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UNIFIL should reset or go home (Fadi Nicholas Nassar, Saleh El Machnouk – Middle East Institute)

At the end of August, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established nearly 50 years ago, goes on trial...

The United States Needs Both Public and Private R&D Funding (Chris Borges – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Public and private research and development (R&D) funding play complementary roles in the U.S. innovation ecosystem, and both are vital to sustaining long-term technological...

The AUKUS Inflection: Seizing the Opportunity to Deliver Deterrence (Abraham M. Denmark and Charles Edel – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In an era defined by accelerating great power competition, AUKUS—the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—stands as perhaps...

Lukashenka’s succession game: Promises, power, and the illusion of an exit (Katsiaryna Shmatsina – Atlantic Council)

In an interview with Time magazine published earlier this month, Belarusian autocrat Alyaksandr Lukashenka declared that he has no intention of running for the...

Five questions (and expert answers) about where the US-South Korea alliance goes from here (Atlantic Council)

On Monday, US President Donald Trump welcomed South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to the White House. That Trump’s welcome would be warm was very...

To end Putin’s war on Ukraine, Trump should sanction Russian oil (Kimberly Donovan – Atlantic Council)

Over the past two weeks, US President Donald Trump has shown the world that he can get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the table...

Trump’s economic agenda is set to collide with the Supreme Court (Josh Lipsky – Atlantic Council)

US President Donald Trump’s economic agenda is now set on a collision course with the Supreme Court. In the coming weeks the court will...

What Determines Whether a Terrorist Group is Considered Successful? (The Soufan Center)

A host of factors need to be considered to assess and measure the success of transnational terrorist organizations, including intent, ability to mobilize, operational...

Iran Resists Disarmament of Its Regional Allies (The Soufan Center)

Iran’s leaders are trying to prevent the disarmament of their non-state allies in an effort to rebuild the national security strategy shattered by a...

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