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July 16, 2026 | Natalie Ecanow, Justin Leopold-Cohen

Germany’s Expanding Defense Partnership With Israel Hit Troubled Waters. It’s Too Valuable To Sink.

As America’s NATO allies boost their defense spending and capabilities to counter Russian aggression, Germany is turning to Israel. After fielding its first Israeli-made Arrow 3 ballistic...

July 14, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Erdogan Dreams of Annexing Arab Countries, Reviving the Turkish Empire

The prospect of a revived Turkish empire poses a new threat to Arab sovereignty.

July 3, 2026 | Cameron McMillan, Bradley Bowman

Don’t Decimate U.S. Military Posture in Europe

As NATO leaders gather in Ankara next week, there is much to celebrate. Ukraine is gaining the upper hand on the battlefield against Russia. European defense spending is way up. Many European...

June 18, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Maya Khadra, Roberta Bonazzi

Hezbollah: Lebanon Has Just Shattered a European Fiction

For more than thirteen years, the European Union has maintained a distinction between Hezbollah's political and military wings. A distinction the organization itself has never recognized - and one that Lebanon's foreign minister has now swept aside.

May 14, 2026 | John Hardie, Cameron McMillan

This Is No Way To Treat Our European Allies

The Trump administration is fond of reminding allies that NATO is a two-way street. But at present, Washington seems to need that message most. Earlier this month, amid a feud between President Donald...

November 27, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz |

Trump has finally said what no other world leader is brave enough to admit… and taken a stand against the greatest threat to Western civilization

President Donald Trump‘s new executive order targeting branches of the Muslim Brotherhood marks the first serious attempt by any Western leader in decades to confront the Islamist networks that...

November 21, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

London’s Eurofighter sale to Turkey: A win for industry, a loss for strategy

When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side-by-side in Ankara on Oct. 28 to announce Turkey’s purchase of 20 Eurofighter Typhoons...

November 18, 2025 | |

Germany Resumes Arms Sales to Israel Following Gaza Ceasefire

Returning to a Case-by-Case Basis: Germany announced on November 17 that it would resume weapons sales to Israel that were suspended in August in response to Israel’s planned...

November 8, 2025 | |

Iranian Plot to Assassinate Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Foiled

Murder of Ambassador Prevented: Mexico, with assistance from U.S. and Israeli intelligence, foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Jerusalem’s ambassador to Mexico, according...

September 12, 2025 | |

‘Misguided And Ill-Timed’: UN General Assembly Approves Palestinian Statehood Resolution

Joint French-Saudi Resolution Approved: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved on September 12 a resolution proposed by France and Saudi Arabia supporting an “irreversible”...

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,...

July 25, 2025 | Tom Kühnel, John Hardie

Germany considers buying US-made Typhon as ‘bridge’ long-range strike solution

Berlin is interested in buying the US-made Typhon missile launch system, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced earlier this month after meeting with his American counterpart in Washington,...

July 23, 2025 | |

UK and Germany Agree to Sell Eurofighter Typhoon Fighter Jets to Turkey

Turkey to Purchase 40 Jets: Turkey reached preliminary deals with both the United Kingdom and Germany on July 23 for the possible purchase of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets....

July 16, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh, Behnam Ben Taleblu

EU Sanctions Tehran’s Transnational Repression Network

Tehran’s global terror apparatus has triggered an important European response. On July 15, the European Union (EU) Council designated the network of narco-trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi Zindashti and...

June 4, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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May 30, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

German support for Israel is fading

Thomas Paine dismissed the “summer soldiers” and “sunshine patriots” who wavered on the American struggle for independence during “the times that try men’s souls.” Germany should avoid adopting a similar mindset.

May 28, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

A secular jihadi brings the intifada to Washington

The Islamist/leftist alliance metastasizes

March 28, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Sinan Ciddi, Melissa Sacks, Michael Rubin

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

March 4, 2025 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Blackout

International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

November 26, 2024 | |

‘Direct Ties to Senior Officials’: German Police Charge Members of Suspected Hamas Cell

Four Hamas Members Charged in Germany: German prosecutors announced charges against four men on November 26 suspected of being operatives of the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group and plotting terrorist attacks on European soil. ...