Analysis

“At the end of the year, we will have the courage to ask ourselves how many human lives have been shattered by armed conflict, how many dead and how much destruction, how much suffering, how much poverty,” the pontiff said. In Russia, the country’s military actions in Ukraine …

Iran’s election to fill seats in the Majlis on March 1 will be the country’s first vote since mass demonstrations in 2022 gripped the Islamic Republic following the death of a young woman who had been detained for allegedly not following state rules on proper dress. Disputed election …

The U.S. experience after 9/11 and the 2003 Iraq War can shed light on how to improve and alleviate coordination problems and intel politicization in Israeli intelligence. New details of Israel’s massive intelligence failure preceding Hamas’s surprise terrorist attack on October 7 continue to come to light. It …

Nada Wanni The civil war that began in April between rival generals shows no signs of ending. “The Army to the Barracks and the Janjaweed Dissolved,” chanted the Sudanese protestors who flooded the streets of the country in December five years ago this month. The chanting voices of the …

James Dorsey The Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s role in undermining the moral backbone and pillars of democracy goes far beyond Western support for Israel in Gaza. The question is no longer if, but when, the United States will support a ceasefire in the Gaza war. While the need for a …

With U.S. and European aid to Ukraine now in serious jeopardy, the Biden administration and European officials are quietly shifting their focus from supporting Ukraine’s goal of total victory over Russia to improving its position in an eventual negotiation to end the war, according to a Biden administration …

North Korea is evolving from a relatively contained regional nuisance to a threat with far greater potential reach. As the change occurs, past U.S. methods of dealing with Pyongyang under both political parties won’t work. North Korea is evolving from a relatively contained regional nuisance to a threat …

What if there will be little to no aid for Ukraine coming from Washington anytime soon? What does that mean for Kyiv in 2024? What does it mean for Russia? What if there will be little to no aid for Ukraine coming from Washington anytime soon? What does …

The Korean Peninsula will remain stuck in a negative spiral of geostrategic tensions in the coming year. There is little, if any, reason to expect a breakthrough in Pyongyang’s relations with either South Korea or the United States in 2024. The politics of neither the Republic of Korea …