Guterres embraces the authoritarians
By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.
United Arab Emirates
Iran’s Foreign Minister meets Saudi crown prince to strengthen regional ties
Iran's Foreign Minister met with Saudi and Qatari leaders to strengthen regional ties, signaling Iran's intent to counter Israel's influence.
Op-eds
Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past
By encouraging China’s colonialist present
Op-eds
Israel’s Victory Will Be a Success for American Grand Strategy
The U.S. has an opportunity to fundamentally reshape global relations in our favor and to benefit the West. We should seize the moment.
Op-eds
Iran’s president heads for Qatar as Iran’s army trains with Oman
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is heading to Qatar for the 19th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit, aiming to strengthen diplomatic ties amid Iran’s ongoing regional maneuvers.
Op-eds
Israel’s defense minister meets IDF armored brigade in northern Israel as wider war looms
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to train and prepare for a possible ground offensive against Hezbollah on September 30, amid growing reports in Western and regional media that an operation is...
Op-eds
Netanyahu Slams United Nations Antisemitism in General Assembly Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned what he called “moral confusion” in the United Nations (UN) on September 27, during his address on the third day of the UN...
Flash Briefs
Hamas Backer Qatar Joins U.S. Visa Waiver Program
The U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security admitted Qatar to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program on September 24, allowing the emirate’s 330,000 citizens to travel...
Flash Briefs
A superficial approach to Iran’s illicit oil exports will backfire
The British government announced on Sept. 17, 2023, that it would dissolve a network of oil trading companies headed by Hossein Shamkhani, son of former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme...
Op-eds
The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated
In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to...
Op-eds
Arab states watch Hezbollah deterrence weakened, Israeli deterrence restored
After losing it after October 7, now, Israel is returning to the impression that the region has had of the country for the past decades.
Op-eds
Hamas, Houthis Open Offices in Iraq
Hamas and the Houthi rebels in Yemen — both Iran-backed terror groups — quietly established political offices in Iraq over the summer, The New York Times revealed on September...
Flash Briefs
The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians
Palestinians are welcome to join the Israel-Arab accords but if they’d prefer to keep fighting they’ll be on their own
Op-eds
On Abraham Accords anniversary, Iran pushes Gulf ties
The Houthis attacked Israel on September 15 on the anniversary of the Abraham Accords, and at 6:32am, symbolically almost the same time as the October 7 attack.
Op-eds
Iranian Minister Urges Anti-Western BRICS Bloc to Create ‘Security Structure’
The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, called for the BRICS bloc of states (named after original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China,...
Flash Briefs
After 9/11, We Went to War Against the Terrorists. The Terrorists Won.
We retreated. They survived. And we’re deluding ourselves otherwise.
Op-eds
Don’t over-concentrate US forces in the Middle East
US military bases in the Persian Gulf confront two problems. The first is the growing missile and drone capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other is that some Arab partners restrict the Pentagon’s...
Op-eds
Israel faces surge in security incidents as threats rise on all fronts
These new challenges from the West Bank and Egypt do not come in a vacuum - the Iranian Axis wants to exploit them.
Op-eds
Erdogan Calls on Muslim Nations to Isolate Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 7 called for the formation of an Islamic alliance to halt what he called “the growing threat of expansionism” from the Jewish state. Falsely claiming...
Flash Briefs
Risking New Rift With Western Allies, Turkey Pursues Membership of BRICS Bloc
A spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Islamist AKP Party said on September 3 that there had been no “concrete development” in its application to join the BRICS alliance of emerging...