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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Vehicles drive on a street across from an anti-US mural in Tehran on March 12, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran Might Have Miscalculated in Gaza

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 6, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

United States Air Force Airmen assigned to Ramstein Air Base in Germany guard a C-17 Globemaster III at Nevatim Base, Israel, on October 15, 2023. (Edgar Grimaldo via DVIDS)

Commentary

Only the US Can Restore World Order

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Nov 6, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

Radar domes in Svalbard, Norway. (Bernt Rostad via Flickr)

Radar domes in Svalbard, Norway, on March 15, 2013. (Bernt Rostad via Flickr)

Commentary

Saudi Arabia and Other Gulf States Should Not Forget Their Interests in the Far-off Arctic

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Nov 4, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Presidential Executive Office of Russia, via Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Brewing Global Disruption

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Nov 3, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Biden’s Foreign Policy Benefits Iran

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Nov 3, 2023

In the Media

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Podcast

How Israel Went from Darling to Enemy of the Left

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 2, 2023

Podcast

Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, on November 1, 2023, chant slogans in support of the people in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

A World Spinning Out of Control

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 1, 2023

Podcast

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members march during the annual anti-Israel Al Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Reports

Bankrupting Iran’s Empire of Terror

Nate Sibley

Former Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

Nate Sibley

Nov 1, 2023

Reports

14 Min Read

(Screenshot via CBN)

In the Media

The Future of the Abraham Accords with Israel at War

Josh Block

Adjunct Fellow

Josh Block

Nov 1, 2023

In the Media

Israeli soldiers and journalists take cover from Syrian planes strafing the road on the Golan Heights during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War on October 8, 1973. (Ze'ev Spector/GPO/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

In the Yom Kippur War, Strategic Vision Mattered Most