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ANALYSIS: The 15-point roadmap meant to disarm Hamas
On May 21, 2026, UN coordinator Nickolay Mladenov, in his capacity as high representative of the Board of Peace for Gaza, presented to the…
EDITORIAL: Eight months after resolution 2803, Gaza's peace hangs by a thread
The UN Security Council convened in July 2026 for its quarterly briefing on the Middle East, a meeting that falls almost symbolically eight months…
REPORT: Japan, UK and Italy Lock In £4.6 Billion for the GCAP Fighter Jet
On July 3, 2026, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy officially signed a development contract worth £4.6 billion sterling, or roughly $6.1 billion, to…
DECODING: How Morocco Dismantled an Islamic State Cell Tied to the Sahel
On July 6, 2026, Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), the country's counterterrorism agency, announced it had foiled attack plots planned by a…
TESTIMONY: What I Saw in the Numbers From Exercise Valiant Shield 2026
I was not in Guam. I did not see the aircraft take off, nor the missiles hit their target in the warm waters of…
DECODING: Why Seoul Took a Full Day to Admit a North Korean Launch
On June 25, 2026, the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, North Korea carried out a series of launches including…
OPINION: North Korea Tests "Strike Packages" to Jam Detection
On June 25, 2026, the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, North Korea conducted a series of weapons tests under…
ANALYSIS: The Kang Kon, a Limping Symbol of North Korea's Naval Ambition
Few warships have inadvertently exposed the structural flaws of a military program as much as the North Korean destroyer Kang Kon.
COMMENTARY: Kim Jong-un Plays Grand Admiral With a Ship That Capsized
On July 3, 2026, reported the following day by several international news agencies, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test launch of…