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September 18, 2026 Can anyone stop the Houthis? Excerpt Yemen has always been defined by its topography. A landscape of narrow coastal plains, mountainous highlands, and a desert interior, has helped preserve tribal identities, blurring and softening... September 18, 2026 8 Questions Facing the United Nations at UNGA 81 The United Nations was formed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Yet more armed conflicts rage worldwide today than at any point since the world body’s formation at the end... September 17, 2026 The Three Quiet Victors of the Iran War As the Iran War wages on, some of its emerging victors never fired a shot. Turkey, Pakistan, and Qatar. With the US rationing its power across the Middle East, these three made... September 17, 2026 Syria’s military is rebuilding, but foreign influence may slow security progress Foreign influence in the Syrian military, chiefly Turkish and Russian, combined with the continued presence of extremist elements within its ranks, will constrain Damascus’s ability to take steps consistent... September 17, 2026 Saudi Arabia Picked a Fight With the Two Nations That Could Help It the Most Against the Houthis — Israel and the UAE Riyadh is running out of options, and more importantly, it is running out of time. In less than two weeks, Iran and its proxy militia in Yemen have effectively checkmated Saudi Arabia by severing... September 17, 2026 Dark Transits are a Stopgap not a Solution Washington has accomplished an important feat by stealthily moving oil through the Persian Gulf despite Iran’s proclaimed closure. But the means it has relied on can’t become normal maritime... September 17, 2026 LAF-Hezbollah coordination and the limits of Lebanon’s disarmament effort Israel assesses with “fairly high probability” that the Lebanese military is coordinating its activity in Lebanon’s disarmament pilot zones with Hezbollah, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on... September 17, 2026 Have We Lost the Iran War? Has the United States lost the Iran war? The Iranian regime certainly thinks it has. The big Iranian funk that came after the 12-Day War in June, which climaxed the Israeli multi-front offensive... September 16, 2026 Previewing the Trump-Xi Summit September 16, 2026 Iraq continues investigating attack on Saudi Arabia from Iraqi territory In the wake of several drone strikes on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Crude Oil Pipeline on September 11, the Iraqi government confirmed that the attack came from Iraq. “Iraq said it... September 16, 2026 The Heart Attacks Fueling Suspicion in Syria When a commander in the Syrian army’s 52nd Division died in March, a Syrian Telegram channel announced the news in the language of an ordinary obituary: Nader Mutlaq, better known as Abu Hatem... September 16, 2026 Russia Is Practicing Attacks on Undersea Cables in the Arctic. The Consequences Could Reach Space. Hidden underneath the frigid Arctic waters, Moscow is rehearsing attacks on allied infrastructure. According to a September 10 Reuters report, U.S., UK, and Norwegian forces disrupted a covert... September 16, 2026 Security Challenges in the Western Balkans September 16, 2026 Import Controls September 15, 2026 Arming the U.S. military for the new cold war Thomas Jefferson was not enthusiastic about either foreign wars or military spending, but he sent the nascent U.S. Navy to the shores of Tripoli because he understood that paying tribute to the Barbary... September 15, 2026 FBI arrests Pennsylvania man accused of plotting Islamic State-inspired attack On September 12, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of plotting a violent attack on behalf of the Islamic State, marking the second arrest of an American citizen... September 15, 2026 Israeli elections stall Board of Peace plans, IDF reports 14 Gaza ceasefire violations Sept. 4–15 United States officials are reportedly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reticence to implement parts of their Gaza strategy. The US-backed Board of Peace (BoP), which... September 15, 2026 Houthi attacks expose Iran’s desperation — here’s how Trump must respond Tehran saw its leverage slipping away — and expanded the battlefield to attack the United States and its allies from a different angle. That’s the takeaway from this week’s fighting in Yemen,... September 15, 2026 Syria’s Fuel Protests Expose the Limits of Its Economic Recovery “We don’t want new roundabouts or malls. We just want to live.” That was the message from one protester in Aleppo as demonstrations over soaring fuel prices spread across Syria on September... September 15, 2026 America’s Must-Win Battle of Hormuz Excerpt To judge a war as it unfolds is risky. Winners and losers can change rapidly. Nonetheless, the continuing scrimmages in the Persian Gulf, the fluctuation in oil prices, the intensifying fear... September 15, 2026 Countering Chinese AI Distillation: The Case for Federal Action China’s AI models are improving quickly, but it’s not all through innovation. Much of the progress is thanks to stolen American tech. On September 8, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency... September 15, 2026 How Elon Musk can unlock a Russia-Ukraine energy truce — and help save lives Russia and Ukraine have “agreed” not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, President Donald Trump asserted Monday — perhaps aiming to accelerate a deal that reportedly remains under negotiation... September 15, 2026 10 Ways the U.S. Can Strengthen Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait September 14, 2026 Palestinians Must Heed the Lesson of Nasser’s Aswan Dam In the 1960s, Egypt and Sudan sacrificed ancient Nubian villages to build the Aswan Dam, a utilitarian decision that brought lasting economic gains to the region. Today, that pragmatism offers a blueprint... September 14, 2026 Britain’s refusal to designate the Houthis is ‘increasingly absurd’ Excerpt Andy Burnham is preparing to cut £200 off energy bills for some of Britain’s poorest households this winter as the Iran war sends another shudder through global energy markets. It is an understandable... September 14, 2026 IAEA Ends Syria’s Nuclear Noncompliance Finding A unanimous vote by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Board of Governors on September 9 formally ended consideration of Syria’s nuclear noncompliance. The decision followed cooperation by... September 14, 2026 Houthis take Yemen’s Red Sea coast and key Bab al Mandeb islands On September 10, the Houthis seized the strategic port city of Mocha on Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast. The next day, the Iran-backed group pushed south, culminating with the capture of the... September 13, 2026 Saudi Arabia closes its East-West pipeline after attacks from Iraq Saudi Arabia announced on September 11 that the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline, its main Hormuz-bypass route to the Red Sea, was closed following multiple drone attacks the day before in the country’s... September 13, 2026 The ICJ’s Pernicious Plan to Redefine Genocide Excerpt The Trump administration is working to dismantle the International Criminal Court. But a different tribunal, the International Court of Justice, could become a greater threat to the security... September 11, 2026 IDF destroys Hezbollah underground command complex at Ali al Taher, withdraws from ridge The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on September 10 that its 36th Division destroyed more than two kilometers of Hezbollah underground infrastructure beneath southern Lebanon’s Ali al Taher... September 11, 2026 Israel Razes Hilltop Hezbollah Stronghold, Securing Buffer Zone in South Lebanon After a siege lasting nearly three months, Israeli forces are now in control of a strategic hilltop in southern Lebanon dubbed Iran’s “second front” against the Jewish state. The Ali al-Taher... September 11, 2026 U.S. Space Command Is Testing Maneuver Warfare To Prepare for Next Generation of Fighting It won’t look like a dogfight from Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica, but in a future war, U.S. satellites may need to maneuver to survive. Space Command (SPACECOM) is practicing the right way to do... September 11, 2026 Board of Peace focuses on International Stabilization Force for Gaza The Board of Peace, the body overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition, announced on September 7 that it had held a ceremony in Pristina as part of the signing of a Participating Country Agreement... September 11, 2026 The UN Arms Embargo on Sudan Is Broken. America Has a Plan to Fix It The U.S. is rightly pushing the UN Security Council to expand the Sudan arms embargo before it expires this Saturday. Outlined by Ambassador Mike Waltz and Senior Advisor Massad Boulos, the proposal... September 11, 2026 The post-9/11 Global War on Terrorism won — by keeping our homeland safe Friday, a quarter-century since the 9/11 attacks, marks an important milestone in our nation’s history. It’s a fitting moment to take stock of the Global War on Terrorism, launched by President... September 11, 2026 Amid rising Jew-hatred, Britain turns its sights upon Israel “I don’t go to synagogue.” So said the British Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, during an interview with the BBC the day after he announced a package of sanctions and other punitive measures against... September 11, 2026 Tiresome Targets in the War on Terror Journalist Peter Bergen is back again with another book about terrorism, just in time for the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It’s a history of the failed strategies of successive... September 11, 2026 Higher Ed Tries to Dodge Donor Transparency Excerpt In his letter “The Debate Over Foreign Money in Higher Ed” (Sept. 8), Ted Mitchell seeks to turn statutory silence into a secrecy mandate. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act... September 10, 2026 Overlooking the obvious: The most likely way AI can enable terror attacks Sometimes a fixation on the most dangerous threats can lead you to overlook the most probable dangers, like being so worried about an asteroid impact that you walk around staring at the sky… and then... September 10, 2026 Previewing the 2026 UN General Assembly September 10, 2026 U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Aviation Should Be Followed by Operational Isolation Washington first tightened the chokehold on Tehran at sea and is now extending it to the skies. On September 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned all 27 remaining active Iranian airlines... September 10, 2026 Russia’s AI Blueprint Exposes an Authoritarian Playbook Russia, China, and Iran are all sharing the same playbook for corrupting Western elections. The United States is on track to be the next target this November. A troveof... September 10, 2026 How China Is Stealing America’s AI Excerpt American companies will spend roughly $700 billion this year on the physical build-out of artificial intelligence: data centers, chips, and computing power. Every dollar is a bet on... September 10, 2026 The UK Sanctions Hezbollah’s Shadow Bank. Lebanon Should Shut It Down. The United Kingdom has put Hezbollah’s shadow bank in its crosshairs. On September 8, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced sanctions on “Lebanese Hezbollah’s financing arm, al-Qard al-Hassan... September 10, 2026 IAEA Refers Iran’s Nuclear File to UN Security Council In the first such action in 20 years, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Board of Governors voted to refer Iran’s noncompliance with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations to the... September 10, 2026 Lebanese Army details pilot zone arms seizures, claims operational control The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on September 9 issued what appears to be its first official, public accounting of weapons and munitions confiscated during operations in Zawtar al Gharbiyeh, Froun,... September 10, 2026 The Last Ordinary Morning In Yesterday’s World I was 18 years old on the morning of September 11, 2001, had recently graduated from high school, and was totally uninterested in attending college. I’d been a shy kid and had only recently discovered... September 9, 2026 Post-9/11 Lessons — We Overlooked Festering Geostrategic Issues As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, it is important to reflect on the historic significance of that atrocity and on the lessons we have drawn and should draw from it. The 20 years that followed... September 9, 2026 Qatar still hosts Hamas’s top brass, one year after they were targeted One year ago today, Hamas officials in Qatar narrowly escaped death. On September 9, 2025, Israel launched an airstrike on a Hamas meeting in Doha. The strike failed to wipe out Hamas’s upper ranks.... September 9, 2026 Israel-UK Relations Nosedive as Foreign Secretary Announces Punitive Measures Bilateral relations between Israel and the United Kingdom have plummeted to depths unseen in the decades since the sunset of the British mandate over Palestine in May 1948. In a September 8 announcement to...

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