Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island off the southern coast of China that has been governed independently from mainland China since 1949. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) views the island as a province, while in Taiwan a territory with its own democratically elected government that is home to twenty-three million people political leaders have differing views on the island’s status and relations with the mainland.

First-line investigative support: the European Counter Terrorism Centre

Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Source: KELLY MAGSAMEN is Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress. She was the National Security Council’s Director for Iran under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama

Killing the Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani may well have been the most consequential foreign policy decision of Donald Trump’s presidency. Its repercussions will be felt for days, months, and even years to come—but what exactly they will be depends on what the Trump administration does next.

Source: Colin P. Clarke (Colin P. Clarke is a non-resident Senior Fellow in the National Security Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center, and an adjunct senior political scientist at RAND-

Bases, ports and other installations where U.S. troops are stationed or where U.S. military personnel pass through. Troop numbers are approximate. They do not reflect deployment in recent days.

The entire region is bracing itself for what Iran will do in response to the deadly strike that took out their men. There are several possible Iranian answers to Solemani’s assassination, including not to do anything for the time being to maintain some level of plausible deniability for anything they want to do in the future. Iranians will respond on their own timetable. They are big fans of being patient. The country could do a lot of damage. Here are some potential targets for retaliation by Iran:

Source: The Spectator

1. Brexit – or at least a ‘beta version’ of it – will happen