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October 7, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government Launches a Serious Challenge to the Houthis

The Iran-backed Houthis march down Yemen’s west coast looked easy, but holding the territory is proving more difficult. Yemen’s internationally recognized government began Operation “Dawn of Yemen”—...

October 7, 2026 | Clifford D. May

Who still fights the war on terror?

A plumber, a dentist, a farmer, and a wounded pilot

October 6, 2026 | Simone Rodan-Benzaquen |

Britain’s Greens and the Jews: Belonging on Condition

On October 4, at their Brighton conference, members of the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a motion equating Zionism with racism and refused to protect members affiliated with a synagogue. This development raises questions for the entire European Green political family, including France’s Les Écologistes.

October 6, 2026 | Max Meizlish, Keti Korkiya

Treasury Launches Assault on Russian Shadow Banking Infrastructure Supporting Iran

Operation Economic Outcast has found a new target: the A7 Network. On October 1, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Russia-linked shadow-banking platform as a transnational...

October 2, 2026 | Johanna Yang |

Russian Cyberespionage Campaign Signals U.S. Should Fast-Track Lessons Learned From Ukraine

Russia is testing its cyber weapons in Ukraine before turning them against the United States and its allies. Microsoft has disclosed that the Russian intelligence-linked hacking group Star Blizzard...

October 1, 2026 | Tzvi Kahn |

Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

Trend Overview – ...

October 1, 2026 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy in Post-Assad Syria

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 30, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Medvedev’s message

The former Russian president explains why Putin fights

September 29, 2026 | Bradley Bowman, Cameron McMillan

Trump’s US, Greenland deal changes less than it seems

Trump's new deal reaffirms broad basing access already in place. To get it, he damaged trust among America's European allies and created strains in NATO. The damage couldn't have come at a worse time.

September 29, 2026 | Richard Goldberg, Ben Cohen

Don’t let our next UN secretary-general be a shill for China, Cuba and Hamas

Excerpt The race to choose the next U.N. secretary-general has yet to produce a clear frontrunner, but at least one candidate currently making headway should ring alarm bells in Washington. The most...

September 27, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran at the Epicenter

REVIEW: ‘Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

September 24, 2026 | Emmerson Overell |

New Greenland Agreement Adds Sites, Not Strategy. NATO and NORAD Must Now Connect the Arctic.

Greenland is warming to the idea of an increased American military presence on the enormous Island, removing a source of transatlantic friction and bolstering NATO defenses. On September 22, the United...

September 24, 2026 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Sinan Ciddi

Is Turkey Turning on Tehran or Just Dodging the Treasury Department?

Turkey’s top banking regulator withdrew the operating license of the Istanbul branch of Iran’s Bank Mellat, a major Iranian commercial bank with state ties that has long been subject to U.S. sanctions. While...

September 22, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

Houthis fight for key Yemeni highlands, continue striking Saudi Arabia

The Houthis and the Yemeni Armed Forces, along with allied militias, have continued fighting on multiple fronts across the country, with the Houthis particularly focused on taking higher ground beyond...

September 21, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

America Must Be Able to Restore Its Space Power at War Speed

For decades, the U.S. military treated space largely as an enabler of power on Earth. Satellites helped troops communicate, guided precision weapons, and provided intelligence. Today, those systems are...

September 18, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Tehran’s Transnational Repression Strategy Is Evolving

The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have exposed an Iranian regime spyware campaign targeting Iranian dissidents around the world. In a September 15 advisory, they warned...

September 18, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

8 Questions Facing the United Nations at UNGA 81

The United Nations was formed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Yet more armed conflicts rage worldwide today than at any point since the world body’s formation at the end...

September 17, 2026 | Sinan Ciddi, Benjamin Acosta

The Three Quiet Victors of the Iran War

Turkey, Pakistan, and Qatar have played their hands well since February 28, without disrupting their relations with either the United States or Iran.

September 17, 2026 | David Daoud |

LAF-Hezbollah coordination and the limits of Lebanon’s disarmament effort

Israel assesses with “fairly high probability” that the Lebanese military is coordinating its activity in Lebanon’s disarmament pilot zones with Hezbollah, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on...