DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

Strengthening the Türkiye-Syria alliance and Türkiye's potential return to the F-35 program may create a new use for the ...

The military has rules and laws and hierarchy and a chain of command. But undergirding it all is trust—trust that higher-ups ...

Iran is a major and prestigious country that the region has an interest in seeing become stable and prosperous, away from the rhetoric of threats to shut the Hormuz Strait and support Houthi rockets ...

Today, nearly everything is made in China – except courage; it’s made in Palestine.” – Anthony Bourdain. Anyone conversant ...

The ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the ...

Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest ...

In every geographical region, countries strive to expand their influence and attain a regional status that aligns with their ...

Facing recurrent cycles of terror-violence in a “state of nature,” [1] Israel must defend itself in both law [2] and strategy. Though generally unacknowledged, this dual-level defense could prove ...

Türkiye's ascension as a global power, role as a leader in alliances and growing defense industry challenges the regional ...

President Trump has warned the Houthis – and their backers in Iran – of possible escalation if attacks on Red Sea shipping ...

Newroz, the Farsi-language word for “new year,” is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated in countries including Iraq ...