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An aerial view of the complex housing the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on October 18, 2023, in the aftermath of an overnight blast. (Shadi Al-Tabatibi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Gaza Hospital Blast Shows America Is Not Ready for Chinese Disinformation

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

Kenneth R. Weinstein & William Chou

Nov 20, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pose for a group photo with other leaders at the Third Belt and Road Forum on October 18, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Suo Takekuma/Pool via Getty Images)

Commentary

What It Means to Be Better

Tod Lindberg

Senior Fellow

Tod Lindberg

Nov 20, 2023

Commentary

10 Min Read

Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)

Commentary

Gaza Is Gen Z’s First Real War

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 20, 2023

Commentary

2 Min Read

A member of the Israeli forces runs past a fire raging in a house in Ashkelon following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabi/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel Defeating Hamas Aids Arab States, Even If They Are Afraid to Admit It

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Nov 20, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

Israel Declines a Deal to Free Hostages

Garrett Exner

Adjunct Fellow

Garrett Exner

Nov 20, 2023

In the Media

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg hold a press conference on April 14, 2021, at NATO's headquarters in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Destabilizing the Middle East and the Subcontinent, and the Day NATO Lost Afghanistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Nov 20, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

How America Should Approach Ukraine and the Middle-East

Robert Spalding

Senior Fellow

Robert Spalding

Nov 18, 2023

In the Media

United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Potential Government Shutdown, Ukraine Aid, Biden-Xi, and Iran’s Proxies

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Nov 17, 2023

Podcast

Counterbalance | The Explosion of Antisemitism in Europe and the United States

Michael Doran

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

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Michael Doran & Peter Rough

Nov 16, 2023

Podcast

Yemenis walk past an installation depicting military drones in Sanaa on November 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Yemen's Huthi rebels on November 13, threatened to target Israeli ships in the Red Sea, as the group said they had launched another missile targeting the country over its war with Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Yemenis walk past an installation depicting military drones in Sanaa on November 16, 2023, in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | November 16, 2023

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 16, 2023

Commentary

14 Min Read

Protesters during a rally in support of Palestinians at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on November 12, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Whom Does Hamas Represent?

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Nov 14, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Soldiers from an Israeli artillery unit wait for orders to fire from the Israeli side of the border toward the Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, in southern Israel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Commentary

Three Things about the Israel-Hamas War | November 14, 2023