Keep US troops in NATO’s KFOR
Pulling them out would save almost nothing while handing Moscow a cheap strategic win.
Moscow
How Russia and China Support the Houthis
The United States and its allies need a more coordinated anti-Houthi strategy to counter a Russo-Chinese threat to the region.
Op-eds
Trump Risks Violating U.S. Law by Giving Russia Even More Sanctions Relief
The basic rule of negotiation is to get more than you give. With Russia, the Trump administration is taking the opposite approach. On October 27, The New York Times reported the Trump administration...
Policy Briefs
The UN secretary-general race is steeped in intrigue. Should we care?
Like it or not, the United States and the State of Israel have to deal with the world body.
Op-eds
Congress should block Trump’s dangerous Saudi nuclear deal
Behind the scenes of U.S. midterm races, another campaign is quietly taking shape. Congress is poised to vote on the Trump administration’s proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, with...
Op-eds
Washington Should Not Push Europe Back Toward Russian Gas
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to recover the revenue Russia lost from its decline in gas exports to Europe. In a reversal of longstanding U.S. policy, Washington is trying to help him. At the...
Policy Briefs
The Perils of Russian Diplomacy
As momentum toward a Ukraine deal builds, the US should be focused on gauging Russian sincerity.
Op-eds
Ukrainian intelligence details new low-cost Russian cruise missile
Russia has developed a new cruise missile called the Filin, Ukrainian intelligence revealed on Thursday. This adds to Russia’s growing arsenal of low-cost long-range munitions, which are creating challenges...
Op-eds
Washington Should Resist Russia’s Gulf Mediation Bid
As Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf return to wartime highs and Saudi Arabia faces deadly strikes on its infrastructure from the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states...
Policy Briefs
Remarks before the Congressional Ukraine Caucus
Legislative Testimonies
How Russia Is Eclipsing the U.S. in Africa
The Kremlin is preparing to showcase its steadily growing influence in Africa, which has often come at Washington’s expense. On October 28-29, Moscow will host more than 30 African delegations for the...
Insights
Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands US Involvement
Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping are probing NATO’s tolerance for attacks on allies. The US and Europe must reinforce the region.
Op-eds
Trump can’t win by throwing Ukraine under the bus
Still reeling from President Donald Trump’s surprise deal lifting sanctions on Russian diesel fuel, Ukraine discovered on Wednesday that its access to a vital American satellite internet service had...
Op-eds
The Russian Milblogger Arrested in Montenegro Is a Kremlin Stalking Horse
For years, Russia has treated the Balkans as a battleground for its geopolitical ambitions, exploiting ethnic divisions, fueling tensions, and challenging Western influence. Now, Montenegro is pushing...
Op-eds
The Next War of Attrition is in Yemen
Battlefield dynamics in Yemen shift quickly, but Houthi aims do not. A movement organized around radical ideology and perpetual conflict now shares a border with a state organized around modernization...
Op-eds
Is Russia playing deadly games with the plague? Look to its history.
Excerpt One of the greatest scourges the world has ever known is in recent headlines: the Plague. A technician at Russia’s Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute has died of “pneumonia of unknown...
Op-eds
Taliban-Pakistan border clashes continue after Moscow talks end without agreement
Since October 5, reported fighting between the Taliban and Pakistan has largely consisted of border clashes along Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktia province and Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Op-eds
Back-to-Back Drone Strikes off the Coasts of Romania and Bulgaria Test NATO’s Resolve
Within 24 hours, drones struck commercial ships near two NATO members: a Turkish-owned grain ship near Romania and two vessels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Neither Bucharest nor Sofia...
Policy Briefs
Treasury Launches Assault on Russian Shadow Banking Infrastructure Supporting Iran
Operation Economic Outcast has found a new target: the A7 Network. On October 1, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Russia-linked shadow-banking platform as a transnational...