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KYIV, UKRAINE - 2022/10/17: Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike, which local authorities consider to be Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, in central Kyiv. At least four people have been killed as a result of a drone attack on a residential building in Kyiv. (Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone, which local authorities believe to be Iranian-made Shahed-136, in central Kyiv on October 17, 2022. (Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran's Malign Meddling Is Only Going to Get Worse

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Nov 4, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Russian army T-72-B3 tank fires during military exercises at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020 during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills gathering China, Iran, Pakistan and Myanmar troops, along with ex-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. - Up to 250 tanks and around 450 infantry combat vehicles and armoured personnel carriers will take part in the September 21 to 26 land and naval exercises that will involve 80,000 people including support staff. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF /

A Russian T-72 tank fires during joint military exercises between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Myanmar at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020, during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

The World's a Mess, But It's Not Hopeless

Josh Block

Adjunct Fellow

Josh Block

Nov 3, 2022

Podcast

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Missiles fire over the Caspian Sea during the Caucasus-2020 military drills between Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus, on September 23, 2020. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Overmatch

Michael Doran

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

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran & Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 2, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

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President Harry S. Truman receives a menorah from Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Ambassador of Israel to the United States Abba Eban in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. (Wikimedia Commons)

Podcast

Genesis of American Support for Israel: The Gentile Push for a Jewish State

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 31, 2022

Podcast

US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)

Commentary

The High Cost of Low American Military Spending

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 31, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

oldiers with the Ukrainian Land Forces conduct squad battle drills

Ukrainian solders conduct squad battle drills as part of Operation Fearless Guardian II, an initiative to increase Ukrainian defense compatibility with NATO forces, in Ukraine on December 15, 2015. (US Army Photo by Adriana M. Diaz-Brown)

Commentary

I Served with Ukrainians. I’m Not Surprised by Their Resolve

Jeremy Hunt

Media Fellow

Jeremy Hunt

Oct 29, 2022

Commentary

3 Min Read

An Azerbaijani soldier keeping guard by the Aras River, which forms much of Azeri-Iranian border, in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan, on December 7, 2020. (Murat Kaynak/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

We Must Not Allow Iran to Block Peace in the South Caucasus

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Oct 27, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

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Mansu Hill Grand Monument in Pyongyang, North Korea, on January 2, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

North Korea’s Dangerous Saber-rattling

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 27, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

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(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Putin Accuses Ukraine of Planning to Use a "Dirty Bomb"

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Oct 27, 2022

In the Media

President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk to sign the Abraham Accords Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo Andrea Hanks)

President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk to sign the Abraham Accords Tuesday, September 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo Andrea Hanks)

Podcast

Abraham Accords: American Zion