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June 30, 2026 FCC Introduces New Bans on Chinese-Produced Equipment Linked to Cyber Risks Washington is seeking to push older Chinese technology out of the nation’s core networks. On June 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to bar the importation of all equipment and... June 30, 2026 U.S. Quietly Shelves Proposed Hezbollah ‘Deconfliction Mechanism’ The new U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework has its strengths and weaknesses. But one immediate and unequivocal benefit is that it buries the misguided idea that Hezbollah should have a seat at the... June 30, 2026 Human Rights in Turkish-Occupied Cyprus June 30, 2026 Treasury License for Iranian Petroleum Is Unwise and May Be Inconsistent With Statutory Requirements The Treasury Department’s issuance on June 22 of a license pausing Iranian petroleum sanctions appears to be inconsistent with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), which prohibits such relief... June 30, 2026 Russia, Hamas, and China: Three reasons Turkey shouldn’t get the F-35 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears eager to impress Washington and Brussels at the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey, with Ankara undertaking robust preparations and Turkish officials trumpeting Erdogan’s... June 30, 2026 Why Is Saudi Arabia Appeasing Iran? Last week, while Iran attacked Bahrain and ships navigating through the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia was preparing a reconciliation summit with Tehran. Meanwhile, Secretary... June 30, 2026 Iraq launches corruption crackdown, sets deadline for militia weapons handover Iraq launched a series of raids targeting corrupt politicians and officials on June 28. “Elite Counter Terrorism Service units raided homes inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified ‌Green Zone... June 30, 2026 A Strategy for Winning the Cold War: NSC-68 In April 1950 President Harry Truman produced his seminal national security document, and one of the most consequential strategic documents in American history—NSC-68. This National Security Council... June 29, 2026 Sanctioning DR Congo’s Blood Gold Is Smart, but Not Enough The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now at the center of the U.S.-China critical mineral conflict. On June 25, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned a network based in the Rwandan capital of... June 29, 2026 The Muslim Brotherhood’s British piggy bank Each month, U.K.-based charity Human Appeal receives roughly a quarter of a million visitors to its website. In 2024 alone, the organization drew in an estimated $110 million in donations. Yet,... June 29, 2026 Russian Gasoline Shortages Compound Economic Struggles Russia is running short on gas. On June 24, Reuters reported that Russia petitioned Kazakhstan to provide 50,000 metric tons of AI-92 gasoline to alleviate domestic shortages. Despite its status as... June 29, 2026 Hamas suppresses protests, IDF reports 17 strikes, ceasefire violations June 10–29 Anti-Hamas organizers in Gaza planned a series of protests for June 26, but an intimidation campaign by Hamas largely suppressed the demonstrations. The terror group threatened Gazans... June 29, 2026 Moscow still has leverage after Armenian election defeat Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan survived Russia’s best efforts to influence this month’s election against him. That allows Pashinyan to continue guiding his small South Caucasus nation’s... June 29, 2026 A Deal with Teeth: Lebanon Agrees to Disarm Hezbollah or Lose Territory The Trilateral Framework signed last week by the United States, Israel, and Lebanon finally gives teeth to a demand that has appeared in every serious ceasefire document since 2006: the disarmament of... June 29, 2026 Five Key Legal Questions About the June 2026 U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding The analysis draws on my decade as an attorney in the State Department Legal Adviser’s Office, followed by two decades as a law professor teaching and writing about international law issues. For... June 28, 2026 The UN’s toxic obsession with Israel lets the world’s worst regimes off scot-free Excerpt The United Nations has taken its unhealthy obsession with Israel to a new extreme, with the claim by an independent UN commission that it deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza.... June 26, 2026 The Right Target in Addressing Anti-Christian Violence in Nigeria In May, American and Nigerian forces collaborated to eliminate Abu Musab al-Minuki, a leader in ISIS and its Nigerian affiliate, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Killing al-Minuki... June 26, 2026 The Mamdanisation of the Democratic Party or the risk of a Corbyn-like scenario *This article was originally published in French On October 8, 2023, the blood had barely dried in the kibbutzim of southern Israel when, in Times Square, part of New York’s radical left was already... June 26, 2026 10 Cases of UN Abuse, Waste, and Subversion of U.S. Interests The United Nations is hurtling toward self-inflicted insolvency, and it has itself to blame. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres needs to secure $8.68 billion to keep the lights on for regular operations... June 26, 2026 Axis of Aggressors June 26, 2026 Washington held an unprecedented upper hand over Iran – then cashed it in Excerpt The odds had never been worse for the Islamic Republic than in early June 2026. Its missile infrastructure had been devastated, senior military leaders killed, nuclear facilities bombed,... June 26, 2026 Iran’s economic catastrophe On February 28, 2026, American and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury. The country they targeted was already in economic crisis: inflation had topped 50%, the currency was in free fall, merchants... June 26, 2026 Decision or stagnation in Gaza? On June 4, 2026, the Board of Peace, established in the wake of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire in October 2025, highlighted Egypt’s contributions to the International Stabilisation Force (ISF). The ISF... June 25, 2026 5 Reasons Why CISA Is Indispensable to America’s Cyber Defense Some 70 percent of cyberattacks in 2024 targeted critical infrastructure, yet Congress is weighing cuts to the lead agency responsible for defending it. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security... June 25, 2026 Israel’s New AI Directorate Is an Opening for the U.S. On the sidelines of the Pax Silica Summit hosted by Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth Jacob Helberg, Israel unveiled the strategy for its new national AI directorate. The... June 25, 2026 Israel is walking towards an Iranian trap with its eyes open In an interview he gave several days ago to Iranian radio, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf revealed more than he may have intended. Beyond the declarations of victory and the familiar... June 25, 2026 Kim Pushes for Faster North Korean Defense Buildup With Russia’s Help Kim Jong Un is interested in “overtaking the world,” according to his speech at the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which was held from June... June 25, 2026 Generating and Retaining Premier Cyber Warriors Cyber specialists have become as essential to modern warfare as pilots, submariners, and special operators. Yet the Pentagon continues to face a challenge that has plagued it for decades: generating and... June 25, 2026 US kills Islamic State senior leader in Syria, Damascus rejects Lebanon intervention On June 19, US Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out an airstrike targeting a senior leader of the Islamic State in Syria as the US maintains its decade-long campaign against the jihadist... June 24, 2026 Don’t Help Iran Prop Up Hezbollah Excerpt When the Iranian regime demanded a Lebanon cease-fire clause in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., it was a clever move. In exchange for ending its stranglehold on the... June 24, 2026 HHS Proposes Clinical Trial Reform To Catch Chinese Biotech Sector The United States is looking to catch up with China’s expanding biotechnology sector. On June 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new proposal to accelerate clinical trials... June 24, 2026 To Police Any New Nuclear Deal, IAEA Access Is Needed — Urgently Will the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, journey to Iran following the inking of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Tehran and Washington? According to Vice... June 24, 2026 China Targets the U.S. Rare Earth Comeback The short pause in U.S.-China minerals warfare is over. The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit in Beijing raised hopes of extending the critical minerals truce that began at the October 2025 Busan summit, where... June 24, 2026 The Deal With Tehran Comes at the Expense of Iranians As Washington negotiates, Tehran executes. Iran’s judiciary announced on June 22 that authorities had arrested more than 3,000 people since the start of the conflict on charges of collaborating with... June 24, 2026 As Kurdistan Region seeks drone defenses, Rubio warns Iraq about Iran proxies Iraq is working to shore up the economic stability and security of the Kurdistan Region in the wake of months of drone and missile attacks. More than 800 attacks, many assumed to have originated... June 24, 2026 Letter to Melania: Beyond the oil and nukes, you can fight for Iranian women Dear Mrs. Trump, Or may I call you Melania? If that is too familiar, no problem, I understand. But you can certainly call me Cliff! I am a longtime admirer. I have heard you speak out for human rights,... June 23, 2026 Hamas Haven Provided by Turkey Fuels Terror in the West Bank Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced that it had foiled dozens of planned terror attacks in the West Bank directed by Hamas operatives in Turkey over the past year. According to the agency,... June 23, 2026 Fly Me to the Moon: 4 Ways Artemis Builds on Apollo’s Giant Leap The last time Americans walked on the lunar surface, the Soviet Union was the enemy and a flag plant was the finish line. Today’s competition bears little resemblance to the Cold War space race that... June 23, 2026 Congress should bring campus transparency into the defense bill Excerpt The National Defense Authorization Act has become one of Congress’s main vehicles for countering China’s military and technological ambitions. This year’s annual defense bill should also... June 23, 2026 How Iran Plans to Consolidate Its Victory Wars are judged by how they end, not by successes along the way. President Trump has done more to cripple Iran’s nuclear apparatus than his predecessors, but that may not matter. The memorandum... June 23, 2026 Israel’s Offer to Lebanon: Land for Hezbollah’s Disarmament Months ago, I argued that Israel had reformulated the traditional Arab peace proposal. The old formula of “land for peace” held that Israel would cede territory in exchange for Arab recognition... June 23, 2026 Don’t Let Turkey Hijack the NATO Summit For the first time since 2004, Turkey will host the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will likely use the event to present Turkey as... June 23, 2026 Trump Administration Provides Billions in Unrestricted Oil Sanctions Relief to Iran The Trump administration is laying the groundwork for a major cash infusion for the Iranian regime. On June 22, the Treasury Department issued General License (GL) X, a 60-day authorization for the... June 22, 2026 Taiwan Debates Spending To Close Drone Development Gap Taiwan is looking to enhance its investment on domestic drones. On June 22, the legislative caucus of Taiwan’s governing party, the Democratic Progressive Party, urged the island’s major opposition... June 22, 2026 Sudan Turns Away From Iranian Weapons in Hopes of Courting Washington Sudan’s civil war, now in its fourth year, has become one of Africa’s first drone wars. Yet the drones dominating this battlefield are overwhelmingly foreign. From approximately 3,000 miles away,... June 22, 2026 EU Report Slams Authoritarian Rule in Turkey, Urges Sanctions Against Justice Minister An EU report has leveled the most scathing criticism of Turkey’s government in recent memory, recommending sanctions against a number of Turkish officials. They include Turkish Minister of Justice... June 22, 2026 China’s Malacca panic jails US scholar to appease Myanmar The Strait of Hormuz isn’t China’s only chokepoint. The Strait of Malacca may be more strategically vital — and on June 12, Beijing arrested an American scholar to protect its... June 19, 2026 Iran Prioritizes Protection of Hezbollah Over Negotiations With U.S. Days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end the U.S.-Iran war, the Tehran regime is testing whether it can use Lebanon — and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah — as leverage over... June 19, 2026 You Can’t Deter China by Ignoring Europe There is a mistaken belief by some in Washington that deterring Chinese aggression requires the United States to cut back its military commitments in Europe, where American forces help NATO to deter Moscow.... June 19, 2026 Gaza peace plan sees slow progress after Hamas meets in Cairo The US-backed peace plan for Gaza has continued to progress slowly, though ceasefire talks held in Cairo in the first week and a half of June appeared to stall over the issue of Hamas’s disarmament,...

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