Axis of Aggressors

Remarks before the Congressional Ukraine Caucus

UN Provides Expansionist Russia With a Platform To Condemn ‘Colonialism’

The United Nations has turned moral inversion into an art form. The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, which handles decolonization, passed a Russian-sponsored resolution on October 15 that seeks...

Pakistan-Taliban border clashes continue amid diplomatic efforts

Since October 12, border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban have continued in multiple locations, with both sides accusing the other of initiating hostilities. Russian and European Union officials...

The Next War of Attrition is in Yemen

Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and perpetual conflict now shares a border with a state organized around modernization...

Trump must answer Houthis’ airport strike — and punish Iran for its chaos

The death toll from the Houthis’ weekend attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has risen to over 15, including one American — and Iran’s Yemeni partner shows no signs of stopping...

Russia’s Leading Sanctions Evasion Tool Is a New Kind of Illicit Finance Threat

In a blow to Russia’s economy and war effort, on October 8, the United Kingdom sanctioned 38 entities that are helping to prop up the Kremlin. That includes two oil companies, 12 ships trafficking...

Insurgent attacks surge in southeastern Iran

A coalition of Iranian Baluch insurgent groups, Jebhe-ye Mobarezin-e Mardomi (JMM), claimed two attacks on Islamic Republic security forces on October 8, killing a police officer and a conventional army...

Securing the United States Bulk-Power System

Syria increases criticism of Israeli actions, continues diplomatic outreach

Syria sharpened its criticism of Israeli military operations in Syria during the first week of October, including the construction of a new fortified security line in southern Syria, east of the Israeli-occupied...

The Iran Dilemma: A View from Tokyo and Jerusalem

The Mecca Pact Won’t Deter Yemen’s Houthis

Less than two months after its signing, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia activated the Mecca Pact for the first time. On October 5, during an emergency meeting held in Riyadh, the three countries...

Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government Launches a Serious Challenge to the Houthis

The Iran-backed Houthis march down Yemen’s west coast looked easy, but holding the territory is proving more difficult. Yemen’s internationally recognized government began Operation “Dawn of Yemen”—...

Treasury Sanctioned a Hamas Crowdfunding Network. Its French Front Should Be Next.

U.S. and French authorities have moved against a Hamas fundraising network that allegedly raised more than $600,000 from American donors. The harder task is keeping it from rebuilding. On October 2,...

Revenge Is a Central Pillar of Iranian Foreign Policy

A diplomatic agreement can’t bring real peace with a regime that has a long history of terrorism.

The Houthis, Tehran, and the Deep Red Sea

Defense Department’s Public Election Security Directive Sends Important, but Belated, Signal to U.S. Adversaries

With the U.S. midterm elections fast approaching, the Department of Defense (DOD) has released an apparently unprecedented directive on election security. The directive, signed by the secretary of defense...

US charges engineer with supporting Houthis, Louisiana brothers and Florida man with financing Hamas

Federal authorities in September charged defendants in three cases alleging support for the Houthis and Hamas. The cases accuse a Department of Energy engineer of attempting to aid the Houthis and two...

In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis

Board of Peace unveils Gaza recovery plan, Israel reports 18 ceasefire violations Sept. 15–29

On September 23, the US-backed Board of Peace (BoP) unveiled a $2.45 billion, six-month Gaza recovery plan, but its implementation remains stalled by disagreements over Hamas’s disarmament and Israel’s...

China Is the Last Major Runway Open to Iran’s Sanctioned Airlines

Mahan Air, which Washington sanctioned in 2011 for ferrying weapons and operatives for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is still landing in China. On September 23, hours after the U.S. Treasury Department’s...