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Nov 5, 2024
Confederations Dissolve. Washington Errs When It Ignores Reality: Both Somaliland and South Yemen say they want independence. In both cases, their independence would benefit...
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Nov 1, 2024
The State Department’s futile and ossified approach to Somaliland advances Beijing's objectives in the Horn of Africa.
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Oct 28, 2024
On October 26, 2024, Israel launched strikes on a security site in Tehran and on the Parchin and Khojir military bases, both allegedly involved in...
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Oct 26, 2024
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt hosted Saudi King Ibn Saud onboard the USS Quincy as he returned from the 1945 Yalta Conference, few expected that the meeting would define the world...
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Oct 16, 2024
In the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, European countries cast aside Oslo Accords-era commitments to demand Palestinians cease terrorism as...
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Oct 1, 2024
Israel’s strike on Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s long-time leader, left a void at the group’s top. While Hezbollah subsequently appointed Hashem...
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Sep 28, 2024
Make no mistake: Ukraine is right. Russia’s aggression toward its southern neighbor had nothing to do with NATO expansion nor grievances at the post-Cold...
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Sep 25, 2024
Just over a week before the U.S. elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin may deliver a knockout blow to U.S. influence and prestige in the Caucasus and consolidate...
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Sep 20, 2024
The Iranian government defaulted to its influence operations playbook in the aftermath of the September 17, 2024, systematic explosion of Hezbollah pagers, presumably...
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Aug 29, 2024
Are Joe Biden and Blinken Reviving Turkey’s F-35 Deal? Leave it to the White House and State Department to prioritize wishful thinking over strategic reality.
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Aug 28, 2024
Returning from meeting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Yalta in February 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took a quick detour to...
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Aug 27, 2024
It is hard not to conclude that the reason why the State Department treats Rwanda so poorly relative to peer countries is that it is African.
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Aug 24, 2024
Just five years ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was the toast of the town. He won the Nobel Peace Prize “for his efforts to achieve peace and international...
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Aug 22, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken smells like desperation. After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for more than two hours, Blinken said the...
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Aug 16, 2024
What does Ukraine’s Offensive into Russia mean for a Future Taiwan-China War?
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Aug 14, 2024
Tens of thousands of Rwandans gathered at Amahoro National Stadium on August 11, 2024 to watch President Paul Kagame, whom they consider the hero that defeated...
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Aug 2, 2024
The Biden administration is playing defense. The Iranian government is open about its so-called “Axis of Resistance,” a patchwork of Islamic...
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Jul 23, 2024
Turkey’s Cyprus Model Could Destroy the International Liberal Order: Today marks the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus.
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Jul 4, 2024
U.S. policy in Congo is enabling the slide toward ethnic violence against Congolese Tutsis.
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Jul 1, 2024
Joe Biden Is Making America Less Safe: Many political debates come down to one line. President Gerald Ford’s declaration that “There is no Soviet domination of...
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Jun 27, 2024
Despite their attacks on global shipping, the Houthis are much weaker than they appear.
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Jun 19, 2024
The Middle East is most secure, stable, and peaceful when the United States works in tandem with Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What was true in the 1980s remains true today. Restoring...
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Jan 23, 2024
Forty-five years ago, Andrew Young, a civil rights icon whom President Jimmy Carter appointed as his ambassador to the United Nations, resigned. His sin? Meeting with...
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Jan 13, 2024
Houthi attacks on shipping continue. While Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a multilateral effort to patrol the passage with warships, this...
Jul 1, 2024Joe Biden Is Making America Less Safe: Many political debates come down to one line. President Gerald Ford’s declaration that “There is no Soviet domination of...
Jun 27, 2024Despite their attacks on global shipping, the Houthis are much weaker than they appear. 
Jun 19, 2024The Middle East is most secure, stable, and peaceful when the United States works in tandem with Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What was true in the 1980s remains true today. Restoring...
Jan 23, 2024Forty-five years ago, Andrew Young, a civil rights icon whom President Jimmy Carter appointed as his ambassador to the United Nations, resigned. His sin? Meeting with...
Jan 13, 2024Houthi attacks on shipping continue. While Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a multilateral effort to patrol the passage with warships, this...