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November 19, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

OPCW Investigation Confirms Russia’s Likely Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine

Russia’s consistent denials that its military forces have deployed illegal chemical weapons in Ukraine were dealt a serious blow on November 18, when the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...

December 1, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Ukraine Defeats Russia in Historic OPCW Election

Ukraine was elected this week to the 41-member Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), defeating Russia and unseating Moscow for the first time in the OPCW’s...

August 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Zelensky Calls Meeting with Serbian President ‘Fruitful’

Tensions between Ukraine and Serbia have been high, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying on Aug. 10 that 'If Ukraine recognizes Kosovo’s independence, it will lose everything in one day.'

October 7, 2022 | Peter Doran |

Ukraine’s NATO Bid is a Test of the “Open Door”

Ukraine has formally applied for full membership in NATO. This historic move will be a major test to the alliance’s official “open door” to new members. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made...

August 30, 2022 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia Continues Meddling in the Balkans

On August 26, Serbia and Kosovo signed an agreement settling a dispute over the movement of citizens across their borders after more than a month of high tensions. Josep Borrell, European Union (EU) foreign...

April 12, 2022 | Ryan Brobst, John Hardie

Senate Unanimously Approves Lend-Lease Act to Expedite Aid to Ukraine

After months of delay, the Senate last Wednesday unanimously passed legislation to accelerate the delivery of defense equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. However, the House has yet...

March 31, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst, Seth J. Frantzman

In Iniochos Exercise, Israel Rehearses Iran Strikes as Saudis Observe

The Greek-hosted Iniochos 2022 military exercise began this week, with Athens welcoming military contingents from the United States, Israel, Cyprus, France, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise, which also...

October 26, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Aykan Erdemir

Erdogan’s Belligerence Has U.S., Greece Expanding Ties

Growing military cooperation offers Washington a hedge against Ankara and Moscow.

August 20, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Will Erdogan Use The Threat of Afghan Refugee Flows to Extract Additional Concessions from the European Union?

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan will have significant consequences for Turkey’s domestic politics as well as for its international relations. In early June, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

February 5, 2021 | John Hardie |

Biden Should Heed Navalny’s Call to Crack Down on Russia’s Dirty Money

A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny to almost three years in a penal colony, ruling he violated parole while in Germany recuperating from a recent chemical weapon...

February 15, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din reach a new accord

On Feb. 10, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Hurras al-Din (HAD) reached a new accord. The agreement was forged after nearly two weeks of vitriolic debate — the latest in a series of disagreements...

April 5, 2017 | John Cappello |

Russia Escalates Disinformation Campaign in Western Balkans

Russia is entering a new phase in its disinformation campaign in the Western Balkans, escalating disinformation and propaganda, and aggressively pushing messages of inevitable war with the Europe...

February 28, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint |

It’s Too Late To Stop Syria Disintegrating

I still remember seeing him in my parents' garden, fresh from a trek from hell, running for his life. What remains seared in my memory is how swollen his feet were — cov...

September 20, 2006 | Family Security Matters

What We Can Learn from a Medieval Dialogue

Amid all the metaphorical smoke arising from the, alas, very real flames of hatred that some Muslim fanatics have managed to kindle out of Pope Benedict XVI's lecture to academics at the Uni...

April 9, 2003 | Front Page Magazine

Let America Be America the Liberator Again!

By Stephen Schwartz Iraq is free. The dictatorship has fallen. The process that began with the end of Marcos, the fall of the Berlin wall, and other democratic victories has reached the...