To Prevail, Washington Must Revive Containment Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced Washington to rethink its fundamental assumptions about Moscow. Every U.S. president from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden had sought some degree of engagement with Russia. As late as 2021, Biden expressed hope that Russia and the United States could …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump set off alarm bells in Europe when he told a campaign rally that he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to any countries he judged to be delinquent on their defense obligations. European countries were already fretting about the possibility of …

An attack from Iran-aligned forces that killed U.S. service members near Jordan’s border with Syria risks direct U.S.-Iran conflict in a region already embroiled in widening violence. The January 28 drone attack that killed three U.S. troops near the Jordan-Syria border follows more than one hundred attacks by Iran-backed militias …

Latest Developments Hezbollah fired 30 rockets toward the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on the evening of March 5. Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepted 13 of the projectiles, while 17 fell in open areas. One rocket fell in the yard of a house in a community. The …

One Israeli was killed, and eight others were wounded in a shooting that occurred Thursday morning near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of occupied East Al-Quds/Jerusalem. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Palestinians opened fire on Israeli vehicles, killing one Israeli and injuring eight others, two of whom …

Israeli Minister of Social Equality May Golan said she is “proud” of the destruction caused by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. Speaking during a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on Wednesday evening, Golan threatened Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, with beheading or arrest. “We are …

The United Nations (UN) has announced that “there is no safe place” in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been carrying out its attacks for over four months, and they have reported that 153 facilities in the region have been hit. “Nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe during military …

Hamas has completed ceasefire negotiations in Cairo and is now waiting to see what the mediators will bring over the weekend in talks with Israel, a Palestinian group official said on Friday, in what appears to be the most serious effort after weeks of negotiations to halt the fighting. Mediators …

Iran reportedly requested Sudanese permission to establish a permanent naval base on the Red Sea coast, which would support Iranian out-of-area naval operations and attacks on international shipping. The Wall Street Journal reported the Iranian request on March 3, citing a senior Sudanese intelligence official.[i] Ahmad Hasan Mohamed—an intelligence adviser …

On February 29, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. Commenting about his speech, Russian media outlet Vedomosti stated: “This year, [Putin] gave less attention than usual to key geopolitical issues, such as sanctions or the conflict with the West, focusing instead on a comprehensive …