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February 8, 2026 | Ivana Stradner, Britt Bowersox

Russian Propaganda Finds Powerful Megaphone in India

As it ramps up its media presence in India, Moscow is hardly in need of fabricating negative stories about the US. Washington is doing fine on its own to make itself inimical to New Delhi.

February 6, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

Whither the Hamas solidarity movement?

Advocates are less careful, compared to their antecedents, about distinguishing between Jews and Israelis, and utterly disinterested, to the point of contempt, when it comes to the various divides within Israeli society.

February 4, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Investing 5% in Defense and Commitment to the U.S. Partnership

February 4, 2026 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Edmund Fitton-Brown, Richard Goldberg, Joe Dougherty

Previewing Talks with Iran

February 4, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

The battered Western alliance    

Repairing it is essential if we’re to win the current cold war

February 3, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Natalie Ecanow

For Pax Silica, Not All Gulf Partners Are Created Equal

The United States must apply stricter standards to Pax Silica partners, as Qatar’s track record does not justify its inclusion in a trusted AI security coalition.

February 2, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...

February 1, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Kicking and Screaming Against America and Israel

REVIEW: ‘Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump’ by Daniel E. Zoughbie

January 29, 2026 | |

‘Repression Cannot Go Unanswered’: EU Designates IRGC as Terrorist Organization

EU Designates IRGC: The European Union (EU) designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on January 29. The decision was made after the...

January 28, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

The new Greenland deal

With America leading and NATO following, the Arctic can be defended

January 22, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Aaron Goren

As Gaza ceasefire plan progresses, IDF reports Palestinian terrorists violate first phase 11 times from January 9 to 22

On January 16, US President Donald Trump officially established an international Board of Peace, which the White House states aims to support Gaza as it “transitions from conflict to peace...

January 17, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

US-backed Gaza plan moves to second phase as NCAG and Board of Peace unveiled

The US-backed ceasefire plan in Gaza entered a new phase on January 14. On January 16, the White House announced the establishment of a National Committee for the Administration of...

January 16, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

The Islamic Republic Kills, Europe Does Nothing

The EU and European nations — purely symbolically — called Iranian ambassadors on January 13 to account for the Islamic Republic’s mass killing of as many as 12,000 unarmed demonstrators, even as...

January 16, 2026 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Kurdish opposition groups in Iran support protests, claim attacks on Tehran regime

Kurdish opposition groups in northwestern Iran have actively supported protests against the Iranian regime during the first two weeks of January. They have issued statements backing...

January 15, 2026 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Russian Orthodox Propaganda Takes Aim at Patriarch Bartholomew, Calling Him ‘Antichrist in Cassock’

In its ongoing attacks on religious organizations with the potential to erode Moscow’s sway in its former sphere of influence, Russian intelligence is now stooping to demonological name-calling.

January 13, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Krystal Bermudez

US seizes more tankers, courts oil companies as post-Maduro Venezuela takes shape

In the week since Washington arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the outlines of a post-Maduro Venezuela have begun to take shape. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Defense...

January 12, 2026 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

Soccer Dispute Reveals Extent of Islamist Control in UK’s Second Largest City

Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK opposition Conservative Party, called on January 6 for the resignation of Craig Guildford, the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police, for having banned Israeli...

January 8, 2026 | Maria Riofrio, Max Lesser

Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones

January 7, 2026 | Cleo Paskal, Alexander B. Gray

How the UK Is Undermining US Indo-Pacific Security

As Parliament reviews the transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, US access to the Diego Garcia base is no longer assured.

December 31, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Sectarian Fires Return to Syria’s Coast 

Sectarian tensions appear to be resurfacing in Syria’s Mediterranean coastal region, the home to the country’s largest concentration of the Alawite religious minority. The group held a privileged position...