Reconstructing Gaza: The devil is in the detail
The world is on the cusp of making the same mistake with Hamas that it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Still, there is progress to be made if the involved parties pay attention.
Kosovo
Trump should reject Serbia sanctions waiver request
Serbia and Russia are lobbying frantically for a reprieve from U.S. sanctions on Serbia’s oil and gas company, NIS, which Washington targeted due to its majority Russian ownership. Belgrade...
Op-eds
New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command
Brigadier General Kevin Lambert took over as the new commander of the anti-Islamic State coalition of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in a ceremony in Iraq on...
Op-eds
Russia Accuses Serbia of Betrayal
Despite the traditional rhetoric of Slavic brothers united in common cause, Serbia continues to look out for its own interest, knowing Moscow is willing to sacrifice the Serbs.
Op-eds
Serbian and Russian Orthodox Churches Unite Against West
As part of Russia’s plan to undermine cohesion in Europe, it hopes to pull Serbia away from its path toward the EU by emphasizing traditional Orthodox ties.
Op-eds
‘Unwavering Commitment to Peace’: Paraguay Designates Iran’s IRGC a Terrorist Organization
Expands Hamas and Hezbollah Designation: Paraguay designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on April 24. The Latin American nation also...
Flash Briefs
USAID Cuts Demolish Cyber Assistance to U.S. Allies and Partners
When U.S. partners aren’t secure, America isn’t secure.
Op-eds
Russia is using Trump’s Greenland rhetoric to boost its Crimea claims
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted that President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland is “not a joke.” At least one person,...
Op-eds
Who’s afraid of China? Palau inauguration calls bluff of ‘friends to all, enemies to none’
For all the regional talk of “Pacific family” and “friends to all enemies to none” who did – and who didn’t – show up for the Jan. 16 inauguration of Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr....
Op-eds
Deconstructing the Inauguration: No, not that one
We have a country that is geopolitically sophisticated, with close ties to the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, and is in a highly strategic location. So who showed up to Palau’s party, and who didn’t?
Op-eds
‘Peace, Development, and Mutual Understanding’: Paraguay Reopens Embassy in Israeli Capital Jerusalem
Latin American Nation Reopens Embassy in Jerusalem: Paraguay reopened its embassy in Jerusalem on December 12, becoming the first nation to move its main diplomatic mission to Israel’s...
Flash Briefs
Israeli operations in Lebanon should draw on lessons from the past
Israel has invaded Lebanon three times before, twice expecting a quick fight and instead getting pulled into a longer conflict. What will happen this time?
Op-eds
Power vacuum: Can an ‘interim’ force work for Gaza?
If the Palestinian Authority can’t even control the West Bank, how will its troops fare in Gaza?
Op-eds
U.S. Must Stop Putin
After months of delay, U.S. aid is again flowing to Ukraine. Yet the war’s trajectory remains uncertain. Russia is determined to win a protracted conflict, while Washington’s appetite for further aid...
Op-eds
Serbia and Russia want to refight Kosovo, this time with disinformation
Excerpt Yesterday, marked the 25th anniversary of NATO’s intervention against Serbia in 1999 to halt the human rights abuses perpetrated against the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo. Today,...
Op-eds
Putin Wants War in the Balkans
Russia is exploiting ethnic tensions as Serbia threatens violence against Kosovo and secessionists threaten a Bosnian collapse.
Op-eds
Putin proving his ambitions don’t stop at Ukraine
The day before Vladimir Putin’s long yearly address to parliament Thursday, politicians from Transnistria, a pro-Kremlin breakaway region of Moldova, asked the Russian president to “protect”...
Op-eds
Russia’s Second Front in Europe
The West Must Stop Putin From Provoking Conflict in the Balkans
Op-eds
Putin’s cynical offer to mediate in the Middle East is a farce
Following the largest Middle East escalation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Hamas conflict. “What matters now is to stop the bloodshed,” he said. “Russia...
Op-eds
Putin is opening up a new front against the West
The Balkans are set to explode unless urgent action is taken by NATO to quell Russian and Serbian aggression in Kosovo