War on terror

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (DFARS Case 2021-D011)

Hezbollah Is Using FPV Drones Attached to Fiber Optic Cables That Are Impossible to Jam to Attack Israeli Soldiers

The Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah drone launch position in Lebanon on May 9. Hezbollah is using First Person View (FPV) drones attached to fiber optic cables to attack Israeli soldiers. Fiber-optic...

2026 TRIP Effectiveness Report

A Gameplan for American Economic Security:

Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy

What Victory Looks Like When Your Foe Won’t Surrender

The U.S. can win without Iran acknowledging it lost

Blacklisting the Brotherhood

The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...

Regime Change Without Nation Building

America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...

Turkey, The Kurds, And The U.S.: The SDF Partnership Hits a Strategic Wall

Masoud Barzani’s February 6 meeting with SDF commander Mazloum Abdi spotlights a decade of U.S. partnering that helped defeat ISIS in eastern Syria, but never produced a political endgame. After holding territory east of the Euphrates, the SDF suffered setbacks in mid-January clashes and then reached a January 30 understanding that allows Damascus to expand security control in remaining SDF areas. Some fighters could be absorbed into Syria’s army, while U.S. forces weigh next steps for ISIS detainee operations and their remaining footprint.

How a New Arab Regional Order Is Taking Shape

A more integrated Middle East is also a Middle East more open to connections with neighboring regional powers.

All wars must end

But 24 years after 9/11, the War on the West is still going strong

How a Government Reinsurance Program Can Accelerate Maturation of the Cyber Insurance Market

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Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how

Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...

Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah

On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as...

After 9/11, We Went to War Against the Terrorists. The Terrorists Won.

We retreated. They survived. And we’re deluding ourselves otherwise.

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

Israel SitRep: Nov. 21, 2023

Today’s Issue: Israeli Cabinet to Meet Tonight to Approve Hostage Deal | Israel Announces It Captured Two Gazans Inside the Country a Month after the October 7 Attacks | IDF Forces Encircle Jabalya,...

From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners

Investigating the Nexus Between Anti-Semitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing

Commanding Heights: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in the Critical and Emerging Technologies of the 21st Century

In War on Terror 2.0, the Watchword Is: ‘Be Careful for What You Wish’

The narrative coming from the administration decries the threat of violence from only the right.

The option that should have been taken in Afghanistan

One year after the Biden administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan, the results are undeniable. The country has become a haven for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The Taliban is as oppressive...