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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hamas’s Strategy Depends on Maximizing Palestinian Civilian Casualties

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Oct 24, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel collides with a Philippine supply boat near the Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, on October 23, 2023. (Screenshot of China Coast Guard video via Reuters)

Commentary

How China Could Turn Crisis to Catastrophe

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 23, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

An Israeli soldier displays military equipment and ammunition that Hamas and Palestinans militants used at the time of the attack on the Israeli south border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023, in Kiryat Malakhi, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)

Podcast

Managing the Risks of Escalation during Israel-Hamas War

Mario Mancuso

Visiting Senior Fellow

Mario Mancuso

Oct 23, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Day 16 of the Israel War

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 22, 2023

In the Media

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In the Media

American Hard Power Can Deter Our Adversaries

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 22, 2023

In the Media

Iranian flag waving with city skyline on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography via Getty Images)

Commentary

Has Iran Compromised the Biden Administration?

Garrett Exner

Adjunct Fellow

Garrett Exner

Oct 22, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters prepare to leave for another field at Tigray Martyr's Memorial Monument Center in Mekele, Ethiopia, on June 30, 2021. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Mirage of Middle East Peace

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Oct 21, 2023

Commentary

9 Min Read

Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran, symbolizing Iran's support for the Palestinian Al-Aqsa storm missile attack on Israel, in downtown Tehran, October 12, 2023. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel’s Strongest Allies Just Unshackled Iran’s Missile Program

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Oct 20, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Joe Biden’s High-Stake Trip

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 20, 2023

In the Media

Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 28, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Commentary

NATO Needs Results if Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Summit Is to Be a Success

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Oct 20, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

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Podcast

Why the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Pushes People’s Buttons

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 20, 2023

Podcast

A 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member assists in the transportation of the Launcher Load Frame to the flight-line for loading at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2023. The concept for pre-loading munitions has been around since the B-1 first entered service but has gone unused for 30 years until 7 AMXS resurrected the capability this winter. The LLF is a piece of equipment that allows weapons loaders to pre-load munitions on a launcher, under the cover of a facility, prior to tran

A crew member assists in the transportation of the Launcher Load Frame to the flight-line for loading at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, on January 9, 2023. (Josiah Brown via DVIDS)

Commentary

Israel, Ukraine, and the Pentagon Need Munitions. The US Needs a Wartime Mindset to Deliver.