Dov S. Zakheim

Two and one-half years following Russia’s massive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, leaders in both Moscow and Kyiv appear determined to keep fighting despite growing costs to each side

Even as the Lebanese-Israeli crisis intensifies, there appears to be no end to the political machinations in Jerusalem.

In retrospect, it is clear that someone at the administration's most senior levels should have personally transmitted to Biden the compelling reservations about the project from the Agency for International Development. No one seems to have done so.

Given ongoing civil unrest in Iran, a major Israeli strike on its petroleum facilities or an attack that targets the IRGC or the Iranian leadership could result in a major public upheaval that brings down the forty-five-year-old theocratic regime.

The Biden administration appears to be wringing its hands over the potential for oil price increases, which it fears could affect the outcome of the presidential election.

The Navy must supplement its force with non-nuclear alternatives.

Despite Russia and North Korea’s denials, it is imperative that Washington and London encourage South Korea to ship arms to Ukraine as soon as possible.

Despite Russia and North Korea's denials, it is imperative that Washington and London encourage South Korea to ship arms to Ukraine as soon as possible.

The new agreement between Britain and Mauritius brought an end to their decades-long dispute regarding sovereignty over the archipelago. Beginning in the 1980s, the Mauritians had staked a claim to the archipelago, arguing that Britain had illegally hived it off and renamed it the British Indian Ocean Territory when Mauritius became fully independent from Britain in 1968. A 2019 ruling by the International Court of Justice upheld Mauritius's claim. That same year, the United Nations General Assembly