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May 24, 2023 What would Turkish foreign policy look like under a third Erdogan term? Turkish voters will decide on Sunday who will lead Turkey as president for the next five years. If the widely expected comes to pass, that person will be Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has governed... May 23, 2023 Iranian Nuclear Advances Provoke Israeli Warning of Military Action The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF’s) chief of staff said on May 23 that Israel may take “action” against Iran’s nuclear facilities due to “possible negative developments... May 23, 2023 The Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington Saudi Arabia’s crown prince reportedly told senior U.S. officials earlier this month that he is prepared to normalize the kingdom’s relations with Israel as part of a broader reset in relations between... May 22, 2023 The New Saudi State Sets Off Into Uncharted Geopolitical Waters A huge Saudi flag flies over the approach to Diriyah, the first capital of the al-Saud dynasty and the site of one of five massive national development projects that are remaking the socioeconomic and... May 22, 2023 IRGC Turning Commercial Ships Into “Floating Terror Bases” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been covertly converting commercial ships into launch platforms for missiles, drones, and commando raids, Israel disclosed on May... May 22, 2023 UN ‘Nakba’ Day devolves into antisemitism Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas used his United Nations speech last week to accuse Israelis of systematically lying, likening the Jewish state to Nazi propagandist Joseph... May 19, 2023 Iran Executes Three Protesters Despite International Outcry Latest Developments Iran’s regime executed three innocent men on May 19 whom security forces arrested last year during anti-government protests. In a brief trial devoid of due process, Tehran falsely... May 19, 2023 America Needs a New Protocol for Handling Shooter Manifestos It did not take long for the online profiles of the Allen, Texas, mass shooter to go viral. Misogynistic rants, Nazi tattoos, and expressions of frustration at the shooter’s own ethnicity remain accessible even... May 19, 2023 Modi goes to PNG – why it matters to the region and Australia India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Papua New Guinea early next week and then go on to Australia, despite the cancellation of the Quad Leaders’ summit. Fortunately, Prime Minister Modi’s... May 19, 2023 How Crisis Architecture can Complement Business Continuity Plans Physical attacks — be they against businesses, banks, critical energy infrastructure, or places of worship — continue to tragically dominate the news cycle. Business continuity plans (BCPs) have now... May 18, 2023 War in Ukraine update: Ukraine Debuts New UK-Supplied Storm Shadow Missiles British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced last week that London had given Storm Shadow missiles to Kyiv. Soon after, Ukraine debuted its new weapon in strikes deep inside Russian-occupied... May 18, 2023 The Arab League’s Misguided Faith in Bashar al-Assad The Arab League has unfrozen the membership of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, 12 years after his suspension for brutally crushing a peaceful uprising against his rule. Arab League Secretary General... May 18, 2023 Gaza Rockets Pierce White House Optimism on Middle East In five days of fighting that ended with a Saturday night ceasefire, terrorists in Gaza fired more than a thousand rockets into Israel—1,468 rockets to be precise. Thanks to bomb shelters and the Iron... May 18, 2023 China Is Bailing Out Its Bad Bets, and Handing the West a Geopolitical Opening China has created its own subprime infrastructure crisis, and now it is trying to bail itself out. The rescue efforts are focused on loans for China’s much-touted Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, Beijing’s... May 18, 2023 Four Steps to Mix SBOMs—Softwares’ Recipe—Into Risk Management Software bills of materials, the ingredient lists for software, are important elements to companies’ cybersecurity strategies, but only if they use SBOMs effectively to manage risk, Georgianna Shea and... May 18, 2023 Treasury’s Sanctions Strike at Key Russian Ransomware Figure The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned Mikhail Matveev, a key figure in the Russian cybercrime world. In conjunction with a newly unsealed federal indictment of Mateev and a $10 million... May 18, 2023 The Perfect Tool for Scaling U.S. Defense Investment In the global techno-competition, the Department of Defense (DoD) has finally fielded a tool to incentivize America’s capital markets to invest in the kinds of emerging technologies Washington... May 17, 2023 Turkey’s 2023 Elections: The Anticipated Happened? There is no other way to say it: the outcome of Turkey’s elections is a huge setback for the country’s political opposition. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the “Nation Alliance’s” candidate, seeking to... May 17, 2023 Bashar al-Assad is back Is there, anywhere in the world, a dictator with bloodier hands than Bashar al-Assad? The competition is intense, I realize. But over the past dozen years, since protestors first took to the streets of... May 17, 2023 Protests in Iran Persist Eight Months After Death of Mahsa Amini May 16 marked the eight-month anniversary of Iran’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for her alleged failure to wear her hijab properly, sparking nationwide protests that continue... May 17, 2023 South Korea-US Alliance Is at a Critical Juncture for Cybersecurity Cooperation Standing in the Rose Garden of the White House in late April, U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged “to get the ball rolling” on expanding the Mutual Defense... May 17, 2023 Why Xi Is Ghosting Biden Excerpt Chinese leader Xi Jinping is ghosting U.S. President Joe Biden. Indeed, it has been six months since the two leaders last spoke—in the interim, Beijing has blamed busy schedules and even balloons... May 17, 2023 The President Must Move Swiftly to Nominate New National Cyber Director The Office of the National Cyber Director successfully led the development of the new National Cybersecurity Strategy. Now, the office is missing a key ingredient for implementing the strategy’s... May 17, 2023 Why Turkey Experts Got the Election All Wrong After a long day, night, and early morning last Sunday and Monday, Turkey’s Supreme Election Council declared that the hard-fought and much-anticipated presidential election would go to a runoff on May 28. Neither incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, so they will do it all over again. The odds are that Erdogan has the advantage going forward and will extend his two-decade-long leadership for another five years. May 16, 2023 Iran’s Inflationary Quagmire: Economic Challenges and Potential Instability Iran’s inflation rate in the previous Persian year (March 2022-March 2023) reached an unsettling 45.8 percent, the state-run Statistical Center of Iran reported this week. The country’s economic plight,... May 16, 2023 The real power behind Paraguay’s new president On Sunday April 30, moments after giving his acceptance speech, Paraguay’s president-elect Santiago Peña welcomed the former president, Horacio Cartes, to join him on the podium. The adoring crowd erupted... May 16, 2023 Preserving U.S. Interests in the Indo-Pacific ... May 16, 2023 Turkish Election Goes to Runoff With Erdogan Leading Comfortably Turkey’s presidential election is headed to a runoff since neither the incumbent nor his challenger could secure the majority of votes in the first round of voting on May 14. The... May 15, 2023 Europe Pushes Iran Deal at Ukraine’s Expense European governments are reportedly pressuring the Biden administration to revive efforts to reach a new nuclear deal with Iran despite a deepening of Iranian-Russian strategic relations... May 15, 2023 Amid Escalation in Gaza, Tunisian Soldier Murders Local Jews A Tunisian national guardsman murdered two Jewish cousins and three Tunisian officers last Tuesday, turning a festive occasion into a tragedy. Aviel and Benjamin Haddad were among thousands of... May 15, 2023 Statement to the Fifth Review Conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention (RC-5) To ensure peace in the days ahead, there must be no impunity for Russia’s violations and its most grave threats to security. May 13, 2023 Palestinians Declare Gaza Ceasefire The Palestinian Joint Operations Room (JOR) — a group of approximately 12 Palestinian armed groups led by Hamas — called a ceasefire on May 13, ending five days of fighting... May 12, 2023 It’s time to put Putin on the defensive Britain always has been, is now, and will be our eternal enemy,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev declared, promising the UK’s imminent collapse “into the abyss... May 12, 2023 A new foundation for the US-Saudi partnership Once a bastion of Western influence in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia may be shifting its allegiance toward the East. Tired of Washington’s wavering support, the Saudis are warming to China.... May 12, 2023 War in Ukraine Update: Wagner Group Drama in Bakhmut Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group, escalated his long-running feud with Russia’s Ministry of Defense over the last week. In a March 4 video, Prigozhin hurled expletives... May 12, 2023 Israel can turn Iran’s multi-theater conflagration strategy into an advantage Israel can turn Iran’s multi-theater conflagration strategy into an advantage ... May 12, 2023 It’s time to hold Russia accountable for its use of chemical weapons The film “Navalny” won the Academy Award in March for best documentary feature. The picture details the Kremlin’s 2020 apparent attempt to assassinate Alexei Navalny using a chemical nerve agent... May 12, 2023 UK Sends Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine Even Though U.S. Refused British Defence Secretary Benjamin Wallace announced yesterday that London has sent Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. By leading where Washington would not, the United Kingdom has provided Kyiv with a... May 12, 2023 Human Shields Allegedly Used by Iran-Backed Islamic Jihad Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on May 11 that Israel waited two days to strike an Islamic Jihad commander because he was using his family as human shields. The commander, Ahmad... May 11, 2023 Palestinian Rocket from Gaza Kills Israeli in Rehovot A rocket fired by terrorists in Gaza killed one Israeli and wounded several others on May 11 when it struck an apartment building in the city of Rehovot. “It was a very difficult... May 11, 2023 What Ukraine Still Needs to Win As Kyiv gears up for its spring counteroffensive, some U.S. officials are privately casting doubt on what Ukraine can achieve. To be sure, the Ukrainian military will face serious hurdles in... May 11, 2023 Misfired Islamic Jihad Rockets Kill Palestinian Children Latest Developments Rockets launched at Israel by Iran-backed Islamic Jihad on May 10 killed four Palestinian civilians, three of them children, after falling short within the Gaza Strip, Israeli tracking... May 10, 2023 Iran-Backed Gaza Terrorists Fire 469 Rockets at Israel Iran-backed terrorists in Gaza have fired 469 rockets toward Israel as of 9:30 p.m. Israel time, with 107 falling short in Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The... May 10, 2023 Iran’s Multifront Strategy Against Israel Rockets from Gaza flew toward Tel Aviv on May 10, only a few weeks after Israel celebrated its 75th anniversary. Against all odds, the country has survived despite multiple wars with its neighbors, a dearth... May 10, 2023 David’s Sling Air Defense System Intercepts Rocket for First Time Israel used its David’s Sling air defense system successfully for the first time on May 10 to intercept a rocket aimed at Tel Aviv during a rocket barrage from Gaza-based terrorist... May 10, 2023 Islamic Jihad Seeks Israel’s Destruction Gaza-based terrorists fired more than 270 rockets and mortars at Israel on May 10 as the Israeli Air Force attacked launching sites across the coastal strip. The terrorist group... May 10, 2023 Gaza-Based Terrorists Backed by Iran Renew Rocket Fire, Reaching Tel Aviv Outskirts Gaza-based terrorists renewed cross-border rocket fire at Israel on May 10, sending residents to shelters in cities as far away as Tel Aviv. There was no immediate word of casualties,... May 10, 2023 Israel’s 75th birthday On May 14, 1948, in the Tel Aviv Museum, David Ben-Gurion read from the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. As historian Simon Sebag Montefiore recounts in his masterful book, “Jerusalem:... May 10, 2023 Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial May 9, 2023 Jordan Carries Out Rare Strike in Syria Against the Assad-Backed Narco-Trade Jordan carried out airstrikes in southern Syria on Monday morning targeting a prominent drug lord and a narcotics factory in nearby Daraa province. Jordanian airstrikes in Syria are extremely rare and...

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