Military & Security

Prof. Louis René Beres “Deterrence is not just a matter of military capabilities. It has a great deal to do with perceptions of credibility.”-Herman Kahn, Thinking About the Unthinkable (1962) After its “Operation Roaring Lion” and America’s coinciding “Operation Epic Fury,” Israel’s presumptive nuclear weapons remain essential to …

Sachin Yadav The past three decades have seen the phenomenon of globalization based on a very basic concept: producing where costs are minimum and marketing anywhere where demand is present. The result has been the formation of very efficient global production chains throughout the world. From 1995 to …

Hadi Elis Since his election as prime minister in 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdogan — now president of Turkey — has worked relentlessly to expand the role of Islam in every corner of political life. What Western observers once called a drift toward Islamic conservatism has become a systematic …

Dimitra Staikou From the glitzy announcement of Vision 2030 in 2016 to the cascade of regional crises between 2023 and 2026, Saudi Arabia has worked hard to sell itself as the Arab world’s great success story. A kingdom moving beyond oil dependence and religious conservatism to become a …

Dr. Mustafa Al-Tal The fear that your country’s geography might become obsolete – in the third installment of the “Engineering Fear” series, we move from the Strait of Hormuz and the streets of Amman to the Eastern Mediterranean, asking: Are corridors and legislation becoming deadlier than missiles?   …

Hadi Elis Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) is facing one of the most consequential crises in its modern history—one that could lead not only to internal fragmentation, but potentially to its institutional dismantling under mounting pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian system. Founded by Mustafa Kemal …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted in closed-door discussions that he is facing difficulty influencing US President Donald Trump’s position on Iran, Israeli media said Sunday. The reported development came as negotiations between Washington and Tehran appear to be moving closer toward an agreement aimed at ending the …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday welcomed progress toward a possible agreement between the US and Iran, stressing the need for a deal that would reduce tensions and prevent further escalation in the region. “I welcome the progress towards an agreement between the US and …

Russia said on Sunday it launched a large-scale retaliatory strike against military and defense-industrial targets in Ukraine following what it described as Kyiv’s attacks on civilian facilities inside Russian territory. The Defense Ministry said in a statement the strike involved Oreshnik ballistic missiles, Iskander aeroballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic …