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This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle to be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during the hostage-prisoner exchange operation in Saraya Square in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. The Israeli military said the Red Cross had confirmed the handover of three hostages on January 19, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum campaign group had identified the three women set to be relea

This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle during the hostage-prisoner exchange in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

Hamas Is Bloodthirsty and Cruel

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jan 21, 2025

In the Media

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and first lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House on January 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura via Getty Images)

In the Media

How the Second Trump Administration Is Different from the First

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Jan 20, 2025

In the Media

Melania Trump and Donald Trump arrive at St. John's Church as part of Inauguration ceremonies on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)

Commentary

American Exceptionalism Is Back

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 20, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via News Nation)

In the Media

Trump’s TikTok U-Turn

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Jan 20, 2025

In the Media

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on June 27, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)

Commentary

Return of the Dealmaker

Mike Watson

Former Fellow

Mike Watson

Jan 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton arrives and walks behind Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese during post budget media interviews at Parliament House on May 15, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market. It unveiled its federal budget on May 14. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support

Opposition leader Peter Dutton arrives at Parliament House on May 15, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. (Tracey Nearmy via Getty Images)

Commentary

Sorry, PM, but Dutton Is More a Trump Kind of Guy

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Jan 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial on January 21, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji via Getty Images)

Podcast

Trump-Xi Contest and South Korea’s Political Crisis

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Jan 17, 2025

Podcast

People walk past traditional Russian matryoshka dolls bearing Russian and Soviet leaders in downtown Moscow on December 16, 2018. (Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A Measure Short of War Review: The Geopolitics of Lying

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Jan 15, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing elected United States President Donald Trump on November 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)

Podcast

The Trump Administration and the Middle East Battle Spaces

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Jan 13, 2025

Podcast

American flag with the TikTok logo displayed on a phone screen on December 26, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Podcast

TikTok Fights for Its Life in the Supreme Court

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Jan 11, 2025

Podcast

People gather to oppose a TikTok ban in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Congress Didn’t Ban TikTok

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

Jan 9, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

John Trumbull's painting, circa 1754, of the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. (Universal History Archive via Getty Images)

Commentary

America Needs a Quarter-Millennial Celebration Worthy of Its History