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May 29, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

Commerce Department to Allow Volvo Sales Despite Chinese Ownership, Espionage Concerns

Volvo will be staying in the American market despite concerns that its vehicles may vacuum up data for delivery to the firm’s majority shareholders in China. On May 27, Bloomberg reported that the...

April 20, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Russia’s Gray Zone War Against NATO

It’s a battlefield so cold that even Marvel’s Captain America might find himself looking around for a space heater, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t warming up. The Kremlin has been waging...

December 11, 2025 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

US deploys carrier, issues airspace warning, seizes oil tanker in latest Caribbean escalations

Washington continued ramping up its military deployment near Venezuela under Operation Southern Spear, the anti-drug trafficking campaign announced by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on November 13. The...

November 25, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Duncan Lazarow

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...

November 17, 2025 | Kenan Arkan, Isaac A. Harris, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Cdre. (Ret.) Peter Olive, Craig Singleton

Maritime Protection of Taiwan’s Energy Vulnerability

September 5, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Norway extends its Israel divestment campaign to the United States

Anti-Zionist ideology has crystallized as the dominant form of antisemitism in this century, with labor unions engaging it, and in some cases, propelling it.

December 5, 2024 | |

‘Women, Life, Freedom!’ Iran Temporarily Releases Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Iran Frees Prominent Human Right Activist for 21 Days: The authorities in Tehran released prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi on December 4 after she underwent surgery...

October 29, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

For 75 years, UNRWA has sought to undermine Israel, perpetuate conflict

What did UNRWA accomplish in seventy-five years? Most of its camps played a key role in wars against Israel, and its mandate perpetuates the conflict.

September 30, 2024 | |

Netanyahu to Iranian People: ‘Israel Stands With You’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed solidarity with the Iranian people on September 30, noting that the vast majority oppose the Islamic Republic. He also raised...

September 11, 2024 | |

26 Human Rights Groups Denounce Iran’s Death Sentence Against Prominent Activist

Iran must rescind its death sentence against Kurdish women’s rights activist and social worker Pakhshan Azizi, a group of 26 human rights organizations said in a joint statement...

September 4, 2024 | |

Iran Summons Australian Ambassador for Instagram Post Celebrating LGBTQ+ Awareness Day

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Australia’s ambassador to Tehran over an Instagram post by his embassy celebrating an LGBTQ+ awareness day, Iranian state media reported on September...

August 27, 2024 | |

Iran Conducts First Public Execution of 2024 as Hunger Strikes Continue

Iran conducted its first public execution of the year on August 26, hanging Amirreza Ajam Akrami, a man in his early 20s, for killing a lawyer. His death comes as weekly hunger strikes...

August 16, 2024 | |

Wave of Executions Continues in Iran

Iran executed six more prisoners on August 14 as part of a new wave of death sentences that are “unprecedented,” according to the independent website Iran Wire...

August 7, 2024 | |

Iran Executes Protestor for Alleged Role in 2022 Uprising

The Islamic Republic executed a protestor arrested for his role in Iran’s nationwide protests that began in September 2022, The New York Times reported on August 6. Authorities...

July 26, 2024 | |

Executions in Iran Surge as Presidential Inauguration Nears

Latest Developments Iran’s judiciary has executed a prisoner every eight hours since July 20, the Oslo-based non-profit Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported on July 25. The surge of executions, which...

July 10, 2024 | |

UN Special Rapporteur: Biden Has No Clear Iran Strategy

President Joe Biden’s administration lacks a clear Iran strategy, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Iran said on July 9. Arguing that Tehran has “been...

May 31, 2024 | |

Iran Poised to Execute Child Offender and Five Other Prisoners

Iran’s judiciary has transferred six men to pre-execution solitary cells in Shiraz Central Prison, suggesting their executions are imminent, the Oslo-based nonprofit Iran Human...

May 2, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Hamas balances Qatar, Turkey and the West

Rumors continue to circulate that Hamas might relocate to host countries, however Hamas has too much to lose by leaving Doha, and the West and Doha have interests at stake.

March 27, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Are leaders of Hamas taking a ‘victory’ tour in Iran?

Hamas believes that patience and perseverance will lead to victory in Gaza, and the Hamas leadership thinks it has growing international support while it has suffered no international consequences.

January 31, 2024 | |

Iran Executes Four Men Falsely Accused of Mossad Ties

Iran on January 29 hanged four prisoners accused of planning to sabotage a Defense Ministry factory and having links with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Iranian state media...