State of the Union

June 1, 2024 | Bonnie Glick |

What Is Hamas Hiding in Rafah, and Why Doesn’t Biden Want the IDF to Find It?

In the lead up to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) operation to destroy Hamas and secure the release of over 100 hostages – including 8 Americas – believed to be in and around Rafah, leaders around...

April 26, 2024 | |

Terrorists Attack U.S. Pier Under Construction Off Gaza Coast

Terrorists conducted a mortar attack on a U.S. pier under construction off the Gaza coast, American defense officials said on April 25. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder...

April 1, 2024 | |

Egypt Opposes Coalition to Secure Gaza Aid Deliveries

Cairo does not support Israel’s efforts to establish an international peacekeeping force in Gaza, a high-ranking Egyptian government official told Sky News on March 30. Instead,...

March 27, 2024 | |

Israeli Troops to Provide Protection for Gaza Aid Pier

Israel agreed on March 26 to provide security for U.S. military personnel building a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, Politico reported. The plan,...

March 13, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

The state of the world

It’s more threatening to America than Biden understands

March 12, 2024 | |

New Maritime Humanitarian Corridor Opens for Gaza

A ship carrying humanitarian aid set sail from Cyprus to Gaza on March 12 as the pilot run for a maritime aid corridor. The pilot ship Open Arms and an accompanying vessel departed...

March 12, 2024 | |

Hamas Warns Gazans Against Cooperating With Israel on Aid Delivery

Palestinians cooperating with Israel to distribute aid in Gaza will be viewed as collaborators and treated with an iron fist, a Hamas-linked website said on March 11. Under Hamas...

March 12, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Washington views October 7, Israel’s war on Hamas and what’s next

Support for Israel is still strong in the US. However, the concerns about what comes next are clear. How does this all play out in the next months and the next year amid a US election?

March 8, 2024 | |

Gaza Airdrop Kills Five, Highlighting Distribution Challenges

Humanitarian aid dropped from military planes into Gaza reportedly killed five Gazans and injured 10 others on March 8, apparently the result of one or more malfunctioning parachutes....

March 8, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: March 8, 2024

Today’s Issue: Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Islamic Jihad Operative in Friday West Bank Raid | After Rockets Fired From Gaza at Nahal Oz and Sderot, IDF Returns Fire, Launches Airstrikes | IDF Completes...

February 17, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

The US should insist that Russian and Belarusian athletes be banned from the 2024 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to get off the sidelines on the question of whether Russian athletes will participate in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Instead, it appears the...

July 14, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July

February 12, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The return of the Monroe Doctrine

Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader

March 13, 2019 | Tzvi Kahn, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Trump’s dereliction on human rights

“The people of Venezuela are standing for freedom and democracy, and the United States of America is standing right by their side,” ...

February 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May

The benefits of strategic communications and warfare

Trump’s State of the Union was a personal best but with one Obamanian slip.

January 31, 2019 | John Hannah |

Midterm Assessment: Iraq

February 2, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s Revolutionary Aggression and the Arc of Terrorism

With a new ferocity, the last few days have once again made clear that Iran’s revolutionary aggression knows no bounds. Whether in familiar Middle Eastern haunts such as Syria, Lebanon, and...

January 29, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s History Of Nuclear Deceit Is Why There Hasn’t Been A Deal Yet

In his State of the Union last week, President Barack Obama warned Congress that the threat of new sanctions on Iran would “all but guarantee that diplomacy fails – alienating America...

January 30, 2014 | |

Pivoting Right Past North Korea

President Obama in his State of the Union address on Tuesday gave scant time to foreign policy, and just one long sentence to the Asia-Pac...

January 29, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

In SOTU, National Security Gets Short Shrift

And what we find deserves some examination. For example: And it is American diplomacy, backed by pressure, that has halted the progress of Iran’s nuclear...