀

BREAKING: Trump agrees to suspend 'bombing and attack of Iran' for two weeks reut.rs/41Uf5sc

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says he agrees to suspend bombing and attacks on Iran for a period of two weeks.

Chinese buyers have worked closely with Iran to expand what U.S. officials and researchers say has become one of the world’s largest sanctions-evasion networks. @RoryWSJ @BrianSpegele @austinramzy wsj.com/world/middle-e…

4/ Beijing will present itself as an energy security solutions provider to neighbors and partners. It also will use this moment to cast doubt on America's reliability and judgment. Expect Beijing to stir doubts in allied capitals about the wisdom of hitching themselves to the US.

#HybridWarfare | Moscow has carried out operations in Europe that are low‑cost and hard to attribute, shifting the consequences almost entirely onto affected societies, explains TSC Research Analyst @ClaraBroekaert. 📖 Our report on Russian hybrid tactics thesoufancenter.org/research/primi…

Chinese firms market Iran war intelligence ‘exposing’ U.S. forces washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Ma Xingrui is the latest in a series of senior officials with an aerospace background to be targeted in probes that have rocked China’s defense industry over the past two years. Xi Jinping has ousted a third member of the CCP's Politburo in less than 6 months wsj.com/world/china/xi…

UPDATE: First Japanese LNG tanker transits Strait of Hormuz 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/2j1442?update=…

A container ship signaling French ownership has exited the Strait of Hormuz, in what appears to be the first known transit by a vessel linked to Western Europe since the war all but shuttered the vital waterway bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Our new report examines Russia’s hybrid threat activities in six European countries, with researchers identifying country-specific patterns, as well as collective strategies states can use to counter Russia’s practice of hybrid warfare. 📖 Read the report thesoufancenter.org/research/primi…

China probes another member of its decision-making Politburo, as President Xi Jinping widens his anti-corruption campaign bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: politico.eu/article/europe…

Putting aside the question of whether the U.S. should have joined Israel in attacking Iran, one of the hardest parts of watching setbacks with how the war is unfolding is that the entire US NatSec community has wargamed this scenario for decades. We knew the risks & enemy COAs.

Group claiming Europe antisemitic attacks tells CBS News it will target "U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide" — featuring analysis by @sadarlo1 and I cbsnews.com/news/europe-an…

EXCLUSIVE Senators call on Trump administration commerce department to suspend licenses to export Nvidia chips to China and parts of Southeast Asia after Supermicro smuggling case. ft.com/content/556e53…

EXCLUSIVE: Slovenia’s PM Robert Golob has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to investigate accusations that Israeli spy firm Black Cube interfered in the country’s election campaign, according to a letter we obtained. politico.eu/article/robert…

US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027 reut.rs/4ryc1fL reut.rs/4ryc1fL

#IntelBrief: Larijani, the Basij, and the Narrowing Path to Negotiation Read more 👉 thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-202… 📱Subscribe to our newsletter for daily #IntelBriefs 👉 thesoufancenter.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3f…

BREAKING: Qatar declares Iranian embassy’s military, security attaches and their staff persona non grata 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/b8762y?update=…

Exclusive: China’s military is studying Trump’s war on Iran for lessons that could prove helpful in any future conflict of its own, scrutinising US offensive capabilities as it sees the strategic balance shifting in its favour in the Indo-Pacific, according to Western officials familiar with the matter. Beijing is likely closely observing America’s military performance on display in Iran and gaining highly valuable information that it would almost certainly factor into its plans for any potential conflict over Taiwan, said the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. While China is still gaming out the economic and diplomatic consequences of the war, Xi Jinping would likely welcome the diversion of US attention and resources toward the Middle East and away from the Indo-Pacific, the officials said. They cited the Pentagon’s redeployment of military assets from Asia to Iran as a tangible reason for China’s military to draw positives from the conflict. The perceived advantage for China’s military suggests a second US adversary is benefiting from Trump’s war, after America’s allies warned Russia is emerging as the winner thanks to the rising oil price and easing of US sanctions. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…