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The Pentagon has activated a new psychological operations unit targeting Africa, tasked with “expanding the military’s ability to influence foreign audiences” across the continent. The heavily hyped launch occurs against a backdrop of dramatically and irreversibly waning Western influence and power in every sphere across the continent. As Africans …

Eng. Salem Al-Batayneh I often find myself puzzled when I sit down to write an article. I wonder how certain scenes, events, and reckless slips of the tongue suddenly emerge in public discourse—expressions so careless and so intellectually shallow that they reveal how far rationality has sometimes been …

Israeli newspaper Maariv said the explosive blast that killed two Israeli soldiers in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, signals a troubling shift for “Israel”, describing it as evidence that Hezbollah is “changing the rules of the game,” an assessment the paper said has rattled the Israeli military. Maariv said …

Dr. Ju Hyung Kim Ukraine is emerging as an important supplier of counter-unmanned aerial system, or C-UAS, expertise to the Middle East. After defending its cities, military bases, and energy infrastructure against Russian-operated, Iranian-designed drones for years, Ukraine has extensive experience in detecting and intercepting—at around 80 to …

Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton View image in fullscreenIllustration: Jordan Bohannon/The Guardian/Getty Images/White House In 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found himself trapped. On one side were Zionist lobbyists and the president’s domestic political advisers, who were urging him to support the establishment of a …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The latest U.S.–Iran war has done more than expose the volatility of the Middle East. It has exposed the exhaustion of the region’s post-Cold War security model. For decades, Middle Eastern states relied on an implicit strategic bargain: the United States would remain the principal …

George Washington warned us well. In his Farewell Address of 1796, he urged his fellow citizens to remain “constantly awake” against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence,” which history and experience prove to be “one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Two and a quarter centuries …

US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz will begin on Monday. This followed Sunday’s early morning announcement that he halted strikes against the Islamic Regime “at the behest of Iran and other Middle Eastern countries” pending a deal. One of those …

Nearly 270,000 Israelis left the country for periods of at least three consecutive months between 2023 and 2025, a nearly 50% increase compared with the 2013-2015 period, according to a new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University. The study points to a sharp acceleration in emigration following …