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January 7, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ivana Stradner

The State Department still needs to combat Chinese and Russian lies

Congress just killed the U.S. government office dedicated to fighting Iranian, Chinese, and Russian propaganda overseas. The specific act was the decision not to reauthorize the State Department’s Global...

October 30, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

How America benefits from its security partnership with Israel

Anyone who has spent time on a playground knows it is good to have friends when bullies come along. That also holds true in international relations. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are...

October 3, 2024 | Ari Ben Am, Max Lesser

Iranian Cyber Operations Raise Fears of Attacks on Military Personnel

“You and your children … are our legitimate targets around the world,” an X account called @idfleaks threatened in December 2023, addressing service members from the Israel Defense Forces...

September 18, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Al Qaeda strikes the Malian capital

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s West African branch, claimed responsibility for a coordinated assault in Mali’s capital city of Bamako yesterday. The attack comes as JNIM...

July 25, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Russian and Chinese military planes tracked near Alaska

July 12, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

‘The Neck and the Sword’ is Rashid Khalidi’s distortion of history

The Palestinian intellectual is in denial of the long history of antisemitism in the Muslim world.

May 8, 2024 | Orde Kittrie |

An Aggressive ICC Puts U.S. Troops in Danger

If the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israelis, Americans would likely follow.

May 1, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Damjan Krnjević Mišković

The Azerbaijanis, Not the Azeris, Are Hosting COP29

The Republic of Azerbaijan will host the annual  UN  Climate Change Conference known as COP29 in November 2024. For many who will attend COP29 and follow the process, this will be their first...

April 7, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

‘U.S. threat assessment report has several blind spots’

The challenge is that the report needs more strategic and integrated intelligence to appropriately describe today’s threats to the United States and its partners and allies, says Jack Gaines.

April 2, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero, Andrea Stricker

Russian Veto Kills UN Body Monitoring North Korea Sanctions

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on March 28 that would have renewed the mandate of a key panel of experts tasked with monitoring the implementation of UN sanctions against...

March 22, 2024 | |

Russia, China Veto Ceasefire Resolution at UN

Latest Developments Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on March 22 calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire, the release of remaining hostages, and a halt to Houthi attacks in the...

March 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia, China, and Iran deepen ties with naval drill

Russia, Iran, and China have conducted at least four naval drills in the past. However, this year’s are larger, and they come amidst rising tensions in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen.

February 17, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey is a sanctuary for terrorism financing

Since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, much of the international focus on Turkey has centered on its patronage of Hamas. Along with Qatar and Iran, Turkey provides the terrorist...

February 2, 2024 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Should America strike back at Iran?

Tehran knows that it's winning its proxy wars

November 30, 2023 | |

Israel Extends Pause in Fighting by One Day

Israel and Hamas agreed on November 30 to extend by one day the pause in the fighting in Gaza. As part of this pause, Hamas will release 10 innocent hostages and the bodies of three...

November 27, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Gabrielle Christello

Government-Industry Collaboration Minimized Damages Following Hack of Australian Ports

DP World Australia, an international firm specializing in cargo logistics and port operations, detected a hack in mid-November, forcing the company to limit operations at four of the nation’s largest...

July 18, 2023 | Ryan Brobst, Lt Col James Hesson

Building the Taiwanese ‘porcupine’ an arsenal of shooting quills

The massive military exercises that China launched over the past year in response to the meetings between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. Speakers of the House Nancy...

July 13, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emily de La Bruyère

The Only Thing Worse than Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight

This spring, a delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan – both as a show of solidarity and to develop responses to Beijing’s aggression. Among their “constructive takeaways” was...

June 30, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

June 25, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Palau under CCP pressure to switch recognition from Taiwan to China

The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., speaks to The Sunday Guardian on what his Pacific Island Country is facing.