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Middle East on Edge as Prospects for Renewed Warfare Increase

Regional leaders, including those directly involved in U.S.-Iran mediation, are girding for a resumption of warfare and ...
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As The Youth Radicalization Crisis Spreads, International Coordination is Required

The involvement of young people in both violent extremism and extreme violence is increasing. Adolescents are radicalized ...
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The Emerging Need to Protect Critical Infrastructure and VIPs from Weaponized AI Drone Threats

Consumer generative artificial intelligence (GEN AI) readily provides non-state actors, extremists, and criminals the ability ...
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Outside Powers Respond to Instability in the Red Sea

A September advance by the Iran-backed Houthi movement (Ansarallah) down the Red Sea coast has expanded the Yemen conflict, ...
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The UN Faces its Future: The Next Secretary-General

On January 1, 2027, the tenth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) will take the oath of office. António Guterres ...
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Drones Are Threatening U.S. Assets Overseas, but Their Threat to the U.S. Homeland is Higher

The recent arrest of five men near RAF Fairford Airbase in the United Kingdom as part of a suspected Iranian terror plot ...
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Houthi Escalation and What Happens Next in Yemen

The Houthis have continued to attack targets in Saudi Arabia, including airports, energy infrastructure, and other soft targets that have exposed the Kingdom’s weaknesses and forced Saudi Crown Prince ...
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The Region Still in Crisis Three Years after the October 7 Attack

Despite three years of conflict touched off by the October 7 Hamas attack, regional alignments remain where they have been for decades, pitting the U.S., Israel, and moderate Arab states against Iran ...