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Zelenskyy to Send Trump Peace Proposal

‘Peace Has No Alternative’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he is finalizing his own peace deal, formulated in consultation with European partners, and...

IDF reveals Hamas financial network operating in Turkey

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed new intelligence pointing to a significant Hamas financial apparatus operating within Turkey under direct Iranian...

America’s Allies Step Up Pressure on Iran. They Deserve Support.

President Donald Trump doesn’t want to float anybody’s foreign policy anymore.  Washington’s quest to better balance foreign policy priorities and have allies do more is reflected everywhere...

Trump’s new national-security plan beats Biden’s but muddles our biggest threats

The White House’s just-released National Security Strategy wisely jettisons the Biden administration’s misguided emphasis on sexual identity and climate change as security priorities, but...

Eyeing Russia, Germany Fields First Israeli Arrow 3 Missile Defense System

The renewed Russian threat to Europe led Germany to field its first Israeli Arrow 3 ballistic missile defense system on Wednesday. Europe is working to improve its air and missile defenses in the face...

A good nuclear deal won’t put Saudi Arabia on a path for the bomb

What was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looking for on his visit to Washington in return for his trillion-dollar investment pledge? There were jets, a defense agreement, and what could possibly...

Is Qatari Money Corrupting American Education?

History was made days before Thanksgiving when President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting the Muslim Brotherhood. The order creates a framework for gradually hobbling the global Islamist...

Putin Resistant to Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan During Meeting With Witkoff and Kushner

Accepted Some Provisions, Rejected Others: A five-hour-long meeting in Moscow on December 2 to present President Donald Trump’s plan to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Russian...

Taiwanese President Proposes New Investment in Island’s Defense Amidst Rising Regional Tensions

In response to Beijing’s belligerence, Taiwan is planning to invest in its own security. On November 26, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te announced a proposed special budget of $40 billion to strengthen...

What a Ukraine-Russia peace deal might look like

Putin Aide Says ‘Serious Analysis’ Needed of New Trump Proposal To End Russian War on Ukraine

Russia To Examine New Trump Proposal: Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that the latest version of the Trump administration’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine warrants...

Fixing Putin’s plan

Helping make Russia great again is not in America’s interest

Peace in Ukraine Unlikely Until Putin’s Calculus Changes

Moscow will reject Washington’s new peace plan if it does not meet Russia’s maximalist demands, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insinuated on Tuesday as U.S. and Russian officials met to discuss the...

Romania, Germany Scramble Fighter Jets To Track Russian Drone Incursion as U.S. and Ukraine Deliberate Over Ceasefire Deal

Latest Developments Russian Drones Breach NATO Airspace: German and Romanian fighter jets were scrambled on November 25 in response to a Russian drone incursion into Romanian airspace — marking the...

Chinese Electric Buses Trigger Cybersecurity Alarm Across Europe

China’s reach into critical infrastructure threatens to disrupt Europeans’ daily commute. On November 19, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oslo transportation authority, working in conjunction...

Eyeing Turkey, Israel and Greece Work To Deepen Defense Ties

Israel and Greece, two of America’s key Mediterranean partners, are deepening their defense ties as both face continued Turkish hostility. This cooperation includes sales of advanced Israeli weapons,...

President Erdogan’s Decapitation of the Turkish Opposition

The US and NATO need to stand up for what remains of Turkey’s democracy.

London’s Eurofighter sale to Turkey: A win for industry, a loss for strategy

When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side-by-side in Ankara on Oct. 28 to announce Turkey’s purchase of 20 Eurofighter Typhoons...

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.

‘Principled Positions:’ Zelenskyy Pledges To Work With Trump Administration on Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal

Zelenskyy Meets With U.S. Officials: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll on November 20 to discuss the Trump administration’s...