Brazil

June 5, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Emily Hester

Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory

The United States must firm up its own coalition of AI collaborators.

May 21, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

9 Myths About Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program

President Trump and his administration have demanded that Iran agree to the full, verifiable, and permanent dismantlement of its atomic weapons program — including the regime’s ability to produce enriched...

May 20, 2025 | Max Meizlish, David May, Melissa Sacks

5 Ways South Africa Undermines U.S. Interests — and What Must Change

The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers...

May 16, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

May 14, 2025 | Max Meizlish, John Hardie

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit

Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine

May 9, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Any Iranian Enrichment Gives Tehran a Path to Nuclear Weapons

Washington has restated its red lines on Iran. On May 7, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance reiterated the administration’s demand that Iran peacefully dismantle its nuclear weapons program, including uranium enrichment as well as its plutonium reprocessing capabilities — key processes that make fuel for atomic arms — or face military action.

April 25, 2025 | |

‘Unwavering Commitment to Peace’: Paraguay Designates Iran’s IRGC a Terrorist Organization

Expands Hamas and Hezbollah Designation: Paraguay designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on April 24. The Latin American nation also...

April 10, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Trump understands China is on its way to global domination and must be stopped

President Trump is launching a tariff blitz on the world for one reason: China. China’s economy is built on a system that distorts free trade. Determined to grow at any cost, China has...

March 4, 2025 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Blackout

International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

February 14, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Seeking Leverage, China Reportedly Offers Washington Assistance in Settling the Ukraine War

Despite fueling Moscow’s war machine, China has expressed its interest in playing peacemaker in Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal reported on February 13 that Chinese authorities had approached the Trump...

January 13, 2025 | David May |

Lawfare Against Israeli Soldiers

Israeli tourist Yuval Vagdani had to escape for the second time. On October 7, 2023, he survived the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival near Gaza. Then in the first week of January 2025, he escaped Brazil...

December 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia enters 2025 at a crossroads in a post-Assad Middle East

Having lost it's Syrian ally in the former Assad regime, Russia is shifting forces from Syria to other places.

October 30, 2024 | Boaz Golany, Jacob Nagel

North Korean Troops in Ukraine: Are We on the Path to World War III?

A new version of the defunct Warsaw Pact is emerging in front of our eyes. With Russia and China as its two major driving forces, joined by regional powers such as North Korea and Iran, that brings with it its proxy terror organizations.

October 24, 2024 | |

Hamas Official Visiting Moscow Moots Hostage Release as ‘Gesture to Our Russian Friends’

Latest Developments Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk met with Russian officials in Moscow on October 24, telling Russian media that Hamas was willing to prioritize the release of two hostages...

October 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

BRICS showcases non-Western world order emerging

The expansion of BRICS into countries that are close to the West shows how many states are hedging their bets on this non-western group of powerful economies.

October 23, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Guterres embraces the authoritarians

By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.

October 21, 2024 | |

Israel Announces Legal Action Against French President Macron Over Exclusion From Arms Fair

Israel plans to take legal action against French President Emmanuel Macron for his decision to ban Israeli companies from a Paris arms fair, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz...

October 16, 2024 | Will Erens, Toby Dershowitz, Ari Ben Am

Argentina Arrests Hezbollah Crypto Financing Suspects

Argentine authorities arrested four individuals last month suspected of financing Hezbollah using a cryptocurrency wallet. As Hezbollah has increased its military action against Israel, these arrests signal...

October 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Russia-Iran axis is transforming the nature of Middle East danger

Russia’s siding with Iran will make it harder for peace to be achieved in Lebanon, or for a ceasefire to be achieved on the multiple fronts that Israel is facing

October 9, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past

By encouraging China’s colonialist present