Within hours of the launch of U.S. and Israeli combat operations targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly condemned both the offensive and...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion...
The idea that cars might spy on people sounds like something from a box office thriller or a Jetsons cartoon, but Polish officials have recognized the real espionage risk associated with Chinese smart...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech has instilled a new sense of purpose within the transatlantic alliance.
Drones and ground-launched munitions have decimated Russian and Ukrainian tank fleets, and U.S. allies are looking to Israeli technology to ensure their tanks aren’t next. EuroTrophy...
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Masoud Barzani’s February 6 meeting with SDF commander Mazloum Abdi spotlights a decade of U.S. partnering that helped defeat ISIS in eastern Syria, but never produced a political endgame. After holding territory east of the Euphrates, the SDF suffered setbacks in mid-January clashes and then reached a January 30 understanding that allows Damascus to expand security control in remaining SDF areas. Some fighters could be absorbed into Syria’s army, while U.S. forces weigh next steps for ISIS detainee operations and their remaining footprint.
While Washington searches for ways to weaken Iran’s murderous rulers, our supposed NATO ally Turkey is working overtime to keep the mullahs alive — and in power. This week’s diplomatic tug-of-war over...
Washington is preparing to “challenge Chinese and Russian economic coercion and exploitation of African countries,” the House Ways and Means Committee said...
As the United States deliberates between negotiations with, or military action against, Iran. Jordan has become the latest Arab state to express disquiet over the latter option. Jordan is being characteristically...
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“I did call up President Putin and he’s agreed” to pause strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure amid bitter winter weather, President Donald Trump told reporters on February 2. Washington...
Could a post-Erdogan Turkey replace Iran as the Middle East’s most destabilizing power?
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The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa was in an upbeat mood following his meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on January 29 — the second encounter between the two leaders since...