Putin is calling in favors from Syria and Africa. It’s a dangerous move
By Naureen Chowdhury Fink A quick glance of the military capabilities of Ukraine and Russia shows a David versus Goliath battle.…
Global turmoil pushes Israel, and its defense industry, closer to former rivals in thed Gulf
•With Iran in mind, several Gulf countries are feeling out potential high-tech weapons deals with Israel after rapid sea-change in…
Iran claims missile strike in Iraq ‘targeted Israeli facilities’
Strike targeted Israel’s ‘strategic center of conspiracies’ in northern Iraqi city, says IRGC By Syed Zafar Mehdi Iran on…
Boko Haram menace wanes as Nigeria drops in global terrorism index
Jude Johnson Nigeria has moved to sixth in the latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI), following successes in the fight against…
Israel’s new strategy
•Why a Post-American Middle East Means a Greater Role in Regional Security By Amos Yadlin and Assaf Orion On February 3,…
Rebel-held Syria is the new capital of global terrorism
•The question of who controls the region around Idlib has become an international problem. By Anchal Vohra In early February, two…
The Islamic State has become a resilient insurgency
•The group may no longer have its caliphate, but it’s far from defeated. By Fawaz A. Gerges In celebrating the U.S.…
Syria’s Kurds wanted autonomy, they hot an endless war
•The Kurds of northeastern Syria dreamed of establishing an autonomous, multiethnic and gender-equal utopia. Instead, their breakaway region has been…