By halting Ukraine aid, Trump courts personal defeat
There’s still time to avoid emboldening America’s enemies—and a humiliation that dwarfs his predecessor’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
Joe Biden
Seeking Decisive Edge, China Uses Third-Party Countries to Circumvent U.S. AI Export Controls
Chinese firms have embraced an indirect approach to competing with Silicon Valley.
Policy Briefs
Qatari Advisor’s Comments on Gaza Ceasefire Highlight Gaps With U.S. and Israel
Qatari Official Urges Parties to Negotiate Phase Two: Countering the U.S. and Israeli positions,Majed al-Ansari, a senior advisor to the Qatari government, stated in a March 2 interview...
Flash Briefs
US kills Al Qaeda’s military commander for Syria
Video of CENTCOM's strike in northwestern Syria that killed Hurras al Din's overall military commander Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay. Hurras al Din is Al Qaeda's branch in Syria which claims to...
Op-eds
Small thanks and a little grace can repair that disastrous Ukraine meeting
High-stakes diplomatic negotiations almost never play out in view of the public. During Friday’s charged White House meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump,...
Op-eds
Crushing Iran’s oil trade: The path to maximum pressure
“We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the 100,000 barrels a day of oil exports,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Feb. 14. “If we get [Iran] back...
Op-eds
Hospitals Suffer Because the Department of Health and Human Services Fails to Lead on Cybersecurity
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. has an urgent crisis to solve: the ransomware pandemic crippling American hospitals. The Biden administration spent years affirming the importance...
Insights
An ‘Inconceivable Atrocity’: Uncle of Shiri Bibas Joins October 7 Survivors’ Lawsuit Targeting Qatari Network Al Jazeera
Complaint Against Al Jazeera Filed With Federal Court: Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas — the Israeli hostage murdered in Gaza along with her two young sons, Ariel and...
Flash Briefs
Meet Vladimir Putin
Let’s reacquaint ourselves with Russia’s ruler
Op-eds
The United States Must Become the AI Arsenal of Democracy
The United States confronts an adversary far more technologically savvy than any of those that came before. As with the Cold War, both Washington and Beijing view dominance over science and technology...
Op-eds
What DeepSeek taught us about the gaps in US tech strategy
The emergence of DeepSeek underlines a lesson to American tech companies and regulators: China has a far greater edge over the US in encouraging efficiency innovation and scalability. To maintain its competitive advantage, Washington must re-evaluate its current approach to one that goes beyond tech denial to include cost-cutting innovation at home and making friends globally.
Op-eds
China roils the Pacific waters courtesy Australia and New Zealand
China’s role in the region is a constant pressure in one direction. New Zealand and Australian policies towards the region have been naive at best, and the situation was worsened by U.S. State Department following Canberra and Wellington’s lead.
Op-eds
US military kills Al Qaeda facilitator in Syria
The US military killed a senior member of Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria in an airstrike in the northwestern part of the country on February 21.
Op-eds
‘Peace Through Strength’ Requires Increased Defense Spending
President Donald Trump, who ran on a platform of “peace through strength,” surprised some in Washington when he suggested last week that he might support cutting the U.S. defense budget by as much...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Must Pressure Qatar Not to Release Frozen Iranian Oil Revenues
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei thrust a long-simmering hostage controversy into the headlines on February 19.
Policy Briefs
Khamenei Urges Qatari Emir to Release Iranian Oil Revenues Previously Used for Hostage Negotiations
Supreme Leader Tells Qatar To Release Oil Revenues: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said, during a February 19 meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in...
Flash Briefs
Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy
Removing Hamas requires a vision to prevent the territory becoming a source of more extremism and terror
Op-eds
Cybersecurity: A Bipartisan Imperative in a Dangerous World
In an increasingly interconnected and hostile world, cybersecurity has never been more critical. And at this critical moment, we’re witnessing troubling signs of political paralysis creeping...
Op-eds
Trump can halt Russia’s war against Ukraine
Just don’t expect peace and concord
Op-eds
‘We Can’t Have a Contract That Says Iran or Russia Must Not Bid’: South African Minister Opens Door to Nuclear Cooperation With Tehran and Moscow
Iran and Russia in the Running: A South African government minister has said that Pretoria is willing to turn to Iran and Russia as partners in the development of its civilian...