Murder in the Gulag
Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s only serious rival, has been eliminated
Fox News
The US Should Not Tie Israel-Saudi Normalization to a Palestinian State
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters this week that Saudi Arabia still has a “clear interest” in normalizing relations with Israel, but that moving forward would require a “practical...
Op-eds
U.S. destroyer shoots down Iranian-built drone over the Red Sea
The USS Carney, a U.S. warship that has been at the center of several engagements with the Houthis, has shot down an Iranian-built drone over the Red Sea on Nov. 29. While Iran’s proxies in...
Op-eds
U.S. military kills Hezbollah Brigades fighter in strike in Iraq
The U.S. military killed a fighter from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades in an airstrike in western Iraq on Nov. 21. The Hezbollah Brigades fighter had previously attacked U.S. troops at the Ain al-Asad...
Op-eds
U.S. military strikes Iranian facilities in Syria
The U.S. military launched its third round of airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria in response to repeated attacks by Iran-backed militias against U.S. forces fighting against the Islamic State...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: Nov. 13, 2023
Hezbollah Attacks from Lebanon Wound at Least 14 Israelis: On November 12, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing anti-tank guided missiles toward Dovev, a moshav near Israel’s northern border,...
Israel at War Situation Report
U.S. launches second strike on Iranian assets in Syria
The U.S. military launched its second airstrike in Syria in an attempt to pressure Iran to halt its militia proxies’ attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria. The Iran-backed militias have attacks U.S....
Op-eds
Small steps to a Saudi-Israel ‘mega-deal’
But Washington shouldn’t pursue comprehensive Middle East peace at the expense of localized wins
Op-eds
The New Middle East? An Israeli official goes to Riyadh while a Saudi official visits Ramallah
Here’s why things are changing so fast in Arab-Israeli relations
Op-eds
Lebanese Judge Indicts Hezbollah Members for UN Peacekeeper’s Death
A military investigative judge in Lebanon indicted five alleged members of Hezbollah last Thursday for killing an Irish peacekeeper in December. If the men’s affiliations are confirmed, they would be...
Policy Briefs
Washington Needs to Fight Russia’s Information War Using This Tactic
The US should turn Moscow’s 'reflexive control' tactic against the Kremlin: Instead of selling the American Dream, Washington should show Russians 'the Russian dream.'
Op-eds
Iran-backed Militias Target U.S. Troops in Eastern Syria
U.S. officials blame Iran-backed groups for targeting a facility housing U.S. military personnel near Hasakah in northeast Syria on Thursday. The attack killed one American contractor and wounded several...
Op-eds
America Is Still Losing the Information War
Washington urgently needs a 21st-century communication strategy.
Op-eds
The Three Amigos Summit
President Biden doesn’t intend to defend America’s border
Op-eds
Beat the press
Reporters in Gaza have never been free and aren’t now
Op-eds
Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth
When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.
Op-eds
Hungary’s Orban Is Hardly a Model for American Conservatives
We are no progressives or mushy liberals offended by Mr. Orbán’s attacks on the left’s sacred cows. We are aware of the dangers posed by his brand of nationalism.
Op-eds
Deal or no deal
Iran’s rulers may be demanding too much even for Biden
Op-eds
Russia’s Putin looks to import Syrian mercenaries to do the ‘dirty tricks’ against Ukraine’s population
Putin launches recruitment operation of Syrian armed forces
Op-eds
The coalition of the unwilling
Western elites prefer not to fight authoritarianism