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The country’s new defense strategy envisioned a dramatic shakeup. It prioritized the homeland and repositioned forces that had... Read More

The United States and Israel tried regime change; it didn’t work. Or rather, they got regime change—Iran became an Islamic... Read More

Nobody serious expected regime change during military operations. The bet was severe nuclear and military degradation now, with political... Read More

After her base was hit by an Iranian missile, Ghazal Molan stood a chance of surviving. But the 19-year-old Iranian Kurdish fighter —... Read More

As Trump lurches from tariffs to wars and Farage makes unrealistic pledges about immigration, their impunity needs to end Read More

“We have an elite who have been in power for at least the last 40 years, who fundamentally don’t like western civilization and... Read More

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting.... Read More

Spring flowers are blooming in the Donbas across a landscape of iron and fire.  Read More

In a period defined by geopolitical instability and shifting regulatory expectations, heightened scrutiny of public institutions and... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s mindless, and frankly pointless, comments about Canada becoming the 51st state have stirred up... Read More

Gas stations are rationing fuel. Hospitals are running out of medical supplies. People are hoarding plastic bags, and factories face... Read More

The administration’s aggressive counternarcotics approach is now risking American lives and an escalation to real war with one... Read More

Israeli leaders need an AIPAC-style group to explain to them how Washington thinks and operates.   Read More

The imminent direct peace talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington are unprecedented—and disastrous for Hezbollah, which will do... Read More

For the terror group to lay down arms, there are political hurdles that include giving Hamas a path to survival as a non-violent faction... Read More

The sudden eruption of war in the Mideast Gulf has created dramatic new risks for global energy security. Read More

There is a growing sense in the U.S. that order and stability are not always in our best interests.   Read More

President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over. But despite killing the... Read More

The conflict in the Middle East is plunging an already fragile Iranian economy into freefall.   Read More

President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the cease-fire with Iran, even though the core issues that triggered the war remain... Read More

China is Iran’s most important economic partner, buying some 90% of its oil exports and providing a financial lifeline to the heavily... Read More

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has presented Russia and China with a significant opportunity. Both Moscow and Beijing see the conflict as a... Read More

On a recent trip, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gushed over relations with Warsaw’s “most important ally after the... Read More

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, the head of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT)... Read More

“Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the... Read More

The star of China's booming artificial intelligence defense sector had been working on Taiwan invasion scenarios—until he died in an... Read More

Nuclear weapons are treated by the governments that have them as a useful tool. Obtaining a nuclear weapon enters you into a rare club where... Read More

In a corner of Trafalgar Square, a gaggle of tourists watched Harry Maguire, winner of MasterChef 2025, talking about pastry. This,... Read More

A truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon is a good start, as long as additional steps are taken to reduce its grip on the region   Read More

What becomes of Cuba? This enduring and already freighted question has acquired dizzying new dimensions in the aftermath of the U.S.... Read More

Talks in Havana are starting to deliver results even as Washington prepares for the possibility of war Read More

When Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States in January 2025, he faced a world very different from the one U.S.... Read More

The Trump administration’s attempts to coerce Iran would have been more effective if they had been imposed earlier.   Read More

As the world watches the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, a sense of chaos has been inescapable. But there’s something different about... Read More

In declaring an extension to the ceasefire in the Iran war, President Trump signalled clearly enough that he would prefer to strike a peace... Read More

Every April 23rd, as sure as night follows day, the UK commentariat loves to sneer at ordinary English people. Read More

A playbook to address the munitions crisis. Read More

At Camp David in 2000, Yasser Arafat told Dennis Ross, President Bill Clinton’s chief Middle East negotiator, that no Jewish Temple had... Read More