Washington, April 17, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announces that Jonathan Lord , senior fellow and director of the Middle East…

The Yemeni militants are deeply entangled in great-power politics.

Moscow’s interests go directly against Washington’s in the Middle East.

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At the Department of Defense, he served as a special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and advised Secretary Austin’s Middle East Crisis…

Without a reformed Palestinian Authority presence in Gaza, Hamas will continue to rule the Strip.

The combatants have backed each other into a corner, while President Trump has added a volatile new variable by laying down an ultimatum of his own.

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to build new alliances.

The women stationed at Nahal Oz warned authorities for months about increasingly suspicious Hamas activity, but no one acted.

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration should convene the the E3 to coordinate a strategy for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

Intelligence suggests vessels will be laden with sodium perchlorate used in critical weapons

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration should convene the the E3 to coordinate a strategy for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration should convene the the E3 to coordinate a strategy for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump's intervention "was the 10 cents missing for the dollar," one U.S. official told Axios.

In this op-ed, Delaney Soliday and Shivane Anand of the Middle East Security Program at CNAS lay out what an Iran-Russia defense agreement could mean for Iran's proxies.

The House’s inability to select a speaker is impacting US national security, Republican and Democratic lawmakers and staffers say, as members who can’t yet be sworn in are being locked out of classifi...

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They are negotiating with Russia about its military presence

"Israel is taking no chances with their security and not waiting to find out if the new Syrian government is friendly or hostile," said Lord, who is now…

Today a new Axis of Upheaval —the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.…

Assad’s fall offers a chance to reverse years of indecision.

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Today a new Axis of Upheaval —the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.…

Today a new Axis of Upheaval —the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.…

Today a new Axis of Upheaval —the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.…