June, 2024

• 15 June

  America’s Enemies at Home and Abroad

  

  Who are these people who love America so much, who are so grateful for the freedoms they can have only in America, that they cannot wait to take them away? In addition to the Axis of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, which is trying every day to take America …

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• 15 June

  Iran’s Attempts to Attack Israel Must Be Confronted

  

  Netanyahu’s resolve in the face of so many challenges, from splits in his own war cabinet over the conduct of the war in Gaza to incessant pressure from Washington to agree to a ceasefire, has prompted comparisons with British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill, with Andrew Roberts labelling the Israeli …

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• 15 June

  Moscow Focusing On Gotland And Other Baltic Sea Islands As Potential Targets – Analysis

  

  In recent weeks, the world has been focused mainly on Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Kremlin has signaled that its next military moves are likely to come in Europe’s north. Moscow has indicated that it feels entitled to unilaterally change internationally recognized borders in the Baltic Sea (see …

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• 15 June

  The Baltic (R)evolution In Military Affairs – Analysis

  

  During the past 20 years of their NATO membership, the Baltic states achieved a multi-faceted transformation in their strategic posture establishment, military capability development, and level of interdependence with their NATO allies. Once inexperienced newcomers, the so-called “one-issue” countries (referring to their focus on Russia as a strategic challenger to …

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• 15 June

  The EU Elections: The March Of The Right – OpEd

  The EU elections over June 6 to June 9 have presented a chaotically merry picture, certainly for those on the right of politics. Not that the right in question is reliably homogeneous in any sense, nor hoping for a single theme of triumph. A closer look at the gains made …

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• 14 June

  War and Peace: Ukraine’s Impossible Choices

  

  Two years into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, a Carnegie-sponsored opinion poll found that Ukrainians still believe strongly in their national cause, even as doubts creep in about the path to victory. In recent months, Ukraine’s battlefield prospects have seemed some of the bleakest since the early days of the …

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• 14 June

  Islamic State operatives arrested after illegally crossing the US border

  

  On June 11, eight Tajik nationals with ties to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), the terrorist group’s branch in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, were arrested in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Utilizing wiretaps to track their movements, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force apprehended the suspects …

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• 14 June

  Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay

  

  Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as US President Joe Biden called Hamas the “biggest hang-up” to another truce. Tensions were also soaring on Israel’s northern border, with more attacks by Hamas ally Hezbollah targeting military positions and …

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• 14 June

  Hamas submits Gaza cease-fire response to Qatar, Egypt

  

  Hamas’ formal reply comes a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution backing the three-phase proposal. The United States is evaluating the formal response Hamas submitted on the proposed cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday. The Palestinian militant group does not appear to …

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• 14 June

  Pentagon hosts Lebanon’s army chief in bid to avert Israel-Hezbollah war

  

  The Biden administration wants the Lebanese Armed Forces to deploy near the Israel-Lebanon border to help defuse a potentially explosive conflict with Hezbollah. But first, Lebanon’s top general needs to be able to pay his soldiers their salaries. Lebanon’s top military general met with senior Biden administration officials and congressional …

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