Military & Security

Iran has made good on its threat to retaliate against a deadly strike on its consulate in Syria with a large aerial strike against Israel on Saturday. The drone and missile strikes could spark a major escalation of fighting in the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. …

Despite the ongoing war, the states in the Gulf Cooperation Council still see Israel as a legitimate regional player and reject Hamas’s call for radical violence. Nearly six months ago, Hamas upended the Middle East equilibrium. Now, with the war in Gaza still raging, the Gulf Cooperation Council …

A robust set of sanctions and alliances is the best deterrent to Iran. To prevent a wider war and the economic and political catastrophe that will come with it, the United States needs to strengthen its friends and discourage its enemies. Iran’s attack on Israel, with more than …

Michelle Grisé While Russia would prefer the West distracted from Ukraine, a direct Israel-Iran conflict would expose its vulnerabilities in the Middle East. An Israeli airstrike on an Iranian embassy in Syria last week killed three IRGC-QF generals and four other Iranian military officers. Iran is expected to …

Zalmay Khalilzada Tehran will continue to increase its domination of Iraq and progress towards regional domination if it is allowed to do so. The United States and Israel are awaiting a threatened “significant” Iranian response to the attack on its consulate in Syria, but this is just part …

Nathan Sher As Beijing deprioritizes the real estate sector, it is doubling down on investment in science, technology, and national defense. In 2023, China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since 1990, apart from two years during the COVID-19 pandemic when the country was closed to the outside …

Enia Kevin It is in Washington’s best interest to back Israel’s Rafah operation as it would minimize civilian casualties and ensure the success of the operation. Six months into the war with Hamas, throughout which Jerusalem has mostly managed to keep Washington on-side, Israel’s proposed IDF operation in …

James Dorsey Aid is at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian fight about Gaza’s future. Its population of 2.3 million is largely a pawn in the cynical battle for control. Aid is at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian fight about Gaza’s future. Its population of 2.3 million is largely …

Konner Fiddler The weakness of adversary powers relative to the United States should not deceive us from their very clear advantage in willingness to execute decisive, if risky, strategies. On an unusually warm October day in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took center stage to dedicate the new …