4+ week, 2+ day ago   (496+ words) Before turning to the demands, note that this article’s discussion offers no view as to the wisdom of any particular settlement. It is strictly limited to assessing how Iran’s conditions fit within the strictures of international law. Accordingly, the operation…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (561+ words) It’s the Fourth of July. You’re preparing to host a barbecue. Up and down your street, flags are snapping in the wind, as a few kids in red, white, and blue trickle home from the neighborhood parade. It’s a celebration…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (539+ words) With violence continuing in Iran, Lebanon, Israel, and elsewhere throughout the Middle East and international attention fragmenting, the meeting served as a sharp reminder that the humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to worsen, and that the future of the occupied…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (218+ words) Keynoting a conference convened by the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs on the future of American peacebuilding in March 2026, former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral (ret.) Gary Roughead stated: Durable peace does not emerge solely…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (371+ words) The views are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Army, or the United States Government. Nor is there much doubt that Iraq is growing increasingly entangled…...

4+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (565+ words) In the summer of 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran allegedly hired an operative to abduct journalist and women’s rights defender Masih Alinejad from her own front garden in Brooklyn and smuggle her back to Tehran, where the regime has branded…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1582+ words) Dr. Jacob Stoil (LinkedIn - X) is Research Professor of Middle East Security at the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute and Chair of Applied History at the West Point Modern War Institute (MWI). He serves as Trustee of the U.S. Commission on Military History…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (342+ words) His conclusion was filed twelve days after the exercise: “The Blue JTF did not arrive at that end-state by engaging a thinking and adaptive enemy. The result was preordained. Any suggestion otherwise is not credible.” As Van Riper told The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (511+ words) World leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York a decade ago to commit to ending attacks on healthcare during war. The unanimous adoption of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2286 on May 3, 2016, reaffirmed that parties to conflict must protect healthcare and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (437+ words) First, Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz on March 2—an illegal blockade that has been remarkably effective, bringing maritime traffic in the Strait to a standstill. Second, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) responded on April 13 with a naval blockade applicable to…...