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April 27, 2026 Israel and Syria’s Shared Fight Against Hezbollah “We stand alongside Lebanon in disarming Hezbollah,” Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa declared last month. No other Arab head of state has called for taking away Hezbollah’s... April 27, 2026 If Boycotting Israel Requires a Law, Is It Truly Popular? Hezbollah and its global Intifada allies claim that the overwhelming majority of Lebanese, Arabs, and people of conscience view Israel as pure evil, a cancer to be eradicated. Yet if this hatred is truly... April 27, 2026 Qatar Influence Operations: Unmasking a Suspected Network April 26, 2026 Tick-tock, Tehran — the regime’s escape routes are closing fast The clock is ticking in Washington and Tehran. With midterm elections approaching, pressure is building on President Donald Trump — from the left and the isolationist right — to wind down... April 26, 2026 Deny the Truth at All Costs: Moscow’s Perennial Playbook April 26, 1986, marks the day the Chornobyl disaster began, and the Kremlin answered with silence. Officials withheld the truth and Soviet propaganda downplayed the danger of radiation. Forty years later,... April 26, 2026 Strait of Hormuz should not reopen on Tehran’s terms For the United States, reopening the Strait of Hormuz is a must-do, but how Washington does so determines whether it is a win or a strategic defeat. If shipping resumes through diplomatic... April 26, 2026 JNIM and allied rebels surge across Mali, take several cities, pressure capital Beginning on Saturday, Al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), and its allies in the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a collection of Tuareg and Arab rebel groups, fully or partially... April 26, 2026 Preserving Israel’s military edge: Strategic steps for the Defense Ministry Forged in the 1960s, the enduring US-Israel special relationship remains a cornerstone of regional stability. Central to this alliance is the United States’ statutory commitment, codified in Section... April 25, 2026 Think we’re losing the war in Iran? Consider where things really stand If you told me just a few years ago that this is where Iran would stand today, I would have dismissed it as fantasy. The mistake that many analysts are making today is confusing the Iranian regime’s... April 25, 2026 The Race to Build America and Israel’s Missile Defenses The U.S. ceasefire with Iran may be about to end – or not. Ceasefires, regardless of their length, are often much more than simply a pause in combat. Unfortunately, they are also often a starting gun... April 24, 2026 Houthis portray steadfast support for Iran, reportedly consider Red Sea toll After mostly sitting out the campaign that was launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al Houthi reiterated the Yemeni terrorist group’s... April 24, 2026 Russian Shahed drone maker recruiting for new unmanned systems brigade An organization affiliated with Russia’s main producer of Shahed-type drones has launched a recruitment drive for a new unmanned systems brigade, promising young men the chance to earn risk-free cash... April 24, 2026 Taiwan to secure energy soft spots The war in Iran indicates that the fight over controlling global energy flows is far from over. A close partner of Tehran, Beijing is no doubt factoring lessons from the conflict into its designs to... April 24, 2026 Will the Next UN Leader Be Good for America? UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s time in office is coming to an end, which raises the question: Who will lead the world’s most important multilateral body next? The 2026 secretary-general... April 24, 2026 America’s Ambassador to Turkey Is Undermining U.S. Interests U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack raised eyebrows last weekend at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum when he stated, “Turkey is not a country to be messed with,” –– a remark intended to blame Israel... April 24, 2026 Sharaa’s Gulf Tour Is All About the Economy Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited three Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates — over two days beginning on April 21. The Syrian presidency described the trip in broad... April 24, 2026 Iran’s economy after the March war: how bad can it get? Iran’s economy is heading into a period of sharp deterioration following the March war, with mounting pressure from inflation, currency depreciation and damage to key industries raising the risk of a broader crisis. April 24, 2026 Syria thwarts Hezbollah plot, vows at UN to fight terrorist groups The Syrian Interior Ministry and General Intelligence Service thwarted a plot by a Hezbollah cell, Syrian state media reported on April 19. Four days later, Syria’s permanent representative... April 24, 2026 America Can’t Reindustrialize on Chinese Batteries Washington has learned, often the hard way, that supply chains once treated as purely commercial can carry real national security consequences. Huawei exposed that risk in telecommunications. Chinese drones... April 23, 2026 Trump Administration Requests Extraordinary $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget After years of bipartisan failures to devote sufficient resources to defense, the Trump administration requested an extraordinary 44 percent increase in defense spending in its roughly $1.5... April 23, 2026 Evaluating the Economic Damage to Iran From Operation Epic Fury: An Initial Estimate With the conflict still unfolding, FDD estimates economic damage to Iran at approximately 40 percent of its pre-war GDP — a first accounting that speaks to the breadth and depth of Iran’s losses. Specifically,... April 23, 2026 Total Iran Economic Damage Estimate ... April 23, 2026 Taiwan Looks To Lock In New Arms Deal With America Amid Defense Spending Debate For both Taipei and Washington, spring is the season for defense budgets. On April 22, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense announced that it had signed six arms deals with the United States totaling more... April 23, 2026 Iran’s economic damage from Operation Epic Fury April 23, 2026 Europe Approves 90 Billion Euro Interest-Free Loan to Ukraine Funding for Defense and Budget Expenses: The European Union gave final approval to a 90-billion-euro loan for Ukraine on April 23 after Hungary lifted its two-month veto. The interest-free... April 23, 2026 U.S. Forces Interdict Vessel in Indian Ocean Transporting Oil From Iran Vessel Interdicted: The U.S. Department of Defense announced on April 23 that “overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned... April 23, 2026 America’s Cyber Strategy Has a Budget Problem The threat from cyberattacks has never been more acute, but there is reason to worry America is not rising to the challenge. It is not the lack of a cybersecurity strategy, but rather a growing... April 23, 2026 Finish the job: Why a half war with Iran is the most dangerous outcome President Donald Trump made a difficult but ultimately correct decision in striking the Islamic Republic. For years, the regime’s nuclear advances, missile expansion and regional terrorism... 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...

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