#LEBANON: NEW PHASE. David Daoud is a senior fellow at FDD focused on Lebanon and Hezbollah. He previously worked as a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, director of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Malc

#RUSSIA: Yuan drought in Moscow because China isn't paying for the oil. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

#USA: #SCALAREPORT: Two tiered culture: Ferrari Store and Dollar Store. #SCALAREPORT: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache.

2/2: #UKRAINE: No end in sight. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute.

1/2: #UKRAINE: No end in sight. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute.

PREVIEW: PRC: MOON BASE Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher of IASC regarding the PRC and PLA plan to dominate the moon along with allied states and captive private enterprise. More details tonight.

PREVIEW: IRAQ: WITHDRAWAL Conversation with colleague Brad Bowman of FDD regarding reports that the Pentagon is planning to withdraw from Iraq in the next two years. Is the Iraqi Army ready for ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and IRGC? More details later.

PREVIEW: RUSSIA: BRITAIN Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft regarding how Russia could retaliate against Britain for Storm Shadow strikes inside Russia without risking Article 5. More details tonig

PREVIEW: RUSSIA: UKRAINE Conversation with colleague Michael Rubin of AEI regarding Moscow's call-up of an additional 180,000 recruits to fill the ranks for a new spring fighting season in Ukraine. Asking: Does Russia believe it is winning the war in Ukra

PREVIEW: BRAZIL-ELON MUSK-X Conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady regarding the demand by Brazil Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes that X ban certain named dissenters who speak against President Lula da Silva. Musk has refused. The judg

PREVIEW: PRC: JAPANIFICATION Conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of SCALA.com regarding the sinking Chinese economy and its vast credit unworthiness in the trillions, potentially reaching double-digit trillions. More details tonight.

#NewWorldReport: Ecuador asks for US returning. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

#NewWorldReport: Venezuela supremacy. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

#NewWorldReport: Mexico investor doubts.Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

#NewWorldReport: Cuba agitprop..Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

#MARS: Gravity mapping. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

#SPACEX: Private spacewalkers nominal. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

#FRANCE: China's commodity demand decline. Simon Constable, Occitanie.

#Bucharest: Romania on the front line. Antonia Colibasanu, @GPFutures

#PRC: Made in China Disguised. Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, :@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill