The Trump administration’s decision this week to suspend sanctions on Russian oil at sea should be seen in uncomplicated terms for what it is: a disaster. While it has had little discernible impact on the price of oil on the international market, it will damage the efficacy of Russian sanctions …

The Eastern Mediterranean rarely remains insulated from turbulence in the Middle East. Yet, the events of early March 2026 marked an unusual escalation: a drone strike targeting the British air base at RAF Akrotiri, on the southern coast of Cyprus, brought the island directly into the operational environment of the …

The day after the Hamas-led campaign of terror on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah began launching near daily rocket attacks targeting Israel. A year later, Israeli forces finally took the fight to the Shi’ite militia in Lebanon, and on September 27, 2024, a targeted Israeli airstrike on an underground Hezbollah command …