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While the world focuses on the brewing cycle of Israel-Iran retaliation, the war in Gaza lingers on. In fact, it's becoming increasingly... Read More

The Abraham Accords, centered on regional peace and prosperity, brought the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kosovo into... Read More

Iran’s attack on Israel last week was not a surprise, nor did it inflict significant damage. It was nonetheless a paradigm... Read More

Amman is facing a delicate balancing act as Israel’s war on Gaza threatens to further inflame regional... Read More

While Moscow claims that it wants to replace the “rules-based international order” with a fairer system for all,... Read More

Moscow leveraging disruption of Ukraine war to weaponize food supplies while angling to use BRICS to muscle US and Australia out of... Read More

Iran tortures and kills innocents. Neighbor Turkmenistan buries dogs and cats alive. In places well known and obscure, authoritarians are... Read More

As Israel maintained official silence on Friday’s reported attack on Iran, its analysts and officials weighed in on whether... Read More

The theocracy of Iran has been the world's arch-embassy attacker over the last half century.   Read More

A new Gallup poll showed that just 33 percent of Americans are satisfied with the nation's position in the world today. This is down... Read More

On 11 March, Iran, Russia, and China launched the fourth iteration of their four-day annual trilateral naval exercises. According... Read More

The US may be losing ground to new global powers in many respects, but when it comes to the business of sowing conflict around the world, it... Read More

In the second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy - we found the body count was nearly 25%... Read More

Western nations can either help now by more robustly supplying Ukraine or face a resurgent and confident Russia later   Read More

After more than two years fighting one of the world’s most powerful armies, Ukraine has enacted a new mobilization law—a move... Read More

On April 9, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marked its 75th anniversary. The Western Alliance, formed in the aftermath of World... Read More

Don’t let the paltry damage caused by Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel last weekend fool you. The Iranians intended to... Read More

Iran’s failed attack on Israel was a source of celebration for its neighbors in Azerbaijan and a reminder for Moscow of its waning... Read More

One of the most disturbing and growing threats to freedom around the world is transnational repression – when authoritarians and other... Read More

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to China recently and capped off her four-day visit by holding a press conference where... Read More

Congress can begin to reverse the decline in manufacturing capacity by passing the national security supplemental, which includes crucial... Read More

Ties between Brussels and New Delhi have long struggled to reach their potential. After their respective elections, shared geopolitical... Read More

After Tehran’s missile wave against Israel, Biden warned Jerusalem about escalation. Is Israel losing, while Iran, Russia, and China... Read More

Even amid the war between Israel and Hamas the conflict has not morphed into a more calamitous religious war between Muslims and... Read More

Even if regional conflict is avoided, Israel’s freedom of action against Iran may be effectively curtailed in the future.   Read More

Before China replicates Iran’s attack, Taiwan’s air defenses and coordination with USINDOPACOM need upgrading   Read More

BRUSSELS — Two conflicts will compete for the attention of EU leaders meeting for a summit this week. There is one — Ukraine... Read More

Living in a free society shapes people in ways that tyrants like Vladimir Putin can hardly understand.   Read More

Internal divisions on culpability for the current strife in the Middle East make the EU’s calls for calm a little... Read More

Vladimir Putin happened to turn 71 last October 7, the day Hamas assaulted Israel.  Read More

“It’s better to be the United States’ enemy than its friend.” Foreign officials tell me this is their perception... Read More

Brussels authorities’ move to shut down this week’s NatCon gathering risks backfiring in spectacular fashion.   Read More

The traffic-snarling pro-Palestinian demonstrations in U.S. cities on Monday could foreshadow a potentially volatile summer of protests,... Read More

Bumper orders for uninhabited systems in the Gulf region reflect ever-growing demand for multiple classes of UAV, an increasingly... Read More

As India’s ‘Act East’ policy focussing on Southeast Asia moves into its 10th year, it is time for New Delhi to spell out... Read More

Kigali, RWANDA- April 1975 was a cruel month for millions of Cambodians. Forty-nine years ago, on April 17, the Khmer Rouge finally captured... Read More

The Chinese Embassy has held meetings with congressional staff to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok, according... Read More

The accession of Sweden and Finland means the alliance truly dominates the region, agitating already frail relations with... Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made an official visit to China earlier this month to meet with Chinese President Xi Jin Ping and... Read More

The wailing is getting louder across Europe. Elites in Brussels and national capitals are clutching their pearls as they view American... Read More

With European Parliament elections looming this June, the EU’s Right-wing forces are feeling bullish. Hungarian Prime Minister... Read More

Forgive the Israelis if they aren’t in the mood to take the victory lap the White House has suggested to them, following the remarkable... Read More

The far-reaching consequences of Iran's strike against Israel this past weekend are still coming into focus. But what's already clear is that... Read More

In countries where men and women don’t trust each other, nobody wants to have babies.   Read More