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March 24, 2023 U.S. Air Strikes Hit Iranian Proxies in Syria After Iranian Drone Kills U.S. Contractor Latest Developments A drone attack on a U.S. military base in northeast Syria on Thursday resulted in the death of a U.S. contractor and the wounding of five American troops and another U.S. contractor.... March 24, 2023 Top General Suggests Administration Would Tolerate Iran Having Nuclear Weapons The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, said at a congressional hearing on Thursday that the United States “remains committed, as a matter of policy, that Iran will not have... March 24, 2023 The United States’ Energy Future Needs Critical Minerals—and Latin America Energy is a weapon in wartime and a key to prosperity in peacetime. As the world moves towards greater adoption of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we need to ensure that America’s... March 23, 2023 The West’s Iran policy risks another Middle East war “We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” President Joe Biden proclaimed before last fall’s United Nations General Assembly, a stance he has repeated numerous times throughout his... March 23, 2023 Xi, Putin Visit Light on Support for Russia’s Invasion Putin Hosts Xi for State Visit Days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest, Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state visit. The event marked a diplomatic... March 23, 2023 China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities March 22, 2023 Israel Braces for Violence During Ramadan Latest Developments Israeli police plan to deploy thousands of additional officers in Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan in anticipation of recurrent violence on the Temple Mount. Police forces will bulk up... March 22, 2023 Beijing’s Subversive Political Warfare in the Pacific—and the Need for Greater Engagement by the United States and Taiwan Honduras has said it intends to shift diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. We know this story: with the exception of 2007, when St. Lucia switched from Beijing to Taipei, the trend has run in this... March 22, 2023 Nations Pledge $1 Billion of Post-Quake Assistance for Syria Despite History of Aid Theft Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives.... March 22, 2023 The ‘Yugoslavia Scenario’: How Russia Intends to Use an Anniversary in Its Ongoing Information War On Tuesday Vladimir Putin warned the U.K. against sending Ukraine depleted uranium shells. Maria Zakharova immediately called this plan the “Yugoslavia scenario,” accusing NATO of using ammunition... March 22, 2023 Wars of the Jewish state TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – How many simultaneous conflicts can a small country handle? Israel – whose land area is smaller than that of Djibouti, and whose population is smaller than that of Cairo – may soon... March 21, 2023 Popular Resistance Committees Attempts To Establish a Foothold in the West Bank On Tue., the Shin Bet said that in recent weeks it arrested four West Bank Palestinians attempting to carry out attacks against Israeli targets. The Shin Bet alleges that the Gaza-based Popular Resistance... March 21, 2023 What’s in the Saudi Iranian Beijing Deal? Other than promising not to intervene in each other’s affairs and to restore diplomatic ties, Saudi Arabia and Iran did not agree to much in the deal that they signed in Beijing earlier this month. But... March 21, 2023 How to Keep Antisemitism Away From Turtle Bay Another antisemite has turned up in the ranks of senior UN officials — this time in the body’s human rights arm, no less. Craig Mokhiber heads the New York section of the Office of the High Commissioner... March 21, 2023 Washington Steps Up Anti-Ransomware Efforts, Again The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a new pilot program last week to warn critical infrastructure operators about vulnerabilities in their systems that ransomware actors... March 21, 2023 Pray for Peace This Ramadan The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins March 22. It celebrates the month during which Muslims believe Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The holiday, marked by fasting and prayer, is intended... March 21, 2023 Regime in Tehran May Be Facing Internal Instability Latest Developments Two documents reportedly produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran and obtained by Iran International shed new light on the extent of the regime’s economic woes and internal instability.... March 20, 2023 Washington ignores Putin’s designs on Moldova at its peril One of Europe’s most modest countries is becoming a major center of conflict. Russia is targeting the small-but-strategic lands of Moldova as the next big front in its war on Ukraine. While Washington... March 20, 2023 Turkey Approves Finland’s NATO Membership Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he now supports Finland’s application for NATO membership. By contrast, Ankara, which has stalled the transatlantic alliance’s... March 20, 2023 Israel and Palestinians Make Peace Commitments in Sharm el-Sheikh At the invitation of Egypt, the United States, and Jordan, Palestinian and Israeli government officials met in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday to discuss the soaring... March 20, 2023 Biden’s Opportunity to Stop Violent Extremists From Exploiting Cryptocurrency The Biden administration intends to crack down on crypto abuse by following a roadmap for regulation it unveiled in January. Calls for reform intensified after the crypto market’s tumultuous end to 2022,... March 20, 2023 Blind Sided In June 2022, Facebook and Twitter accounts suddenly focused their wrath on Australian company Lynas. The previous year, Lynas—the largest rare earths mining and processing company outside China—had... March 20, 2023 No US-Turkey Rapprochement Is Possible Under Erdogan Turkey’s Ambassador Murat Mercan recently argued in Defense One that “transitioning transatlantic security priorities to an era of great power competition inevitably will necessitate exploring venues... March 19, 2023 Palestinian Terrorist Commander Killed in Syria Latest Developments Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) accused Israel on Sunday of assassinating one of its commanders in Syria amid signs of escalating activities by the terrorist group in the West Bank.... March 17, 2023 Eyeing Iran’s Nuclear Program, U.S. and Israeli Militaries Train Together in Nevada Latest Developments The United States and Israel are conducting the Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 combined aerial military exercise in Nevada, which runs March 12-24. The training comes as the top U.S. military... March 17, 2023 Could the Saudi-Iranian deal lead to peace with Israel? A joint trilateral Saudi-Iranian-Chinese statement surprised the world and prompted speculation that Riyadh might be switching sides, abandoning America and joining the anti-Western axis. Dragging its... March 17, 2023 Vultures at the gate: The national security risk of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure In 2008, as the U.S. financial sector melted down, Beijing saw opportunity. “The financial crisis was a rare opportunity for Chinese enterprises lacking resources and advanced technology to go... March 17, 2023 Building Virtue Into Virtual Assets The illicit use of crypto-currencies—with billions lost, stolen, or exploited by criminals, hackers, rogue states, and bad actors—has cast an understandable cloud over the industry. And both virtual... March 16, 2023 How Much Can Iranian Artillery Ammo Help Russia? British outlet Sky News reported last week that Iran had secretly supplied Russia with a considerable amount of ammunition and intends to send more. If true, this would be a boon for Moscow at a time... March 16, 2023 WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Russians Down U.S. Drone, Iran Sends Putin Ammo Two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone performing routine... March 16, 2023 Iranians Renew Protests as Regime Brutality Persists Latest Developments Iranians renewed protests against Tehran’s clerical regime this week to mark the country’s traditional fire festival, a celebration with Zoroastrian roots linked to the Persian new... March 16, 2023 Ukraine’s Cyber Defense Offers Lessons for Taiwan The Ukraine war has filled the world with graphic images of a surprisingly capable underdog resisting the advances of a lumbering aggressor. But while the pictures are far less compelling, the story... March 15, 2023 Iran Agrees to Purchase Russian Fighter Jets Latest Developments Iranian media reported on Saturday that Tehran has agreed to purchase 24 advanced Sukhoi Su-35 fighters from Russia, significantly upgrading the capabilities of the Islamic Republic’s... March 15, 2023 Israel Suspects Infiltrator From Lebanon in Rare Roadside Bombing Latest Developments Ending a two-day official silence, Israel said on Wednesday that its forces had intercepted and killed an infiltrator from Lebanon whom it blamed for a rare roadside bombing at the Megiddo... March 15, 2023 How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics Fereydoon Abbasi is a hardline parliamentarian and former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization. In 2010, he barely survived what looked like an Israeli assassination attempt. And in December 2022,... March 15, 2023 Hezbollah suspected in cross-border attack inside Israel On Wednesday, the Israeli military said a suspect who crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon carried out a roadside bomb attack adjacent to the Magiddo Junction in northern Israel. The military’s... March 15, 2023 The Axis of Tyrannies On November 1, 1936, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave a speech celebrating the treaty he had signed with German dictator Adolf Hitler. “This Berlin-Rome protocol is not a barrier, it is rather... March 15, 2023 A Strategy to End the Systematic Theft of Humanitarian Aid in Syria March 14, 2023 Amid Ukraine War, Russia’s Global Hunt for Weapons Turns Up Surprisingly Little Russia’s attempt to procure suicide drones from Beijing appears to have failed, as the Chinese Foreign Ministry quickly denied any plans to provide lethal aid. By contrast, dozens of countries are... March 14, 2023 Turkey’s Erdogan grasps desperately for Kurdish votes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the number of political parties affiliated with his “People’s Alliance” to include a far-right Islamist party: Huda Par, a religiously... March 13, 2023 Can something be done in wake of the Saudi-Iranian deal? Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer have recently held very important meetings with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his team, with the... March 13, 2023 Senior Muslim Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Hamas The Islamic Fatwa Council — a non-governmental clerical body headquartered in Najaf, Iraq — issued a fatwa, or religious edict, last week condemning Hamas’ repression of Palestinians... March 13, 2023 U.S., Iran May Be Negotiating Payoff for American Hostages Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday the United States and Iran were on the cusp of a “prisoner swap,” with media reports adding that the exchange could include a U.S. ransom... March 13, 2023 TSA’s Cybersecurity Requirements Prepare for Takeoff The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued fresh cybersecurity requirements last Tuesday for airports and aircraft operators. The announcement seeks to implement the Biden administration’s... March 13, 2023 Russia Is Fueling China’s Nuclear Weapons Expansion A senior Department of Defense official on Wednesday confirmed media reports that Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy company, provided China with nuclear fuel for a key reactor that will enable... March 13, 2023 Who Is Poisoning Iranian Schoolgirls? Excerpt Iranian news outlets began reporting three months ago that schoolgirls were falling ill with headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue and breathing difficulties. The shrine city of Qom, historic seat... March 10, 2023 America Is Still Losing the Information War In late January, the Russian Foreign Ministry launched its latest disinformation campaign, claiming that Moscow had acquired more than 20,000 documents about a supposed secret U.S. biological... March 10, 2023 Saudi Arabia, Iran Agree to Reestablish Diplomatic Ties Latest Developments Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations on Friday and reopen their respective embassies within two months in a deal brokered by China. Tehran and Riyadh severed... March 10, 2023 Hamas Lauds Terror Attack in Tel Aviv, Hints of Role Behind Shooting On Thu., Hamas issued a statement praising Mutaz al-Khawaja for carrying out a shooting attack near a Tel-Aviv café that left three people wounded. The terror strike follows an ongoing wave of violence... March 9, 2023 WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Russia Advances; Moscow Continues to Benefit from Western Technology Russians Take Eastern Bakhmut, While Zelenskyy Vows to Hold the Rest Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group has captured the eastern part of Bakhmut, Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads...

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