The Atlantic

August 19, 2026 | Bill Roggio, Will Selber, Graeme Wood

25 Years Later: The state of Al Qaeda

August 4, 2026 | John Hardie |

U.S. Should Quickly Heed Ukraine’s Request on Starlink

As it braces for what may be its most difficult winter of the war, Ukraine is reportedly seeking permission to use the Starlink satellite communications system to target ballistic missile launchers on...

July 10, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Trial for Glorifying Terrorism: When MEP Rima Hassan Is Backed by Rabid Antisemites

This is not Palestine they are defending. On the eve of what was supposed to be her trial this summer, some 250 public figures signed an open letter in L’Humanité supporting Rima Hassan.

October 17, 2025 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham, Daniel Swift

Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Robotics and Industrial Machinery

July 16, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh, Behnam Ben Taleblu

EU Sanctions Tehran’s Transnational Repression Network

Tehran’s global terror apparatus has triggered an important European response. On July 15, the European Union (EU) Council designated the network of narco-trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi Zindashti and...

March 28, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Why Trump can’t beat the Houthis

Attacking proxies won’t wound Iran

March 20, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Crossroads of Competition

China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

April 5, 2024 | Alan Goldsmith |

The Urgent Need for UN Reform

The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.

March 25, 2024 | Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

United States Cyber Force

A Defense Imperative

February 27, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10

April 28, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Orde Kittrie, Ryan Brobst

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

April 26, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

What Is Venezuela Flying to Moscow?

Iran is a willing accomplice in the rape of Ukraine. Iranian drones have helped Russia sustain its terror attacks against Ukrainian civilian targets and infrastructure even as Russia’s arsenal became...

March 1, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey After Erdogan

May 28, 2022 | James Brooke |

Ukraine: Peace Through Victory

Russia’s modern day foreign ministry seems to follow the old Soviet negotiating precept: What is mine is mine, what is yours is up for negotiation.

January 8, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘It’s time for an Indo-Pacific charter’

Common cause, common challenge, common values, common charter: Paul Giarra

May 13, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

We Should Not Underestimate China’s Military Ambitions

Suggestions that the People’s Republic is a ‘paper dragon’ are ill-informed and misleading.

February 9, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Shining a Light on the Iran Deal’s Sunset Problem

If the new administration is serious about reinvigorated diplomacy, it must resist Iran’s nuclear extortion and forgo the temptation of re-joining the JCPOA. Breathing life into an expiring accord will not help dampen the Islamic Republic’s nuclear, missile, and military threats.

January 14, 2021 | John Hannah, Varsha Koduvayur

Saudi Arabia

December 16, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Reading foreign policy tea leaves

Actually, we can’t predict what presidential advisors will advise