Published bi-monthly since January 2010 as the newsletter of MES, MES Insights features short analytical pieces as well as information on events organized by MES and provides a forum for debate with our readers. With our 13th volume, Middle East Studies at the Krulak Center begins a partnership with Marine Corps University Press. MES continues to create varied publications and maintains editorial control over these works. MCUP, serving as an open dialogue between scholars, policy makers, analysts, and military leaders and crossing civilian-military boundaries to advance knowledge and solve problems, will be publishing these products. This partnership will allow MES to expand its reach and readership and capitalize on MCUP’s expertise while opening MCUP to a wider network of scholarship, research, and professional military education communities. We are thankful to all the authors and supporters of MES publications during the past 12 years and look forward to continued contributions to and support of these efforts. AUGUST 2023 Captain Lonnie W. Carraway, USMC, "Strengthening the Brittle Rare Earth Element Supply Chain amid Revisionist Alignment: Natural Resource Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War," MES Insights, vol. 14, no. 4 JUNE 2023 Daniel Rice, "China's Engagement in Africa: Security Initiatives and United Nations Voting," MES Insights, vol. 14, no. 3 APRIL 2023 Chloé Berger, PhD, "The War in Ukraine: A Watershed Moment for Enhancing MENA Food Resilience?," MES Insights, vol. 14, no. 2 FEBRUARY 2023 Daniel Rice, "China's Engagement in Africa: Foreign Policy and Economics," MES Insights, vol. 14, no. 1
