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September 30, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

UN Human Rights Council, European Governments Launch Economic Warfare Against Israel

International opprobrium towards the presence of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank, is discernibly shifting from rhetorical condemnation to economic and legal warfare. Three...

September 2, 2026 | Peter Doran |

Why Europe Isn’t Ready for NATO 3.0

US retrenchment from Europe, even if premised on European burden-sharing, will expose the continent to Russian aggression.

July 31, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen |

Border Crisis Exposes Spain’s Self-Inflicted Migration Mess

Tens of thousands crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain’s enclave on the North African coast, on July 30, most swimming around a breakwater as Moroccan border controls lapsed. Dozens drowned. Within...

July 15, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

What would Joe Biden do?

Vis-à-vis Moscow and Tehran, Trump should do the opposite

July 6, 2026 | Johanna Yang, Kateryna Kvasha

5 Cyber Developments From Europe and Ukraine You Might Have Missed

Facing relentless cyberattacks, the European Union and its member states are building out defenses for themselves and for frontline neighbors like Ukraine. These mechanisms span government, the private...

July 2, 2026 | Josh Birenbaum, Antonia-Laura Pup

Why NATO Should Pivot Toward Economic Security

In the coming decades, military burden-sharing won’t be enough to ensure Transatlantic security.

June 15, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

Can US Engagement Rescue the United Nations From Irrelevance?

The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.

June 12, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

The UN’s fatal formula for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

If this issue is seen as the anchor of the region’s broader woes, that is not because the cold data bears it out, but because much of the world has been swayed by a decades-long propaganda effort initiated by the Soviet Union and its Arab allies.

June 3, 2026 | Max Meizlish, Connor Pfeiffer

Beyond the Embargo: A Toolkit for Squeezing the Cuban Regime

Opponents of U.S. sanctions often cite Cuba as “Exhibit A” for why sanctions don’t work. The United States has maintained an embargo on the island for more than six decades — but to what end? Cuba’s...

May 27, 2026 | Clifford D. May

Farewell Fidelismo?  

Trump has a chance to liberate the Cuban people – and others

May 16, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Missile Ambitions Should Alarm Europe and the United States

For years, European officials viewed Turkey’s growing defense industry as an important asset. Turkish drones proved effective in conflicts from Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. Ankara...

May 14, 2026 | John Hardie, Cameron McMillan

This Is No Way To Treat Our European Allies

The Trump administration is fond of reminding allies that NATO is a two-way street. But at present, Washington seems to need that message most. Earlier this month, amid a feud between President Donald...

May 8, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen |

Europe is writing itself out of the Middle East

The case for suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement on grounds of human rights is a powerful argument – as long as one doesn't look at what else Europe is doing in the region

April 28, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur

Venezuelan president to end amnesty, hundreds of political prisoners still unreleased

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared on April 24 that the Amnesty Law for Democratic Coexistence was “coming to an end,” despite the Caracas-based human rights NGO Foro...

April 22, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Spain: Sánchez and without shame

*This article was originally published in French Excerpt It was in Beijing, where Xi Jinping was hosting him with full honors, that Pedro Sánchez learned his wife had been formally charged with...

April 21, 2026 | Peter Doran, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

The Iran War’s Five Lessons for Europe

Some European NATO members haven’t done themselves many favors by withholding support for the US during the Iran War.

April 15, 2026 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

China Criticizes Iran War as Beijing Supports Tehran Under the Table

China is trying to have it both ways in the U.S.-Iran conflict. On April 14, Chinese leader Xi Jinping criticized Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and called for a diplomatic resolution during...

April 13, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The “Lebanese Street” Warms up to Normalization with Israel

A surprising poll offers real hope for normalization between Lebanon and Israel. Conducted by an anti-Western, anti-Israel website with a sample of 500 respondents, the survey found that only 42 percent...

April 9, 2026 | Jonathan Schanzer, David Daoud, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Joe Dougherty

Hezbollah at War: What Comes Next for Lebanon and the Region

March 31, 2026 | Peter Doran |

Israel revealed its true colors after ugly Palm Sunday screw-up

Holy Week in the Holy Land began with online hysteria. After Catholic Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and three prelates were wrongly denied access to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre...