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August 4, 2026 U.S. Should Quickly Heed Ukraine’s Request on Starlink As it braces for what may be its most difficult winter of the war, Ukraine is reportedly seeking permission to use the Starlink satellite communications system to target ballistic missile launchers on... August 4, 2026 Insurers Should Require a Cyber Safety Standard of Care for the Built Environment The American built environment has become more digitally connected, and the insurance market is increasingly exposed to cyber-physical losses that traditional underwriting categories do not fully capture.... August 4, 2026 Russia Is Expanding Its Arctic Submarine Fleet, Highlighting NATO’s Need for Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in the High North Arctic waters have always been frigid, but Russia’s expansion of its Northern Fleet is making the security environment more chilling. On July 28, Moscow launched the Ulyanovsk, its newest Yasen-M-class... August 4, 2026 Iraq pressured by regional countries to rein in Iran-backed militias as new data on extent of attacks released Iraq finds itself under growing pressure from regional countries and the US to rein in Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. The latest pressure from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan comes as Ahmad... August 4, 2026 Meet the Gaza athletes unmasked as terrorists Abdullah Khattab emerged as one of Gaza’s rising soccer talents at a young age. But he was committed to more than just athletics. On July 22, the Israel Defense Forces published... August 4, 2026 How companies could share cyber risks without exposing their secrets Zero-knowledge proofs could let infrastructure operators answer key security questions without handing over the sensitive data behind their answers. Imagine a major software flaw is discovered in equipment... August 4, 2026 Zero-Knowledge Proofs August 3, 2026 Saudis gravitate toward Middle East basket cases when it should join US’ fight against Iran Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly called President Trump on Saturday and implored him to hold off on striking the Islamic Republic of Iran. Trump acquiesced and punted... August 3, 2026 A Bipartisan Fix, 30 Years in the Making Bipartisan lawmaking is alive and well, at least when it comes to a dangerous but little-known loophole in America’s system for enforcing trade policy. This flaw can be seen in the case of $14.4 million... August 3, 2026 Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August Trend Overview Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines... August 3, 2026 China Rejects Overproduction Allegations Amidst Greater Trade Scrutiny Beijing is laying the groundwork for Paramount Leader Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to Washington. On July 30, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with... August 3, 2026 Iran’s missile attack was a surprise. It should not have been. Excerpt President Trump is in a familiar place on Iran. Massive military strikes advertised just days ago have been put on pause, and diplomacy is being given yet another chance. There is no guarantee,... August 3, 2026 China’s Senkaku Incursions Are Flying under US Radar When Chinese J-15 jets locked targeting radar on Japanese aircraft near southern Okinawan islands late last year, it should have been front-page news. Instead, China’s behavior passed... August 3, 2026 Why the OSCE Shouldn’t Meet in Serbia Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is facing the greatest political challenge of his decade in power amid ongoing nationwide protests over corruption and democratic backsliding. Yet... August 2, 2026 Russia’s Cyber War Against the West Russian weapons do not always need to explode. They may simply arrive in your inbox. As Moscow refines its cyber arsenal, digital espionage is increasingly the Kremlin’s weapon of choice for advancing... August 1, 2026 Trump’s Board of Peace proposal has hit a roadblock amid reconstruction of Gaza Strip President Trump is sounding bullish about the future of Gaza. After the Board of Peace, created by the US administration to manage the postwar reconstruction of the coastal enclave, issued... July 31, 2026 Drone Strike on Egypt Spotlights Iran’s Expanding Pressure Campaign For months, Cairo watched Iran’s regional campaign from the sidelines. Now, the war appears to have reached Egypt. On July 29, a drone struck the Egyptian port city of Damietta, damaging a U.S. gas... July 31, 2026 Border Crisis Exposes Spain’s Self-Inflicted Migration Mess Tens of thousands crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain’s enclave on the North African coast, on July 30, most swimming around a breakwater as Moroccan border controls lapsed. Dozens drowned. Within... July 31, 2026 U.S. Targets Iran’s Hormuz Extortion but Leaves Foreign Financial Enablers Untouched Tehran faced two rounds of new U.S. sanctions in as many days. On July 29 and July 30, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued back-to-back sanctions targeting the... July 31, 2026 Regarding the Proposed Policy Statement Concerning the Suppression of Accuracy in Artificial Intelligence Systems July 31, 2026 Anti-Taliban resistance groups increase attacks in northeast Afghanistan, district center briefly falls Over the last two weeks of July, anti-Taliban resistance groups conducted sustained operations in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, resulting in the Taliban losing control of its first district... July 31, 2026 Board of Peace announces Hamas disarmament agreement, IDF reports 32 Gaza ceasefire violations July 10–31 US President Donald Trump announced that the American-led Board of Peace (BoP) had reached a “historic agreement” for the phased disarmament of Hamas on July 30. The BoP outlined a... July 31, 2026 Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility July 31, 2026 The Board of Peace’s New Gaza Initiative Is Bold — And It Just Might Work US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff attend the inaugural Board of Peace meeting... July 31, 2026 10 Iranian Judges Sanctioned by U.S. Allies — but Not Washington Iranian authorities hanged two individuals in public who participated in the January 2026 Lion and Sun Revolution, the largest anti-regime uprising in the Islamic Republic’s history, in which millions... July 31, 2026 Amid war and persecution, Iranians remain hungry for change The vast majority of Iranians despise the Islamic regime that has ruled over them with an iron fist since 1979. A clear majority of Iranians oppose the regime’s drive to obtain a nuclear weapon. A... July 31, 2026 Securing the Arctic Russia’s Arctic ambitions have collided with the limits of its current power. Western sanctions have disrupted technology imports and delayed major shipbuilding and energy projects, while the... July 31, 2026 If the Saudis want a nuclear arsenal, Trump’s new deal might just give it to them President Donald Trump made waves the day after his administration announced a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. He conditioned the deal on Riyadh joining the Abraham... July 31, 2026 Bulgaria approved U.S. Tankers Over Tehran’s Objections Bulgaria’s parliament approved a U.S. request to station up to eight KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft and 250 military personnel at Bezmer Air Base in southeastern Bulgaria despite direct, public objections... July 31, 2026 Space Force Is Deepening Allied Cooperation. Congress Should Track the Results. The United States and its allies are still fine-tuning how to operate together in space. During the last week of June, U.S. and other Five Eyes personnel convened at Vandenberg Space Force Base for... July 31, 2026 Israel says Hezbollah launched drone attack on strategic ridge amid ceasefire On July 29, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hezbollah launched an “explosive drone” overnight toward an IDF engineering vehicle in the Ali Taher Ridge area of southern Lebanon. Ynet reported that... July 31, 2026 The fastest way to help Ukraine stop Russia’s missile threat Excerpt Russia bombarded Ukraine last weekend with one of the largest ballistic-missile barrages of the entire war. The attack — which wrought havoc across Kyiv — is part of Russian President... July 30, 2026 Saudi Participation in U.S. Airstrikes on Iraq Signals Impatience With Baghdad’s Inability To Control Armed Factions Baghdad’s failure to address drone attacks from Iran-backed Iraqi militias is forcing other countries to act. American and Saudi forces, in a first for the ongoing war with Iran, launched joint... July 30, 2026 JD Vance’s Warning About Regime Change Gets It Backward Excerpt At face value, JD Vance’s concerns about Iran can sound reasonable. The vice president said recently on Joe Rogan’s podcast that if the U.S. pursues regime change,... July 30, 2026 Iran Strikes Jordan To Probe Washington’s Escalation Limits Despite a lull in fighting between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran broke with its established pattern of portraying direct missile attacks against U.S. forces as retaliation. On... July 30, 2026 Zelensky Warns of Another North Korean Troop Deployment to Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow wants around 30,000 more North Korean troops, and they could soon arrive in Russia. These troops will almost certainly support Putin’s war effort... July 30, 2026 Iran thinks it won the war with US — now Christians are paying the price Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) published a list of “hostile” media organizations on July 14, including multiple Christian evangelical broadcasters based outside of Iran. Those Tehran finds... July 30, 2026 Protecting Texas Critical Infrastructure July 30, 2026 As Iran batters the Gulf states, Trump’s course is beyond clear President Donald Trump says he has “plenty of time” for talks with Iran. That works because Washington, DC, is 7,000 miles away from the Strait of Hormuz. But if you are in Dubai,... July 30, 2026 Former Israeli prime minister says Qatar funded Iran’s IRGC Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on July 27 that he will “declare Qatar an enemy state” if re-elected to lead the government. Bennett, who is running in the October 2026... July 29, 2026 Lebanese security forces incidentally discover Hezbollah weapons cache during raid On July 29, Lebanese media reported that the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), Lebanon’s national police and internal security services, conducted a dawn raid on the home of a... July 29, 2026 The State Department’s $500 Million Bet To Beat China on African Minerals Trade over aid is Washington’s newest old idea for Africa. On July 24, the State Department launched the U.S.-Africa Strategic Investment Program — a $500 million effort and... July 29, 2026 FCC Confronts Chinese-Produced Power Inverters and Robots The United States is pushing China out of its domestic critical infrastructure, one bolt at a time. On July 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the addition of all foreign-produced... July 29, 2026 US, Saudi Arabia strike Iranian-backed militias in Iraq after militia attacks US Central Command (CENTCOM) and Saudi Arabia’s Armed Forces carried out strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on the evening of July 28 after several days of escalating attacks by... July 29, 2026 The Houthis Are Hitting Saudi Arabia’s Energy Pipeline — and Here’s Why That Matters Saudi Arabia has weathered Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz by relying on its east-west pipeline to send crude from the kingdom’s energy-rich eastern province to the Red Sea terminal... July 29, 2026 When Paris Celebrates the Bankruptcy of Human Rights On Monday, July 27, at the United Nations Security Council, American diplomats stood up and walked out as the French ambassador began to speak. Ukraine was the item on the agenda that day. In Moscow and... July 29, 2026 Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack pledged allegiance to Islamic State, prosecutors say On July 25, 2026, Abdul Rahman Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent who had recently been released from prison after being convicted of attempting to join the Islamic State, allegedly... July 29, 2026 Erdogan’s rivalry with Israel has a new front: Africa There is a temptation to read a deepening Turkey-South Africa relationship as a story about trade diversification and multipolar hedging – two “middle powers” finding common cause in a post-Western... July 29, 2026 Russia’s Command and Control of Cognitive Warfare ... July 29, 2026 How to break Iran’s terrorist regime President Trump has stated repeatedly that Iran’s rulers must never be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons. But he hasn’t clearly explained why, so let me put it bluntly: They would use them. Iran’s...

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