Military & Security

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 sent shockwaves across the nation. This heinous act has been universally condemned by political leaders, both presidential candidates, and major media outlets. Despite deep divisions, there’s a unanimous agreement that differences should be resolved at the ballot box, not …

  Iran has begun wielding its debt card against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, leveraging financial obligations to maintain its influence in Syria amid Damascus’ rapprochement with Arab nations. This pressure tactic aims to ensure Tehran’s interests and gains in the region are preserved. Masoud Pezeshkian, the new Iranian president, …

The US military announced on Wednesday that its mission to install and operate the Gaza floating port has ended, officially ending an exceptional, but faltering, effort to bring humanitarian aid into the Strip. The dock, which President Joe Biden announced in a televised address to Congress in March, …

Emanuela Gillard French-Russian Relations Picture this: a French Leclerc tank confronts a Russian T-90 on a Ukrainian battlefield. It might seem imaginary now, but war often starts in the imagination. What might be swirling in the minds of Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, and their military leaders? Russia has …

Erica Pepe On July 4, 2024, Britain witnessed early general elections called by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on May 22, a move aimed at avoiding an internal party coup following his mediocre performance, which had eroded public confidence in Conservative rule. The Conservative era, stretching back to 2010, …

Melissa Greenfield Contrary to the expectations set by opinion polls preceding the second round of the French elections last Sunday, which predicted a landslide victory for the extreme right led by the National Rally party, the results brought many surprises. The most notable was the coalition of French …

Christia Lagar President Joe Biden’s insistence on staying in the 2024 presidential race has sparked a significant debate about the essence of democracy within the Democratic Party. In a letter to House Democrats, Biden emphasized his commitment to the race, arguing that primary voters had chosen him and …

Emanuela Gillard Ukraine has a very narrow window to turn the momentum of the war in its favor. Even then, the Russians are still holding most of the cards. In May 2022, just three months into the Russia-Ukraine War, I wrote a three-part series in which I identified …

Alesandra Asante  Turkey is a NATO member. So why doesn’t it act like one? Lewis Carroll’s 1871 sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, describes Alice’s adventures when she enters a fantastical world where logic is reversed. This is the same surreal experience felt when U.S. …