Albania

September 11, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Board of Peace focuses on International Stabilization Force for Gaza

The Board of Peace, the body overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition, announced on September 7 that it had held a ceremony in Pristina as part of the signing of a Participating Country Agreement...

July 28, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel approves entry of International Stabilization Force into Gaza

On July 26, the Israeli government’s cabinet approved the entry of forces from the International Stabilization Force (ISF) into Gaza in the near future. The development envisions an...

July 2, 2026 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Meet the 13 Palestinians Tasked With Governing Gaza After Hamas

June 26, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Decision or stagnation in Gaza?

Eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas still controls half of Gaza

June 19, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Gaza peace plan sees slow progress after Hamas meets in Cairo

The US-backed peace plan for Gaza has continued to progress slowly, though ceasefire talks held in Cairo in the first week and a half of June appeared to stall over the issue of Hamas’s disarmament,...

April 27, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Kosovo military team evaluates Gaza deployment amid continuing ceasefire violations

The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) announced on April 26 that it had sent a team to Gaza to examine an area where its troops may operate in the future. “During this visit, the team will conduct a preliminary...

February 20, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, William Doran

Turkey Leaves Gaza Peace Board Summit Empty-Handed

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion...

February 20, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Stabilization force and funding pledged for Gaza at Board of Peace meeting

Five countries have agreed to commit troops to the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza, US Army Major General Jasper Jeffers said on February 19 at a meeting of the US-backed Board...

February 19, 2026 | |

Trump Hosts Inaugural Board of Peace Meeting

Latest Developments First Meeting of International Bloc: President Donald Trump convened the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace on February 19 in Washington, DC. Representatives and heads of state...

November 25, 2025 | Ari Ben Am, Annie Fixler

Iranian Operation Targets Israeli Academics

Iran’s henchmen have a penchant for threatening political opponents with violence, which has taken new form in the digital age. The Jerusalem Post revealed on November 21 that a new organization, the...

November 21, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Reconstructing Gaza: The devil is in the detail

The world is on the cusp of making the same mistake with Hamas that it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Still, there is progress to be made if the involved parties pay attention.

November 20, 2025 | Connor Pfeiffer, Max Meizlish

U.S., Mexico Step Up Cooperation on Cartel Money Laundering

Drug traffickers cannot spend their piles of cash unless other criminals are willing to launder their money for them. Without access to clean cash, cartels can’t invest in luxury properties, buy businesses,...

August 1, 2025 | |

‘Violations of Sovereignty’: Western Nations Issue Joint Statement Condemning Iranian Intelligence Threats

Joint Statement Issued: The United States and 13 NATO allies — the United Kingdom, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,...

August 1, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

US, UK, EU allies condemn Iranian terror plots

The United States, the United Kingdom, and a dozen other European countries issued a statement on July 31, condemning Iran’s escalating extraterritorial intelligence operations across Western...

March 17, 2025 | Annie Fixler, Johanna Yang

USAID Cuts Demolish Cyber Assistance to U.S. Allies and Partners  

When U.S. partners aren’t secure, America isn’t secure.

August 6, 2024 | |

Iranian Cyber Warfare Targeting Israel Seeks to Exploit Fears of Military Attack

A malicious email sent to Israeli citizens on August 4 purporting to contain “citizen safety” guidelines drawn up by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted attempts...

March 25, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Serbia and Russia want to refight Kosovo, this time with disinformation

Excerpt Yesterday, marked the 25th anniversary of NATO’s intervention against Serbia in 1999 to halt the human rights abuses perpetrated against the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo. Today,...

March 25, 2024 | Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

United States Cyber Force

A Defense Imperative

February 20, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

For Russia, a Year of Setbacks at the OPCW

Yet Member States Still Have Not Imposed Consequences for Moscow’s Chemical Weapons Use

December 1, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Ukraine Defeats Russia in Historic OPCW Election

Ukraine was elected this week to the 41-member Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), defeating Russia and unseating Moscow for the first time in the OPCW’s...