From 2014-2106, the U.S. exported $62.9 billion in arms sales to the European Union (E.U.); during those years, the E.U. exported $7.6 billion in arms to the U.S. The U.S. is also pushing NATO members, including those in the E.U., to increase their respective defense...
The Syrian government and its allies, Russia and Iran, are making moves to retake Idlib from the last remaining pocket of rebel fighters holed up in the province...
The April 21, 2019, terrorist attacks against several Sri Lanka churches and hotels were the deadliest in the history of Sri Lanka, a country that has suffered greatly from decades of civil war and ethnic conflict...
Germany is experiencing a renewed wave of virulent anti-Semitism and intimidation and violence directed toward immigrants, especially Muslims...
In an effort to learn from the failure to protect the integrity of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, elements of the U.S government are determined to avoid a repeat of the Russian-backed campaign of disinformation and malign influence...
The conditions in the camps holding members of the so-called Islamic State and their families continue to deteriorate as the situation and sense of desperation grow more acute by the day...
China has created a highly-controlled environment in Xinjiang, a province in the country’s northwest that borders Central Asia, where it monitors minority ethnic Uighurs, relying on emerging technologies to track and surveil them...
Since the Trump administration assumed office in January 2017, it has increased pressure on Iran. In May 2018, the U.S. withdrew from the landmark Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, negotiated under the Obama administration, re-imposing strict economic sanctions on Iran...
The U.S. has long prioritized hard power and kinetic operations over soft power initiatives, but the imbalance is becoming even more pronounced as the Trump administration regularly flaunts its disdain for traditional diplomacy...
The U.S. is mulling a decision about whether to legally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), a move fraught with clear negative consequences with few tangible benefits...
Recent unrest in Venezuela and the continuing uncertainty over whether President Maduro will step down continues to drag on...
When widespread popular protests toppled the 30-year rule of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir on April 11, great optimism enveloped the country, ushering in the hope that organic and democratic change had finally arrived...
Turkish President Erdogan has always sought to outwardly present himself as a strong leader, especially in matters of foreign and security policy, as he continues to edge Turkey further away from the West...
Mexico has been at war with drug cartels for more than a decade. Felipe Calderon's administration announced a 'war’ on drugs shortly after he came to power in 2006 and while there was some initial success, recent statistics show that murder rates are on the...
The spread of violent extremist content online continues to pose a serious challenge for Western democracies. On May 15, New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern and French President Macron will co-host a conference called 'Tech for Humanity,’...