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April 23, 2026 Implementing Cybercom 2.0 Should Not Postpone Establishing a Cyber Force In recent remarks, Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) reflected on the dire state of the U.S. military’s readiness in the cyber domain. Fallon lamented that, despite the military having had two decades to... April 23, 2026 Readout of meetings with senior defense officials in Taiwan, Japan April 23, 2026 Turkey Is the Weak Link in Trump’s Economic War on Iran Excerpt ... April 23, 2026 Why Trump’s Iran cease-fire is an increasingly risky bet President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the cease-fire with Iran, even though the core issues that triggered the war remain unresolved. That doesn’t change one basic fact: The Islamic Republic has... April 22, 2026 Iran attacks vessels in Hormuz, avoids concrete stance on ceasefire extension After Donald Trump announced an extension of the US ceasefire with Iran on April 21, Tehran refused to take an official position on the state of the ceasefire, denied it had agreed to any extension, and... April 22, 2026 Spain: Sánchez and without shame *This article was originally published in French Excerpt It was in Beijing, where Xi Jinping was hosting him with full honors, that Pedro Sánchez learned his wife had been formally charged with... April 22, 2026 U.S. and Filipino Forces Launch Expanded Military Drills To counter Chinese aggression, the Philippines isn’t just hoping to stand shoulder to shoulder with its allies. It’s looking for a crowd. On April 20, Filipino and U.S. forces began an expanded... April 22, 2026 Why the government must accelerate quantum preparedness now Somewhere in the United States right now, a water treatment facility is running control systems that a quantum computer will eventually be able to compromise, and there is no federal deadline requiring... April 22, 2026 All quiet on the Lebanese front? This headline from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last week was typical: “Trump announces Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, but major disputes remain.” That framing misses a basic truth:... April 21, 2026 Iran’s War on Iraq’s Oil Industry Iran sponsors a network of armed groups in Iraq that operate under an Iraqi security institution despite professing loyalty to Iran’s supreme leader. At its core are six US-designated terror... April 21, 2026 The Iran War’s Five Lessons for Europe A universal lesson of military strategy is never to get caught preparing for the last war. It is, however, possible to learn a great deal from it. European NATO has had a front-row seat to the Ukraine and Iran... April 21, 2026 When Aoun Meets Netanyahu Lebanese President Michel Aoun is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in the coming weeks, according to President Trump, who said he would invite both leaders.... April 21, 2026 Operation Economic Fury Turns Its Attention to Iraq After weathering weeks of attacks from Iran-backed militias in Iraq, the United States designated seven leaders of these terror groups on April 17, asserting, “These militias operate with near impunity,... April 21, 2026 Iran’s Support for Russia and Lessons Learned from Ukraine April 21, 2026 Hamas says it may give up some weapons, IDF reports 5 ceasefire violations April 17-21 On April 19, The New York Times reported that Hamas officials said the group is ready to give up “thousands of automatic rifles and other weapons belonging to its police force and other... April 21, 2026 Iraq aims to select new PM as US warns of Iran-backed threats, IRGC-QF head visits Iraqi Shiite political parties are seeking to appoint a new prime minister amid significant internal and external pressures. The Coordination Framework (CF), a coalition of Iraqi Shiite parties, was working... April 21, 2026 Syria’s Crackdown on Hezbollah Opens a Door to Cooperation With Israel Syria has long functioned as Hezbollah’s strategic depth — a corridor for the group’s weapons and a launchpad for attacks against Israel, with Hezbollah embedding networks there during the rule of... April 21, 2026 Review of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy April 20, 2026 Don’t Let Iran Sow Hunger Around the World Life is precarious in Ethiopia’s highlands. The landscape is dotted with farmers working small mountainside plots—averaging less than a quarter acre—producing only enough to survive.... April 20, 2026 How America can fight back against enemy propaganda As Iran’s viral Lego videos, which spread anti-Western narratives through Lego-style animations and rap tracks, reach global audiences, the State Department’s call for diplomats to fight against... April 20, 2026 Ceasefire with Tehran doesn’t end the regime’s war on Iranians Tehran responded to the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign by targeting civilian infrastructure across the region, including firing cluster munitions at Israeli residential areas and striking hotels... April 20, 2026 US Treasury designates 7 Iran-backed Iraqi militia commanders as terrorists The US Treasury Department designated seven commanders from four US-designated Iraqi terror groups as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) on April 17. The leaders come from... April 20, 2026 Russia’s Gray Zone War Against NATO It’s a battlefield so cold that even Marvel’s Captain America might find himself looking around for a space heater, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t warming up. The Kremlin has been waging... April 20, 2026 Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services April 20, 2026 The dangerous national security shell company game A national security crisis is unfolding before our eyes and we can’t even see it. A failure by the federal government to enforce the law is allowing hidden Chinese companies to use opacity loopholes and... April 20, 2026 Turkey-Israel tensions deepen amid Erdogan’s confrontational policy Ankara has crossed yet another line in its steadily escalating confrontation with Israel. An indictment by an Istanbul court to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 34 other Israeli officials... April 19, 2026 Trump cannot settle for uranium removal in efforts to remove Iran’s nuclear threat Many commentators tend to downplay the successful Israeli–American campaign against Iran, which is currently at a critical turning point. Although more could certainly have been achieved, and... April 19, 2026 The Imperative for the Connected Built Environment As information technology and operational technology converge into a cyber-physical systems across the built environment, professional engineers must now account for a category of public safety risk that... April 18, 2026 Iran’s war against regional states: UAE bore the brunt, Iraqi Kurdistan still under fire The ceasefire between the US and Iran has largely held since April 8, and large-scale Iranian barrages targeting Middle Eastern states have ended. However, some attacks, particularly against Iraqi Kurdistan,... April 17, 2026 CATL’s Mining Push Escalates China’s Critical Minerals Offensive China’s battery giant is going vertical. CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, announced a $4.4 billion investment to launch a dedicated mining subsidiary focused on securing critical mineral... April 17, 2026 The road to the second Lebanon ceasefire At midnight local time on April 17, a second ceasefire in as many years went into effect between Israel and Lebanon. Brokered, or to some degree imposed, by the United States, this cessation of hostilities... April 17, 2026 Orban’s ouster was a win. But don’t let Hungary distract from Russia’s next target Post-election celebrations erupted in the streets of Budapest over the weekend after Hungarian voters ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years, handing pro-EU opposition leader Peter... April 17, 2026 Iran-linked group Ashab al Yamin surges attacks in European cities, claims 15 since March The Iran-linked front group Ashab al Yamin said it was responsible for conducting a recent string of attacks in the UK, Germany, Macedonia, and the Netherlands in April, with most of the incidents... April 17, 2026 Hamas Reiterates Refusal To Disarm, Placing Gaza Ceasefire in Jeopardy The ceasefire plan in Gaza has hit a roadblock in the shape of Hamas’s continuing refusal to disarm. The Iran-backed terrorist group conveyed that exact message to representatives of President Donald... April 17, 2026 Japan Is Poised To Become Part of America’s Arsenal of Democracy Japan’s rearmament policy is slowly going global. According to an April 15 report from Reuters, Japan is expected to finalize reforms to its arms export regulations imminently, significantly easing... April 17, 2026 Tehran’s Looking for a Few Good Spies in Israel Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is running an espionage recruitment operation targeting Israeli military and government personnel, according to new research from FDD’s Center on Cyber... April 17, 2026 What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender The domestic debate around the meaning of what would constitute victory in the current military conflict with Iran is nearly as fierce as the fighting itself. Part of this stems from the personage... April 16, 2026 How the Iran war is helping Lebanon and Israel tiptoe toward peace One of the paradoxes of war is that it can jolt peacemakers into action when conventional diplomacy fails. That’s what appears to be underway right now between Israel and Lebanon.As a direct result... April 16, 2026 Syrian president meets Syrian Democratic Forces leader to discuss next phase of integration Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa met with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi in Damascus on April 16. The meeting came two and a half months after an agreement between... April 16, 2026 Trump Announces 10-Day Ceasefire in Lebanon Trump Announces Ceasefire: Following conversations with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump announced on April... April 16, 2026 China Restricts Access and Expands Reach in the South China Sea Amid tensions in the Middle East, China is tightening its control over the South China Sea. Satellite imagery shows Chinese vessels have erected a floating barrier at the entrance to Scarborough Shoal,... April 16, 2026 Hamas rejects disarmament clause of Gaza peace plan, IDF reports 14 ceasefire violations April 8–16 Hamas officially rejected the multinational Board of Peace’s mandate for the group to agree to complete disarmament on Tuesday, threatening a core principle of US President Donald Trump’s... April 16, 2026 How Sudan Became a Killing Field Three years in, Sudan’s brutal civil war shows no signs of relenting. An estimated 400,000 people have been killed since April 15, 2023. More than 12 million have been displaced internally.... April 16, 2026 Crude new world: Oil markets will never be the same – regardless of how the war in Iran ends Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a worthy goal in and of itself. But President Trump’s campaign against the Iranian regime carries far broader implications — many of them... April 15, 2026 In the Iran War, the US Needs Strategic Patience Leo Tolstoy wrote in War and Peace, “Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait…There is nothing stronger than these two: patience and time.” This adage is apt for the current... April 15, 2026 The Risks of Chinese-Produced Cellular Modules April 15, 2026 Emirati Crown Prince’s Trip to China Underscores Importance of Petrodollar Dominance Gulf energy exports have largely ground to a standstill, but the United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains open for business. Emirati Crown Prince Khaled Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded a three-day visit... April 15, 2026 Lebanon: France Is Confusing the Symptom with the Disease *This article was originally published in French Excerpt More than 300 people were killed in a single day. On April 8, the Israeli army launched its largest wave of strikes in Lebanon since early... April 15, 2026 China Criticizes Iran War as Beijing Supports Tehran Under the Table China is trying to have it both ways in the U.S.-Iran conflict. On April 14, Chinese leader Xi Jinping criticized Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and called for a diplomatic resolution during... April 15, 2026 China Uses Political Leverage To Influence Foreign Courts The Chinese government’s power to prosecute — or persecute — critics does not stop at its borders. On April 13, a court in Kazakhstan sentenced 19 activists to prison after they protested Beijing’s...

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