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June 11, 2026 | Simone Weichselbaum, Naomi Friedman

Qatar covers its tracks: Gulf state spent millions to infiltrate American classrooms

Excerpt Qatar Foundation International has poured millions of dollars into U.S. K-12 public schools over the past 17 years. Qatari officials have long claimed that QFI has a “narrow philanthropic...

May 7, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi |

SADAT: Turkey’s Wagner Group

The SADAT International Defense Consultancy has grown into a key instrument of Turkish influence in Africa and the Middle East.

March 31, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran intensifies recruitment, repression amid reports of thousands of security deaths, Washington weighs ground operations

Washington has signaled readiness to expand operations, including potential ground options, while continuing strikes on Iran’s military and weapons infrastructure. At the same time, the sustained Israeli...

March 17, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi |

What Are Turkey’s Red Lines in the Iran Conflict?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reluctant to get involved in the Iran War, fearing it would hurt his party’s chances in the next election.

October 16, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm

As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....

September 30, 2025 | Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

June 30, 2025 | |

‘A Matter of Months’: IAEA Chief Issues Iran Uranium Enrichment Warning

Grossi’s Warning: Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that Iran could begin enriching uranium within months after both the...

April 14, 2025 | |

‘Before Negotiations…Come To See’: Zelensky Urges Trump to Visit Ukraine

Latest Developments Civilians Celebrating Palm Sunday Killed: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see Russia’s atrocities for himself during...

December 5, 2024 | Mariam Wahba |

Egyptian Satirist Jailed Over Political Cartoons, Spotlighting Cairo’s Abuse of Pretrial Detention

The case of Egyptian translator and political cartoonist Ashraf Omar casts a spotlight on Egypt’s abuse of pretrial detention laws, which enable the state to incarcerate detainees without evidence or...

August 29, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

August 12, 2024 | |

Hamas Shuns New Talks on Gaza Ceasefire

The Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist group confirmed in a statement on August 11 that it will not attend talks scheduled for this Thursday aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza and...

July 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Rafah through the eyes of int’l journalists

The trip by journalists is important because it provides the first reactions among correspondents to Israel’s operations in this area of southern Gaza.

February 28, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Is Gaza Really the Biggest Case of Arab Suffering?

What would a Sudanese person watching that country’s renewed civil war — which has killed 14,000, displaced eight million, and threatens 17 million with famine in less than a year — think when...

November 15, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Shifa hospital the focus of IDF ground operations in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces on November 15 began the task of searching Gaza’s Shifa hospital for evidence of Hamas’ use of the facility as a headquarters and weapons storage depot. The numerous buildings...

February 28, 2023 | Tony Badran |

Rob Malley visits the Gulf, with a bucket of old formaldehyde

A senior US delegation, led by Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and other counterterrorism and defense officials, traveled to Saudi Arabia recently to participate in the US-Gulf Cooperation Council...

December 5, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

No, Iran didn’t ban morality police — it duped press, and Biden administration

For a few hours this past weekend, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism pulled off a global disinformation operation to undermine a popular revolt, falsely suggesting the regime in Tehran had...

February 24, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Biden’s China Policy Could Benefit From Reflecting on Nixon’s Historic Beijing Visit

Nixon’s trip to China 50 years ago is known as “the week that changed the world.” If Biden wants to improve his political fortunes he would do well to learn from it.

October 6, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

February 26, 2020 | John Hannah |

Democrats Fail the Commander-in-Chief Test

Election 2020 On Tuesday, Democrats held yet another debate. And refreshingly, for once, foreign policy was actually on the agenda. Bernie Sanders came under fire for praising authoritarian leaders, Michael...

August 17, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Tracking freedom’s enemies

If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is...