Analysis

Filter

Products

September 6, 2026 Israel claims control of Ali al Taher after weeks of Hezbollah attacks and failed handover efforts The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on September 3 that its 36th Division had cleared Hezbollah personnel from two underground routes beneath south Lebanon’s Ali al Taher Ridge, the site... September 6, 2026 Israel must prepare for the possibility of financial warfare For two decades, the United States built a formidable financial warfare machine designed to cripple Iran. Ironically, parts of that same machinery are now being assembled against Israel by some of Washington’s... September 4, 2026 Eyeing Russia and Iran, Berlin and Jerusalem Share Naval Capabilities Amid acts of Russian sabotage throughout Europe, NATO announced Wednesday that Germany completed a test launch of an Israeli-made ballistic missile in the North Atlantic. The test followed Tuesday’s... September 4, 2026 Advice to Europe: “America hasn’t won, but Iran may be losing.” *This article was originally published in French In Europe, and especially in France, the verdict seems to be in. The United States, we are told, has pursued a strategy toward Iran that is as brutal... September 4, 2026 Saudi Nuclear Deal Raises Concern Over Diluted U.S. Nonproliferation Standards In a notable loosening of decades of U.S. nonproliferation practice, the bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia now being reviewed by Congress would open the... September 3, 2026 IDF captures Hamas security chief, reports 29 Gaza ceasefire violations Aug. 19–Sept. 3 Israeli special operations forces captured Moein Muhammad al Arabeed, a senior Hamas security official, during a September 1 raid in the Katiba area of western Gaza City. Meanwhile, the US-backed... September 3, 2026 Syria Is Off the Terror List, but Washington Still Has Leverage US President Donald Trump has fulfilled the promise he made to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in May 2025, to give Syrians “a chance at greatness.” At the end of August of this year, Trump... September 3, 2026 Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Certain Covered UAS and UAS Critical Components and Equipment Listed in Section 1709 of FY2025 NDAA September 3, 2026 Houthi Propaganda Laid the Groundwork for Military Escalation Houthis rebels are threatening Yemenis with a return to civil war, the Red Sea with resumed instability, and Saudi Arabia with attacks on its energy infrastructure and shipping.... September 3, 2026 Victim Blaming in the Shadow of the Twin Towers A community organization that minimizes terrorism is training teachers and developing curriculum for K-12 classrooms. As we approach the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attack in American... September 2, 2026 Kurdistan Region concerned over US support amid Iran’s continued attacks On August 29, the BBC reported that the US was planning to end military support to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Peshmerga military force. The report comes as the US is withdrawing forces... September 2, 2026 Why Europe Isn’t Ready for NATO 3.0 The Trump administration’s anticipated reduction of US forces from Europe hit a reality check last week. Two overlapping missions, one by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow and... September 2, 2026 7 Ways the U.S. Is Trying To Defend Its Water System From Hackers In the wake of nationwide cyberattacks on America’s water infrastructure, the Trump administration launched Project Watershed 250 on August 31. The six-month pilot, based in Texas, pairs local water... September 2, 2026 White House, Caracas release details on historic US-Venezuela oil deal On August 28, US President Donald Trump announced that US officials had secured “majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela,” in what he described... September 2, 2026 Ankara Is Baiting Israel, Not the Reverse Before dawn on August 18, Israeli jets destroyed the runway at Syria’s Abu al-Duhur air base in Idlib. Within hours, America’s ambassador in Ankara, Tom Barrack, pronounced the raid an unnecessary... September 2, 2026 How Mark Ruffalo Swapped The Avengers For Antisemitism Mark Ruffalo needs to spend more time as a nonverbal, big green Hulk with no time in actual speaking roles. When the Hollywood actor opens his mouth these days, his script is full of lines that were written... September 2, 2026 The U.S. Rare Earth Playbook Provides a Blueprint for Supply Chain Securitization Washington is arming itself against weaponization of rare-earth-element supply chains. On August 24, the Department of Defense’s Economic Defense Unit (EDU) announced a $750 million offtake agreement... September 2, 2026 Stalled in Ukraine, Putin may try to break NATO Dwight Eisenhower is said to have counseled that if a problem can’t be solved, you should enlarge it. Is Vladimir Putin now applying that maxim perversely? I’ll bet you a ruble the CIA... September 1, 2026 Iran on the verge of collapse Excerpt President Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast is unleashing a painful wave of financial sanctions on the Iranian regime and its economic enablers. The plan has a reasonable chance of success.... September 1, 2026 Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September ... September 1, 2026 The Axis of Aggressors Is Getting Ready for War. Is America? America has grown addicted to the phrase “wars of choice,” often using it to vilify the U.S. government for campaigns deemed unnecessary. Wholesale skepticism of military power, however, undermines... September 1, 2026 Treasury Sanctioned Palestinian Terror Group Masar Badil. Its Allies Should Be the Next Targets. Sanctioning a terrorist front accomplishes little if the same network can operate through the work of its allies. On August 26, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)... September 1, 2026 Iranian-backed militia in Iraq sets ‘conditions’ for disarmament Kataib Sayyid al Shuhada, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, has set conditions for placing its arms under the control of the Iraqi government. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi has sought to... September 1, 2026 Top Islamic State spokesman killed in Yemen The internationally recognized government in Yemen based in the southern city of Aden announced today that its troops, alongside Saudi special operations forces, killed Abu Hudhayfah al Ansari,... August 31, 2026 Germany is stepping up on defense — and Washington should celebrate The Pentagon’s review of U.S. force posture in Europe has many NATO allies asking questions about the future of America’s military footprint on the continent, even as CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled... August 31, 2026 US and Canada brawl over hockey sticks — so China skates off with big trade wins It’s like a fistfight between conjoined twins: The United States and Canada are throwing tariffs and insults at each other tit-for-tat in one of the most unnecessary trade wars in recent memory. “I... August 31, 2026 Higher Ed’s Secret Foreign Funding Excerpt The Trump administration has made university accountability a signature issue, from combating discrimination to exposing foreign influence on campus. Now the higher-education lobby is trying... August 31, 2026 Let Ukraine Aim for the Archer Excerpt In your editorial “Ukraine’s Next Missile Defense: Starlink?” (Aug. 23), you argue Ukraine should be permitted to use Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service to... August 31, 2026 Iran’s Cyber Retaliation Strategy Iran is trying to turn off the water taps across the Persian Gulf region and in the United States. Washington is determined to stop the sabotage, partly through sanctions. The US Treasury... August 31, 2026 Inside Economic Warfare And The Fight To Dismantle Iran’s Financial Lifelines Americans have good reason to be skeptical when Washington announces another round of sanctions. For years, politicians of both parties have reached for sanctions to be seen as doing something — anything... August 30, 2026 Trump’s New Iran Sanctions Put China on Notice Excerpt For years, Washington has imposed sanctions on Iran and its regime’s supporters while largely sparing the foreign banks that help Tehran evade those sanctions. The Trump administration... August 29, 2026 Oman can’t avoid Operation Economic Outcast President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of American plans for the future of the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the threat, Iran and Oman announced that... August 28, 2026 Lebanon’s Hezbollah Finance Crackdown May Be Designed to Fail Lebanon’s campaign against Hezbollah’s finances may be designed to look tougher than it is. Under pressure from Washington and international regulators, Beirut has done enough to claim progress by... August 28, 2026 Putin is testing NATO because he thinks the West will flinch CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow this week comes as U.S. intelligence warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be prepared to escalate against... August 28, 2026 Economic Pressure on Iran Is Working, But Washington Still Needs an Endgame Iran’s confinement to a no-war, no-peace limbo may soon produce Washington’s opening. Gas stations across Iran are facing miles-long queues, with people waiting for hours only to find stations closed... August 28, 2026 Iranian-backed Iraqi militias may seek to delay disarmament Iranian-backed militias in Iraq may be seeking to delay the government’s plan to disarm them. “A senior Iraqi official pushed back a September 30 deadline for pro-Iran factions to hand over their weapons,... August 28, 2026 Trump Administration Sends Secretive U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress for Review The Trump administration appears poised to upend long-standing U.S. policy restricting the spread of nuclear fuel-making technologies. It has transmitted a U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement to... August 28, 2026 Honor Thy Father and Mother, but Obey Xi hina’s Communist Party is playing a long game against Christianity, using the young to target the old; both separating children from faith and telling them to turn against their parents for a few dollars... August 28, 2026 Zero Shells for $533 Million Turkey’s Expanding Stake in America’s Munitions Base On Aug. 12, ProPublica documented what the Pentagon’s inspector general had already confirmed in July: a Texas plant built... August 28, 2026 Putin’s Knee-Jerk Nuclear Saber-Rattling This week the Kremlin is signaling that further escalation remains on the table, with some Russian officials reportedly discussing nuclear weapons as a last resort, Bloomberg reports. The... August 27, 2026 Iraq’s Growing Oil Exports Through Basra Should Not Become an Asset for Iran Basra, Iraq’s oil export hub perched on the Persian Gulf, is busier than it has been since conflict between the United States and Iran began in February. According to Bloomberg, satellite imagery... August 27, 2026 Taiwan’s Chip Smuggling Case Shows Promise for Allied Export Control Enforcement In a world of globalized supply chains, enforcing export controls is also a globalized effort. On August 24, Taiwan charged nine individuals in a scheme to smuggle Super Micro servers containing Nvidia... August 27, 2026 Operation Economic Outcast Commences, And Where It Could Head And so, it begins. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department launched Operation Economic Outcast in a bid to expand the architecture of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its network... August 27, 2026 Moscow Targets U.S.-Backed Projects as Armenia Moves West Although Moscow failed to swing Armenia’s June elections in its favor, it continues to stir the pot in Yerevan, aiming to thwart Armenia’s turn toward the West. A new report from cybersecurity company... August 27, 2026 Operation Economic Outcast’s Success Depends on Aggressive, Sustained Enforcement First there was the maximum pressure campaign during President Trump’s first term. Then came Operation Economic Fury in April 2026. Now, with Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump administration is launching... August 27, 2026 Obama Figures Chastising Trump on Iran Have Zero Self-Awareness Excerpt President Donald Trump has tried everything from negotiations to military force to blunt Tehran’s nuclear, missile, and regional aspirations. He has now settled on economic pressure.... August 26, 2026 How Putin’s Black Sea food fight puts the world — and your grocery bill — at risk The oil war in the Black Sea between Russia and Ukraine is turning into a food fight — with potentially disastrous implications. Moscow, fuming at strikes on its “shadow fleet” of sanctions-evading... August 26, 2026 The Lebanese Government Ordered Iran’s Would-Be Ambassador Out. Then Another Part Let Him Stay. Lebanon ordered Iran’s ambassador-designate out in March. Five months later, he remains in Beirut — with at least six more months of legal residence. Mohammad Reza Sheibani was rejected for political... August 26, 2026 5 Things To Know About Turkey’s Relationship with Syria Turkey has emerged as one of the leading patrons of Syria’s new government under President Ahmad al-Sharaa, following the December 2024 fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Ankara had built ties with... August 26, 2026 Turning a Page on Syria’s Proliferation Past “We are now turning a page … Turning a page does not mean forgetting the past; it means just the opposite — which is confronting it, confronting it with eyes wide open,” declared Rafael...

…

446

#archivePage { display:none; } .noscript-posts { display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px; margin: 50px auto; } .noscript-posts a { margin-bottom: 25px; text-decoration: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; } .noscript-posts a .post-title { text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .pagination { list-style-type: none; max-width: 600px; margin: 50px auto; }