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September 5, 2023 New Canadian sanctions fall short in Lebanon Canada recently imposed sanctions on former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and two of his associates “for their involvement in acts of significant corruption.” Canadian Minister... September 5, 2023 Unlocking the Potential: How SBOM Practices Revolutionize Tech Industries Following the SolarWinds compromise, the focus on the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has surged remarkably. In the tech ecosystem, the SBOM offers a comprehensive overview of software components... September 5, 2023 Taiwan’s green energy gamble Excerpt China’s increasing militarism in the Taiwan Strait is no secret. Yet, as Taipei transitions from nuclear to renewable energy sources, it risks inadvertently amplifying its vulnerabilities... September 5, 2023 Good Luck With That Grand Strategy Thought leaders and foreign policy veterans can’t stop themselves from writing about the new era of great power competition with China and America’s lack of a grand strategy. Gen. James... September 3, 2023 Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S. At the end of our interview the American Governor said, quietly and to himself, “there is no crying in baseball.” But he hadn’t been talking about baseball. He had been describing how he was trying... September 1, 2023 China and Russia are using the UN to censor the world Excerpt While Russian hackers attack Ukraine and probe critical infrastructure across the West, United Nations member states have been debating a new cybercrime convention. This may appear, on paper,... September 1, 2023 The US national innovation base has critical weaknesses. Just look at Starlink. Defense intellectuals and proponents of defense innovation have been busy for over a decade selling dreams about Third, Fourth, perhaps Fifth Offsets; about the promise of bringing “dynamism” back... September 1, 2023 US Pacific Policy in China’s Shadow There has been a flurry of Pacific Islands-related press releases coming out of the United States Department of State this year. The announcements came especially fast and furious during a bevy of meetings in Papua New Guinea this May. On May 22 and 23 alone, the State Department issued four major read-outs: ... August 31, 2023 Russia Is Not the Champion of Christian and Traditional Values For years, Putin has sought to present Russia as the champion of Christian and traditional values. He portrays the West as a dystopia of decadence, where elites push “strange and trendy ideas like... August 31, 2023 Quantum Supremacy’s Cyber Challenge: Are You Up for It? The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is sounding an alarm, echoing through the corridors of global finance, on the imminent perils that quantum computing poses to the security of our most... August 31, 2023 Israel Missed Its Moment The Great Arab Revolt—a better name for the “Arab Spring”—that began in Tunisia in 2010 accelerated a process that had started with the first Gulf War: the elimination of the radical Arab threat to Israel and the withering of the Palestinian cause. ... August 30, 2023 New Outbound Investment Rules Can Help Strengthen American Economic Security A new weapon has just been added to America’s economic statecraft arsenal—one that has the potential to realign Western capital flows in ways that support U.S. national and economic security, at home... August 30, 2023 U.S. hostage deal with Iran endangers Canadians Excerpt The United States has reached an agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran that provides the clerical regime with at least $6-billion in sanctions relief in exchange for the release... August 30, 2023 The price of American leadership fool is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,” Oscar Wilde famously quipped. In Milwaukee last week, the Republican candidates for president – minus one Donald J.... August 29, 2023 Ten Reasons Why the Hostage Deal with Tehran Is a Disaster The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have brokered an ill-advised deal: Tehran has pledged to free American hostages in exchange for $6 billion of its frozen funds in South Korea and an... August 28, 2023 A Compound Problem: Dialing in U.S. Semiconductor Strategy Semiconductors are center stage in today’s U.S.-China geopolitical competition. And both sides are firing. The CHIPS Act, which just turned one year old, stands as the marque measure of U.S. initiative... August 27, 2023 Beware of Falling BRICS As Russia continues to press forward with its doomed war in Ukraine and China watches its economic miracle erode, the leaders of both countries are in desperate need of allies. This is what made the... August 27, 2023 The White House Must Close Its Hostage Bazaar With Iran And Russia The setting was dramatic and the stakes were high. In the summer of 1987, millions of Americans tuned into the Iran-Contra hearings to witness Secretary of State George Shultz deliver a master class on... August 27, 2023 Canada must continue to defend Israel against baseless United Nations attack The Canadian government has wisely chosen to urge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to preserve the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... August 26, 2023 ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ gets Hezbollah’s most wanted all wrong The creators of the Netflix hit series “Fauda” are back. In May, Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz released “Ghosts of Beirut,” a Showtime miniseries that narrates the life and assassination of Hezbollah’s... August 26, 2023 US should snap back UN sanctions to counter Iran’s drone and missile exports Excerpt The ransom-for-hostages deal between Washington and Tehran will not change a grim fact: Russia is pummeling Ukraine with kamikaze drones made and supplied by the Islamic Republic of... August 26, 2023 Athens Declaration Unites Southern Europe Behind Ukraine On Aug. 21, President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Greece to attend the Ukraine-Balkan summit. There, the leaders of 11 southeastern countries signed the Athens Declaration, reaffirming... August 24, 2023 The Pending Israel-Palestine ICJ Advisory Opinion: Threats to Legal Principles and Security The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is poised to eviscerate the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was established by UN Security... August 23, 2023 Is Russia Now Weaponizing Music? Goran Bregovic, a Serbian musician and composer, well-known globally for his Kalashnikov song, has been banned from performing in Moldova. This week, Bregovic was on his way to the Guitar Festival when... August 23, 2023 Australian Government Bows to Far-Left Pressure on Israel Earlier this month, Australia upended nearly a decade of precedent when the government announced that it will start referring to the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and Gaza as “occupied Palestinian territories”... August 23, 2023 Attacking foreign corruption blunts China’s malign economic influence Excerpt ... August 23, 2023 How Turkey’s opposition elite enabled Erdoğan and misled voters The sources of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power are vast. In his over twenty years of rule, he has consolidated power to build himself a loyal bureaucratic system (including the military... August 22, 2023 The problem with Republican isolationism A growing number of Republicans now think the U.S. should abandon Ukraine and – by extension – give Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a great and historic victory. A CNN/SSRS poll released... August 22, 2023 Zelensky Calls Meeting with Serbian President ‘Fruitful’ In what may be perceived as overtures to ease tensions between Ukraine and Serbia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday, Aug.... August 20, 2023 In sign of weakness, pro-PRC Solomons PM avoids meeting US Congress members No more pretending. Now we know. The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, backed by the CCP, is in the SoWhatAreYaGonnaDoAboutIt? phase. Earlier this week,... August 18, 2023 The US must act against Assad’s Syrian narco-state Syrian and Jordanian security officials convened on July 23 to discuss illicit drug trafficking along their shared border. ... August 17, 2023 Will Abbas be the final Palestinian president? Last month, Foreign Policy, the venerable online news magazine, profiled the Palestinian Authority’s second-in-command, 62-year-old Hussein Al Sheikh. As the internal battle to replace Mahmoud Abbas,... August 17, 2023 A limited defense treaty with the US would be counterproductive A “limited defense treaty” between the US and Israel as part of a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia and a trilateral agreement between the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, contains much... August 17, 2023 Saudi-Israeli peace is no pipe dream Is a Saudi-Israeli peace deal just around the corner or still just a long-term hope? The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington and Riyadh “have agreed on the broad contours... August 17, 2023 Israel’s long, hot summer Golan Heights, Israel – From atop small mountain peaks in the Israeli Golan Heights you can peer deep into both Lebanon and Syria. On the Israeli side of the border, everything is green. Why? Because... August 16, 2023 Iran’s Nukes Are a Thorn for Saudi-Israeli Peace Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly made a joint U.S.-Saudi nuclear-enrichment program a top condition for a peace deal with Israel. This is untenable. Putting aside the... August 16, 2023 How the US Can Get Its Chips’ Worth With China The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act one year ago this month was heralded as a monumental step in U.S. efforts to compete with China in the tech domain. “We need our government and our economy... August 16, 2023 Hezbollah ‘Green’ Group Builds Dozens of New Military Outposts Along Israeli Border Israel and Hezbollah are today at the brink of war. Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, refers to his country’s border with Lebanon as “a powder keg on the brink of being ignited.” The tensions... August 15, 2023 Two years after U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban enjoys an iron-fisted grip on Afghanistan Two years ago on this day, the Taliban marched into Kabul and triumphantly seized back control of Afghanistan. Two weeks later, on Aug. 30, 2021, the last U.S. soldier left the country. Since the U.S.... August 15, 2023 The Disastrous Implications of the $6 Billion Iran Hostage Deal President Joe Biden’s decision to trade $6 billion for five American citizens unlawfully detained in Tehran isn’t just the largest hostage ransom payment in American history—it’s... August 14, 2023 Extend the Pentagon’s ban on China’s consumer drones As a former Director of Operations at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, my birthday wish would be to have U.S. drones comprehensively map China’s infrastructure and download it to my targeting team. My... August 14, 2023 The Corruption War: Russia Is Losing The War For The Same Reason It Started It On Feb. 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin cited corruption as a motivator for his decision to invade Ukraine. While complaining about Ukrainian corruption in his televised speech on... August 10, 2023 Japan’s Cyber Resilience: Key to US Security in the Pacific Japan, like many developed states, is facing an unprecedented surge in cyberattacks, and Tokyo finds itself inadequately equipped to defend against this growing threat. A historic lack of investment... August 9, 2023 Kyiv Strikes Bridges Supporting Russian Forces in Southern Ukraine The Ukrainian military on Sunday struck a pair of bridges that Russia uses to supply its forces in southern Ukraine. These strikes may cause a larger disruption to Russian logistics than a previous strike... August 9, 2023 U.S. emboldens Hezbollah at Israel’s expense Senior Israeli military officials tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the risk of war on the northern border is the highest in years. The IDF intelligence division warns that Hezbollah “is close... August 8, 2023 Hezbollah’s Multi-Faceted Approach to Destabilizing Israel’s Northern Border The dynamic nature of Israel’s northern border is being heavily influenced by the aggressive actions of Lebanese Hezbollah. Over the past thirteen months, a series of provocative acts and attacks have... August 6, 2023 The complicated case of Nauru, which stood up to China Think your job is complicated? Try being a leader in Nauru. Nauru is an island country of about 8 square miles, around 2,000 miles north-east of Australia, with a population of around 12,000 people. It... August 5, 2023 What Washington Must Do to Check China’s Coercion Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen returned from her trip to China earlier this month, in an attempt to soften the edge of U.S.-China competition. Reopening a constructive dialogue with Beijing... August 4, 2023 Islamic State confirms death of yet another leader, appoints new ‘caliph’ The Islamic State confirmed that its previous leader and self-styled “caliph”, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi, was killed earlier this year In doing so, it also disputes claims he was killed... August 4, 2023 It’s time for a policy change on the northern border Even as Israel is rocked domestically by protests for and against judicial reform, there is continued tension between with the actors waging a multi-theater campaign led by Iran. Tehran has been orchestrating...

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