Russia’s Hybrid War Against Montenegro
Irked by Montenegro’s accession to NATO, Russia and its traditional ally Serbia are trying to undermine democracy throughout the Balkans in their general strategy of dividing Europe.
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The Arsenal of Tyranny
Tehran arms jihadis, terrorists, and neo-imperialists
Op-eds
Soldiers of Misfortune
The Wagner Group isn’t playing
Op-eds
Reading Putin’s mind
What must the Russian dictator be thinking?
Op-eds
Washington must label Russian private army Wagner Group as the terrorist group it is
Recent media reports show that the Biden administration is considering designating the infamous Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, as a terrorist entity. While such a move may seem counterintuitive...
Op-eds
Obama’s Anti-Imperialist Fantasy Bears Bitter Fruit
The longer we refuse to acknowledge the mistakes of the Iran deal, the greater a price we pay
Op-eds
It’s not just the EU that needs to scrutinize Qatar’s influence campaigns
There’s nothing wrong with deploying capital for economic growth — but Doha seeks to gain sway too.
Op-eds
German national freed in the Sahel after years of jihadist captivity
Late last week, German national Jorg Lange was freed in the Sahel after spending the last four years being held by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (more commonly known as the Islamic State in the Greater...
Op-eds
The Lebanese are Living the Dream
The Lebanese have long had an ideal vision for how their dysfunctional polity should be run. Their perfect arrangement involves the great power(s) — which in the past meant Europe and Russia but today...
Op-eds
America’s Lebanese fantasy hits a road-bump
For the past two years, the Biden administration has been hell-bent on getting Saudi Arabia to underwrite the US project of administering Lebanon. And for two years running, the Kingdom has refused, having...
Op-eds
‘Quad needs to befriend Bougainville, not just Papua New Guinea’
‘China may be getting ready to do in PNG what it has already pulled off in the Solomon Islands. Is it really smart for Australia, let alone its diplomatic friends in the Quad to bet everything on PNG?’
Op-eds
US strong-arms allies into recognizing Iranian “equities”
On October 26, Amos Hochstein headed back to Lebanon for the “signing ceremony” for the maritime boundary deal Team Biden succeeded in imposing on Israel. Reflecting the farcical nature of what is bizarrely...
Op-eds
Scoring the Lebanon-Israel maritime deal
This much is certain: Declarations of victory, by either side, are premature
Op-eds
Yeah, Buoy!!!
Yair Lapid trades Mediterranean gas fields claimed by Israel to Hezbollah in exchange for a line of rusting buoys
Op-eds
Israel trades gas fields for a line of buoys
The citizens of the state of Israel were informed this past weekend that the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yair Lapid was about to trade several hundred square kilometers of Israel’s potentially...
Op-eds
3001 Arabian nights
The Saudi crown prince means to transform the kingdom
Op-eds
Hezbollah Emerging as Winner from Israel-Lebanon Maritime Talks
Israel and Lebanon are apparently close to a final agreement delineating their maritime border after a Lebanese government delegation met with the Biden administration’s energy envoy, Amos Hochstein,...
Policy Briefs
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
Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency
Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.
Op-eds
Facing failure in Lebanon
Why the U.S. should stop subsidizing Tehran’s proxy