As the EU unveils its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, calls are growing to provide Ukraine with the 300 billion dollars of frozen Russian state assets. How feasible and impactful would such a move be? A showdown between the EU and the bloc’s two most pro-Russian members, Hungary and …

Israel has turned key components of Iran’s tyrannical regime into rubble. In solidarity with the Iranian people who have long endured the regime’s brutality, the first wave of Israeli strikes from June 13-18 targeted those who have most repressed them: senior military commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), …

Abstract: The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel triggered a rapid escalation in regional conflict and reshaped the operational landscape of Iran-backed violent non-state actors. Using data from the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center’s GRID database, this article compares patterns of terrorist violence in the Middle East one …