Category: Regions
190 Articles
- Middle East & North Africa
U.S. and Israeli Checks and Balances Collapsed During the Iran War
One of the hallmarks and indeed strengths of democracies is their checks and balances – their ability to ensure that no single branch oversteps its authority or unilaterally…
July 20, 2026
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Technology
Golden Dome and a New Kind of Nuclear Arms Race
Nuclear arms control is comatose. The United States and Russia allowed New START to expire in February, ending the last vestige of formal restraint on deployed nuclear arsenals.…
July 2, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Lessons from Idlib: The Syrian Civil War and Iran’s Missing Opposition
The Sound of Silence: The Absence of Iranian Opposition Groups Operation Epic Fury, coming on the heels of Iran’s largest public uprising since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, has…
June 9, 2026
- The Americas
Adaptive Networks: Why Supply-Side Enforcement Cannot Stop Fentanyl
The Trump administration has made countering fentanyl a core tenet of its national security policy. In January 2025, President Trump signed a day-one executive order designating…
May 16, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Blind to the Berm: Western Sahara, Morocco, and the World’s Quiet Abandonment of Self-Determination
In January 1981, Morocco began constructing what the Sahrawi people would call the “Wall of Shame.” The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall now stands as both the longest operational…
May 14, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Disarmament Is Not a Starting Point in Stabilizing Gaza
In the aftermath of the October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, international efforts to stabilize Gaza have converged around a common organizing principle: the…
April 21, 2026
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Rwanda’s Perpetual Conflict in the DRC
In December 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., with the United States serving as host and sponsor of the…
April 18, 2026
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Technology
The U.S.-PRC Space Race’s Maritime Dilemma
The United States’ and the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) counterspace capabilities, which include jamming, anti-satellite weapons (ASATs), and cyberattacks, threaten the…
April 16, 2026
- Defense
- Middle East & North Africa
Egypt Is Rebuilding Its Defense Industrial Base—It Should Not Forget Maintenance and Sustainment
In late 2021, Egyptian defense firm Benha Electronic Industries participated in the third biennial Egypt Defence Expo. On display at the firm’s stand stood a domestic ESR-32B…
April 14, 2026
- Sub-Saharan Africa
A War Not-So Forgotten: How External Powers Continue to Prolong Sudan’s Civil War
What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between two generals over control of Sudan’s security sector has edged toward a full-scale regional conflict. The Sudanese Armed…
April 7, 2026