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October 22, 2026 Egypt May Finally Step Up Against the Houthis After nearly three years of staying out of the wars in the Middle East, Egypt may finally be ready to engage. On October 18, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged to provide Saudi Arabia with... October 22, 2026 Beyond Encryption: Reducing the Value of Exposed Data October 21, 2026 Turkey’s Justification for Military Presence in Syria Doesn’t Hold Up “We are maintaining our military presence in Iraq and Syria,” Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler declared on October 20. Reprising comments he made in February, when he asserted that Turkey “doesn’t... October 21, 2026 Navi Pillay: Nobel and Noxious *This article was originally published in French Excerpt The setting was perfect. Navi Pillay learned she had won the Nobel Peace Prize in Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where... October 21, 2026 Georgia shows what could follow Serbia’s election On Oct. 25, Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling coalition will face Serbia’s student protest movement and established opposition parties at the ballot box. Vucic, who resigned as president in September to seek... October 21, 2026 A letter to the POTUS Dear President Trump, I’m writing about a title I think should be yours: Leader of the Free World. The idea that there is such a thing as a Free World has become unfashionable, but I think... October 21, 2026 Foreign Funding and Influence in America’s K-12 Education System October 20, 2026 A Buyout for Iran’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Excerpt The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on 17 of Iran’s so-called shadow-fleet vessels on Oct. 8. The aging network of tankers illicitly transports Iranian crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical... October 20, 2026 Remarks before the Congressional Ukraine Caucus October 20, 2026 Qatar’s Lebanon Assistance Cannot Excuse Beirut From Disarming Hezbollah Qatar is preparing — for the second time this year — to help Lebanon turn the lights back on. On October 16, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced plans to modernize Lebanon’s... October 20, 2026 Iran says it has agreement with Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups On October 20, Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al Sadegh said that Iraq has agreed to “expel the elements of the Iranian separatist terrorist groups from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq or to... October 20, 2026 The Thaw in U.S.-Ethiopia Relations Has Gone Far Enough Ethiopia’s domestic war with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has now become an international conflict involving Eritrea. These actors are old rivals — all three participated in the Tigray... October 20, 2026 When, as in France, the radical left and Islamists blame Jews for Israel’s policies, a line has been crossed *This article was originally published in German Burning town halls, looted shops, injured police officers: France is going through a wave of violence. The legitimate demands for better-resourced schools... October 20, 2026 Washington Reportedly Limits Funding to Key WMD Verification Agencies Two leading international nonproliferation agencies identified by the State Department as directly advancing “U.S. national security, economic interests, and global stability” are nonetheless facing... October 20, 2026 UN Provides Expansionist Russia With a Platform To Condemn ‘Colonialism’ The United Nations has turned moral inversion into an art form. The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, which handles decolonization, passed a Russian-sponsored resolution on October 15 that seeks... October 20, 2026 Lebanon’s Call for Another Extension of UNIFIL’s Mandate Won’t End Hezbollah’s Threat Lebanon’s government is becoming increasingly nervous as the expiration date for the mandate of UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, draws closer. Meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel... October 20, 2026 How Russia Is Eclipsing the U.S. in Africa The Kremlin is preparing to showcase its steadily growing influence in Africa, which has often come at Washington’s expense. On October 28-29, Moscow will host more than 30 African delegations for the... October 19, 2026 Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands US Involvement Something very serious is happening in the Black Sea, and it demands a response. Merchant ships are being attacked and sunk without warning in the latest, highly provocative action in Russia’s shadow... October 19, 2026 Pakistan-Taliban border clashes continue amid diplomatic efforts Since October 12, border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban have continued in multiple locations, with both sides accusing the other of initiating hostilities. Russian and European Union officials... October 19, 2026 It’s Time for a Reset in U.S.-Israel Relations Excerpt It’s time for a reset in the U.S.-Israel relationship. No, not because Israel did anything wrong. To the contrary, it’s because Israel is so essential to America and too many Americans don’t... October 19, 2026 How Israel Can Turn Hezbollah’s Blunder Into Lasting Defeat Excerpt “Had I only known …” That was, in substance, Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s famous admission after Hezbollah’s 2006 war with Israel: Had Nasrallah anticipated... October 18, 2026 The French Republic Is Under Attack “C’est la Révolution, on prend la Bastille!” the protesters shouted as they broke into Marseille’s city hall in France on Saturday. It’s the Revolution. We’re taking the Bastille. Carrying... October 17, 2026 Lebanon revokes Iranian bank’s license amid US pressure over Hezbollah financing Lebanon’s central bank, Banque Du Liban (BDL), has revoked the operating license of Bank Saderat Iran, an Iranian financial institution with documented ties to Hezbollah financing. The move comes amid... October 17, 2026 Riyadh has an obvious problem, but no obvious solution Now, the Kingdom is in a war it tried to avoid, but still without a clear path to victory. On October 10, the Iran-backed Yemeni terror group launched a deadly drone and missile attack on Riyadh’s... October 17, 2026 Terror groups are handing Venezuela’s critical minerals over to China Excerpt The largest armed presence inside Venezuela today isn’t Venezuelan at all — it’s Colombia’s ELN and FARC militia dissidents, who control vast stretches of the border region in a brutal... October 16, 2026 Hezbollah accuses Lebanese police of violating security coordination procedure after supporters reportedly obstruct raid Men identifying themselves as Hezbollah supporters reportedly surrounded a Lebanese police patrol on October 16 during a raid on a warehouse containing unfit pharmaceuticals in Galerie Semaan, near Beirut’s... October 16, 2026 Sending Syrian Soldiers to Yemen Would Be a Mistake Excerpt In June, U.S. President Donald Trump floated an extraordinary proposal to deal with Hezbollah: Syria should enter Lebanon and finish off the group. Few leaders had more reason to oblige than... October 16, 2026 Lebanon Revokes Bank Saderat’s License, but Hezbollah’s Financial Network Remains Lebanon has revoked the operating license of Bank Saderat, an Iranian lender implicated in financing Hezbollah. Karim Souaid, the governor of Banque du Liban, Lebanon’s central bank, confirmed the... October 16, 2026 Trump can’t win by throwing Ukraine under the bus Still reeling from President Donald Trump’s surprise deal lifting sanctions on Russian diesel fuel, Ukraine discovered on Wednesday that its access to a vital American satellite internet service had... October 16, 2026 The Russian Milblogger Arrested in Montenegro Is a Kremlin Stalking Horse For years, Russia has treated the Balkans as a battleground for its geopolitical ambitions, exploiting ethnic divisions, fueling tensions, and challenging Western influence. Now, Montenegro is pushing... October 16, 2026 Profile: Hezbollah’s new liaison to the Lebanese state and society Hussain al Abdallah, who succeeded Wafiq Safa as head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit in February, reportedly sought the return of explosives seized this month by Lebanese security forces.... October 15, 2026 Sporadic Weapons Seizures Won’t Stop Hezbollah’s Rearmament Hezbollah is still smuggling weapons across the Syrian-Lebanese border. On October 12, the Lebanese army seized approximately 200 kilograms of explosives being transported from Syria into Lebanon... October 15, 2026 The Next War of Attrition is in Yemen Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and perpetual conflict now shares a border with a state organized around modernization... October 15, 2026 Washington’s Counter-Mine Wakeup Call The Islamic Republic of Iran delivered a wakeup call to the U.S. Navy regarding the service’s ability to clear mines. The still-contested Strait of Hormuz demonstrates that mine clearing under fire is... October 15, 2026 Israel reportedly blocks Board of Peace base in Gaza, IDF reports 31 ceasefire violations October 1–15 The US-backed Board of Peace (BoP) remains unable to build its first military facility in Gaza, even as it prepares Hamas weapons-collection sites and expands reconstruction partnerships. Meanwhile, Hamas-affiliated... October 15, 2026 Iraqi commander killed by Islamic State following Iraqi airstrikes against the group Iraqi Army Brigadier General Ahat Yasser Khudair Hussein, Commander of the 11th Infantry Division’s Communications Directorate, was killed in a bombing linked to the Islamic State, Iraq’s Ministry... October 15, 2026 How the Treasury Is Hindering Efforts to Combat Illicit Finance When the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security conducted forensic analyses of phones and computers over the past few years, the Russians likely got a look, too. According to a new federal indictment,... October 15, 2026 Hezbollah’s “Big Brother” Is Shielding the Group After Nasrallah’s Death Excerpt Once, it was difficult to imagine Hezbollah without Hassan Nasrallah. For three decades, his charisma and cult of personality made the man and the organization virtually synonymous. David... October 14, 2026 Bank of America Hit With Historic $1.2 Billion Fine for Illicit Finance Failures The U.S. financial system is the envy of the world. It’s also a major hub for illicit finance. Protecting the former requires confronting the latter, including when the failures occur at the nation’s... October 14, 2026 Is Russia playing deadly games with the plague? Look to its history. Excerpt One of the greatest scourges the world has ever known is in recent headlines: the Plague. A technician at Russia’s Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute has died of “pneumonia of unknown... October 14, 2026 AI-Assisted Bank Hacks Expose a Blind Spot in South Korea’s Cyber Defenses AI-assisted hackers are exposing a dangerous gap in South Korea’s financial sector defenses. Banks walled off their core systems, yet attackers still stole their customers’ most sensitive data. As... October 14, 2026 Iraq After the US Military Withdrawal: Militia Disarmament Will Decide the Outcome Iraq is at a new crossroads. On October 8 and 12, Iranian drones targeted Kurdish Iranian opposition groups based in northern Iraq. These are just several of more than 1,000 attacks by Iran on Iraq over... October 14, 2026 Bogus Bylines: AI Lets One Iran-Origin Operation Run the Full Influence Playbook Seven self-described Western journalists, none of whom exist, have placed nearly 100 articles in online outlets since July 2025. On October 8, OpenAI disclosed that it had banned ChatGPT accounts originating... October 14, 2026 Lebanon’s False Claims of Disarming Hezbollah A seemingly routine traffic mishap in Lebanon on Friday exposed the Lebanese government as either unwilling or unable to disarm Hezbollah, even as it publicly pretends to have done so in line with the... October 14, 2026 The AI competition is a two-front war Excerpt Every conversation in Washington about artificial intelligence eventually collapses into a single idea: the “race” with China. In that framing, the objective is simple. Go faster. Build... October 14, 2026 Hezbollah announces ‘Promise and Commitment’ housing and reconstruction program Hezbollah announced a yearlong housing-assistance program on October 13, offering eligible families displaced by the 2024 and 2026 wars with Israel up to $14,000 for rent and furniture. Lebanese Prime... October 14, 2026 What Can the EU’s New Force Offer Lebanon? No peacekeeping force in modern history has failed to stop as many wars as the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). For decades, it provided diplomatic cover for the progressive erosion of... October 14, 2026 A most ignoble Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian worthies who serve on the Nobel Prize Committee have demonstrated dubious judgment in the past. For example, in 1994, they gave Yasser Arafat a share of the Peace Prize for his “efforts... October 13, 2026 Trump must answer Houthis’ airport strike — and punish Iran for its chaos The death toll from the Houthis’ weekend attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has risen to over 15, including one American — and Iran’s Yemeni partner shows no signs of stopping... October 13, 2026 Lebanese security forces seize explosives shipment reportedly bound for Hezbollah in Beirut Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) intercepted a vehicle carrying nearly 800 kilograms of explosives and related materials on October 5 at the Dahr al Baidar checkpoint on the Bekaa–Beirut highway...

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