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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 18, 2026 China’s Chokepoint Problem: Why Beijing Is Welcoming a Leader Nobody Likes No one likes Min Aung Hlaing. Nevertheless, the leader of Myanmar’s military government kicked off a five-day state visit in China on June 16, seeking legitimacy after a sham election that few inside... June 18, 2026 Pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Aden are on the rise The Gulf of Aden and other waters around the Horn of Africa are seeing an increase in maritime attacks. Since late April, Somali pirates have been attacking and seizing vessels at a rate not... June 18, 2026 Squeezing Al-Qard Al-Hassan Could Weaken Hezbollah’s Chances of Survival If President Trump has his way, the Third Lebanon War, which Hezbollah began by attacking Israel on October 8, 2023, will soon end. But even as the group’s most intense fight against Israel comes to... June 18, 2026 Washington Wants a Relationship With Iraq Focused On Business, but Security Can’t Be Ignored Amid a tense regional situation, Iraq’s new government is engaged in a high-stakes balancing act. Tom Barrack, the U.S. special presidential envoy for Iraq and Syria, met with Iraq’s new prime minister,... June 18, 2026 Hezbollah: Lebanon Has Just Shattered a European Fiction For thirteen years, Europe explained that it maintained a distinction between Hezbollah’s political and military wings in order to protect Lebanon. This week, Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef... June 18, 2026 Rowing in the Same Direction The U.S. Navy released its latest “Shipbuilding Plan” in May. It comes at a dire moment – in a long running series of them – for the American maritime industrial base. The U.S. needs... June 18, 2026 Ukraine Takes an Important — if Small — Step Toward Joining the EU After more than four years of war, the European Union has stepped up its efforts to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with two new measures. First, Brussels announced the addition of 34... June 17, 2026 Iran deal tosses a tremendous cash lifeline to terrorist regime The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran hands the terrorist regime the one victory it could never have achieved on the battlefield. Financial reprieve. What is so disconcerting... June 17, 2026 Gifting Iran Early Concessions Surrenders Washington’s Upper Hand The U.S. has reportedly granted Iran sanction waivers for selling oil, with one Iranian supertanker transporting crude oil having already crossed the U.S. naval blockade. This development came one day... June 17, 2026 Why Squander The Greatest Leverage Ever Built Against Iran? President Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran avoids the obvious question: why trade away unprecedented leverage after unprecedented military success? Over the past three years, the... June 17, 2026 Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi meets US envoy amid militia pressure US Envoy to Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack met with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi on June 15 to discuss strengthening ties between Baghdad and Washington. The meeting comes as the US continues... June 17, 2026 In Iran, Christians Are Prosecuted as ‘Zionist Traitors’ It takes little to be branded a traitor in the eyes of the Islamic Republic of Iran. But since the start of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s Christian communities have been accused of something worse: being... June 17, 2026 US must halt the terror-driven gold rush that’s looting Venezuela A human-rights horror is unfolding right under America’s nose, with kids under age 10 laboring in mines, girls as young as 12 working in brothels and whole communities fleeing cartel violence. Venezuela... June 17, 2026 An MOU is not a “peace deal” In “Why We Want You to Be Rich,” published in 2006, Donald Trump explained that a master negotiator knows “what the other side wants and where they’re coming from,” and is never afraid to... June 16, 2026 Deploying Syrian Troops in Lebanon Would Help, Not Hurt, Hezbollah “I told Israel it should let Syria handle Hezbollah because, frankly, I think Syria would do a better job,” President Donald Trump said during the G7 summit in Paris. Trump’s comment was the second... June 16, 2026 Dilution Is Not the Solution: Disposing of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile The critical question of how to handle Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile will be addressed in a long-term peace agreement between the United States and Iran, to be negotiated over the 60 days following... June 16, 2026 Trading Away Lebanon: Washington’s Bargains at Beirut’s Expense For the fifth time since 1958, the U.S. has placed Lebanon on the bargaining table, this time ready to sacrifice the country’s interests in pursuit of a deal with Iran. If Tehran dismantles its nuclear... June 15, 2026 Do not forget the Iranian people who still suffer, President Trump President Donald Trump has announced that Washington and Tehran have signed an agreement with two pillars: reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring the Islamic Republic cannot develop... June 15, 2026 Turkey’s Hejaz Railway Revival Is a Bid To Undermine Israel’s Regional Role A railway originally built by the Ottoman Empire to project power across the Arab world is receiving a second lease on life as Turkey launches its latest bid to become the Middle East’s logistics... June 15, 2026 AI Is Outpacing NATO’s Hybrid Defense Playbook NATO just received a glimpse of how a blackout can quickly become a crisis. At a three-day exercise in Bydgoszcz, Poland, NATO tested its ability to respond to a multi-domain crisis that combined cyberattacks... June 15, 2026 FBI Web Domain Seizures Highlight China’s Virtual Espionage Strategy Jobseekers in the national security space must take a closer look at prospective employment opportunities. A June 10 Department of Justice press release announced that the FBI had seized 13 web domains... June 15, 2026 China-Linked Technology Companies Target U.S. AI Companies and Data Centers Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, said earlier this year that “AI is no longer a single breakthrough or application — it is essential infrastructure. Every company will use it. Every nation will build... June 15, 2026 Request for Information: Increasing Health Care Resiliency June 15, 2026 IDF confirms killing Hezbollah commander responsible for creating Iran-backed militias in Iraq The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it killed Ali Mousa Daqduq, a top Hezbollah military leader and a commander in the Radwan Unit, the group responsible for infiltrating the Israeli border.... June 15, 2026 Iran’s internet is back, until it isn’t Iran’s internet access has partially returned after nearly 90 days, the longest blackout in the country’s history. Yet authorities continue to throttle the available bandwidth, with Iranians reporting... June 15, 2026 Can US Engagement Rescue the United Nations From Irrelevance? By the end of 2026, the United Nations will have selected a new Secretary-General. The incoming UN leader will take office at a time when the global intergovernmental organisation is experiencing... June 14, 2026 Modi Era India displays geopolitical acumen Geopolitically, one of the deftest accomplishments of the Modi Era has been that India has shifted from being seen (rightly or wrongly) in places like Washington D.C. as a potentially obstructionist behemoth... June 14, 2026 A nuclear deal won’t solve Iran’s missiles, proxies, and repression Excerpt Tehran’s preferred negotiating tactic has long been escalation. While talks have been underway with the United States, the Islamic Republic downed a US Apache helicopter over the... June 12, 2026 Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Progress: 2008-2025 and Beyond ... June 12, 2026 U.S. Turns to Central Asia To Combat China’s Rare Earth Dominance The United States is vulnerable to Chinese control over critical mineral supply chains. To reduce its dependence on Beijing, Washington is increasingly looking to Central Asia. On June 10, U.S. special... June 12, 2026 The UN’s fatal formula for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The antics of Colombia’s outgoing leftist president, Gustavo Petro, have dominated headlines about the United Nations over the last week. Petro arrived in New York to chair a special debate on the... June 12, 2026 Don’t Invite Syria Back Into Lebanon Excerpt While discussing the future of Hezbollah recently, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Syria could play a role in facilitating “more surgical” strikes against the group... June 12, 2026 Can Iraq’s New Prime Minister Thread the US-Iran Needle? Excerpt The question of what to do about Iran-backed militias in Iraq threatens to derail the new government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi before it has time to get its feet under... June 12, 2026 Iran Wants To Punish Jordan for Hosting U.S. Forces The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) announced on June 11 that they had intercepted 20 missiles launched from Iran toward Al-Azraq, a town about 50 miles east of Amman that is also home to a major air base... June 12, 2026 Tbilisi Moves Closer to Beijing Despite Courting Washington Georgia, once Washington’s closest partner in the post-Soviet space, is deepening its strategic alignment with China. On June 9, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili... June 12, 2026 CyberCorps is adapting to AI. The budget isn’t keeping up. The digital battlefield is expanding and changing faster than ever before. Washington must confront mounting threats to critical networks and systems. But there’s one challenge that stands out above... June 11, 2026 Venezuela reshuffles foreign relationships as oil production grows As foreign minister and vice president under former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez helped build many of Venezuela’s relationships with American... June 11, 2026 Iraq’s prime minister prepares US visit amid Iran threats and militia focus Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi is preparing for an upcoming trip to Washington, DC, Iraqi media outlets recently reported. The prime minister has been working since his May appointment... June 11, 2026 Don’t buy Iran’s charade — this regime can’t afford peace at ANY price For the last two months, President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Iran has seesawed between expressing optimism on negotiations and making explicit threats to remove the mullahs from power. This week,... June 11, 2026 FPV Drones Are the Logical Evolution of Hezbollah’s Warfighting Doctrine Hezbollah’s new first-person view (FPV) drones provide the group with a maximum return on investment — earning their name from their cameras broadcasting footage of attacks until moment of impact. FPVs... June 11, 2026 Qatar covers its tracks: Gulf state spent millions to infiltrate American classrooms Excerpt Qatar Foundation International has poured millions of dollars into U.S. K-12 public schools over the past 17 years. Qatari officials have long claimed that QFI has a “narrow philanthropic... June 10, 2026 IDF targets Hamas middle managers, reports 15 strikes and ceasefire violations May 29–June 10 After eliminating two successive heads of Hamas’s military wing in roughly two weeks, the Israel Defense Forces has turned its attention to the commanders, specialists, financiers, and cell... June 10, 2026 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Berri Sabotages President Trump’s Peace Agenda Lebanon and Israel signed a historic framework deal in Washington last Wednesday that serves as a clear roadmap to disarm Hezbollah, end the war, and put the two countries on the path to peace.... June 10, 2026 Showcasing Growing Ties, Xi Engages in Rare Visit to North Korea In a rare visit to the Hermit Kingdom, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping sought to bring North Korea out of the cold. Xi visited North Korea on June 8-9 for the first time in seven years, holding... June 10, 2026 Why the DRC’s Ebola Outbreak Is an American Strategic Failure Excerpt The Trump administration’s mineral diplomacy in the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is being undermined by a disease outbreak that its own policy decisions... June 10, 2026 Trump Signs Executive Order Addressing Structural Gaps in Trade Enforcement High tariffs create strong incentives to evade them. More than 40 percent of textile shipments flagged for analysis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were either “mis-declared or mis-described”... June 10, 2026 Crazy rich Qataris For centuries, Qatar was a sparsely populated sheikhdom under the loose influence of successive Islamic empires, caliphates, and regional Arab rulers. In 1916, it transitioned into a British protectorate. At... June 9, 2026 Turkey Escalates Tensions in Cyprus Turkey’s increasingly confrontational posture in the Eastern Mediterranean was on display this week when aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus were reportedly harassed by Turkish fighter...

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