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Brahim Ghali, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SARD) and Secretary-General of the Polisario front, salutes the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SARD). (Getty Images)

Brahim Ghali, president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) salutes the SADR flag on January 13, 2023. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Strategic Case for Designating the Polisario Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Zineb Riboua

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

Zineb Riboua

Apr 18, 2025

Reports

9 Min Read

(School of War)

Podcast

Restraint and the Middle East

Michael Doran

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

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Doran & Aaron MacLean

Apr 14, 2025

Podcast

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

The Nuclear Talks with Iran

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 14, 2025

In the Media

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Trump Wants Tariffs

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 7, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot Via SkyNews)

In the Media

How US Allies Are Responding to Tariffs

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Mar 31, 2025

In the Media

German designated chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, speaks to the media the day after the Hamburg city-state election on March 3, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)

Commentary

No More Mixed Signals: Europe Needs to Spend More on Defense—and Soon

Mike Watson

Former Fellow

Mike Watson

Mar 29, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

(What Really Matters logo)

Podcast

The View of the Middle East from Mar-a-Lago

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 28, 2025

Podcast

Illustration of Tik Tok. (Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty)

Commentary

The US Cannot Compromise with the CCP over TikTok

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Sobolik

Mar 20, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

(What Really Matters logo)

Podcast

Trump’s Deal with Moscow?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 17, 2025

Podcast

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Ukraine Will Have to Make a Territorial Concession to End the War

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 13, 2025

In the Media

A statue of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, stands in front of the US Treasury September 19, 2008, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Podcast

US Sanctions Policy and Priorities

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Mar 12, 2025

Podcast

US President Donald Trump speaks during signing of executive orders at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 18, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump speaks during signing of executive orders at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 18, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump’s Russia Policy Isn’t All That New