Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on two commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, setting a Qatari LNG carrier's engine room ablaze after the vessels...
Summary and Key Points: President Trump campaigned on restraint, yet his administration has already used force and now is moving military power toward Iran,...
Synopsis: As new nuclear talks begin, Iran leans on a familiar negotiating style: stall, extract concessions, and buy time. -Washington signals both pressure and...
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter argues the Trump administration is inflating Venezuela into a major U.S. security threat to justify...
Key Points and Summary – In 1956, Britain, France, and Israel struck Egypt after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, seeking to preserve Western leverage...
Key Points and Summary – In a sharp escalation of maritime pressure on the “Axis of Upheaval,” the Trump administration quietly ordered U.S. special...
As President Trump prepares to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this month to advance his peace plan for Gaza, on-the-ground developments...
Key Points and Summary – The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy is landing very differently in Moscow and European capitals. -Kremlin spokesman Dmitri...
Key Points and Summary – Donald Trump’s November 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) abandons talk of a “rules-based order” in favor of “flexible realism”...