Cold War

November 10, 2025 | David May, Ben Cohen

Fifty Years of Gaslighting Israel at the U.N.

Five decades after its creation, it's long past time for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to be shut down.

November 6, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, David Adesnik

Learning the Right Lessons From ‘A House of Dynamite’

Within three days of its debut on Netflix, “A House of Dynamite” rocketed to the top of the streaming service’s charts, with more than 22 million views. In the film, a nuclear-armed ballistic missile,...

November 5, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Meet the Muslim Brotherhood

Working to reestablish the caliphate for almost a century

October 19, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Covert Action Cover to Cover

REVIEW: ‘The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature’ by Charlie English

October 17, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Welcome to the Era of Mutually Assured Disruption

Washington and Beijing both believe they can manage the chaos. Neither can.

October 17, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Fifty years since the UN’s ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution

In adopting it, the world body became the main vehicle for the promotion of Jew-hatred, creating a bureaucratic apparatus designed to amplify the Arab and Palestinian campaign to eliminate Israel as a sovereign state.

October 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen, David May

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

October 10, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Why Donald Trump’s Diplomacy Appears to be Working

President Trump’s signature transactionalism and emphasis on personal relationships with foreign leaders are helping not hindering US foreign policy.

September 30, 2025 | Daniel Swift, Angela Howard

China Set To Fill Gap From Expiration of Key U.S.-Africa Trade Program

Africa is bracing for crushing new tariffs on goods exported to the United States. On September 30, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired, forcing an end to the duty-free access to U.S....

September 30, 2025 | Lewis Libby |

“Best Practices” in Crafting National Security Strategy— Reflections and a Case Study

Rising threats are driving major democracies to reassess their national security strategies.

September 30, 2025 | Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian

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

September 26, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How a New Arab Regional Order Is Taking Shape

A more integrated Middle East is also a Middle East more open to connections with neighboring regional powers.

September 16, 2025 | Peter Doran, Ivana Stradner

America’s enemies want us at each other’s throats over Charlie Kirk — don’t take the bait

As Americans grappled with grief over the assassination of Charlie Kirk, malign foreign governments maneuvered to exploit the shock.

September 9, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel’s Strike on Hamas in Qatar is a Game-Changer

Israel Reaches Out and Hits Hamas in Qatar On September 9, Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. The brazen daylight attack took place in Doha, the capital of a major non-NATO...

September 1, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Annie Fixler

China Is Winning the AI Race With America’s Own Manhattan Project Lessons

China is applying the real lessons of the Manhattan Project to AI—talent and steady research funding—while America risks forgetting its own blueprint.

August 27, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The U.N.’s long war against Israel

For half a century, the most globalist of institutions has demonized the Jewish state

August 20, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Northern exposure

The Alaska summit revealed Putin’s neo-Soviet goals

August 11, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdoğan’s Long Game in Syria

When Bashar al-Asad’s regime abruptly collapsed in December 2024, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan saw more than just a regional upheaval. He saw a long-awaited opportunity.  With Iran’s...

June 30, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

An Urgent Call to Close the Loopholes on Chips and China

The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, is that we need to win the technology race. Advanced technology made in United...

June 30, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel: Now the Dominant Military Power in the Middle East?

Israel: A Regional Hegemon with Iran Defeated? In the wake of Israel’s surprise attack on Iran on June 13, it has become clear that Israel’s military is now among the strongest in the Middle East....