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Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah chant slogans and gesture during a rally marking Al-Quds day in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon

Hezbollah Has Been Active in America for Decades

Hezbollah has suffered serious casualties in Syria, but also feels emboldened by its battlefield successes and may seek to flex its muscles globally.

Colin P. Clarke

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army in an unknown location in North Korea

Is America Vulnerable to a North Korean Missile Attack?

The United States needs a multi-tier defense against North Korea.

Ariel Cohen
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mattis and Ukraine's Defence Minister Poltorak walk past honour guards during a welcoming ceremony in Kiev

We Still Don't Know How Trump's Administration Will Handle Ukraine

In Kiev, Mattis could provide no definitive answers to questions about what is likely to change.

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
FILE PHOTO: Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) are driven past the stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other high ranking officials during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. The missiles themselves were shown for the first time inside a new kind of canister-based launcher on Saturday. The trucks upon which they are mounted are originally designed to move lumber. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

10 Solutions to the North Korea Problem That Won't Work

Each side needs a signal from the other that provides the political space and justification to begin direct discussions.

Duyeon Kim
An Israeli soldier walks points his weapon toward Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Has Netanyahu Defeated the Palestinians?

Israel has undoubtedly scored some wins, while the Palestinian leadership has suffered from division and strategic ineptitude.

Daniel Levy
Taiwan's air force soldiers practice during a national day rehearsal in Taipei

America Needs a Taiwan Strategy for the 21st Century

Much has changed since the lines in the sand were drawn in 1982.

Russell Hsiao
A Syrian tank loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad forces is seen in Fleit

How Bashar al-Assad Won the War in Syria

The way he has prosecuted the war has been as effective as it has been inhumane.

Daniel R. DePetris

The Skeptics

  • Trump Wants You to Write Him a Blank Check for War in Afghanistan. Don't.

  • Trump Goes from Afghanistan War Skeptic to True Believer

  • Trump Doesn't Want the Same Old Options from the Pentagon on Afghanistan

  • Why U.S. Sanctions Are Unlikely to Deter North Korea

  • Trump Must Tread Carefully with Preventative War in North Korea

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  • Great Britain's Nuclear Weapons Could Easily Destroy Entire Countries

  • How Long-Range Fighter Escorts Helped Take down Hitler's Empire

  • How Fire and Fatigue Almost Destroyed a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

  • North Korea's Not-So-Secret War That Could Have Ignited World War III

  • North Korea's Artillery and Rocket Launchers Could Do Some Serious Damage

Paul Pillar

  • Iranians and Their iPhones, and the Futility of Sanctions

  • Netanyahu's Priorities and U.S. Responses

Great Britain's Nuclear Weapons Could Easily Destroy Entire Countries

Kyle Mizokami

How Long-Range Fighter Escorts Helped Take down Hitler's Empire

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How Fire and Fatigue Almost Destroyed a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Sebastien Roblin

Iranians and Their iPhones, and the Futility of Sanctions

Paul R. Pillar

North Korea's Not-So-Secret War That Could Have Ignited World War III

Adam Rawnsley

North Korea's Artillery and Rocket Launchers Could Do Some Serious Damage

Kyle Mizokami

The 2 Forgotten Reasons China and America Probably Won't Go to War

Zachary Keck

China Is Weaponizing Water

Eugene K. Chow

How the 'Bayonet' May Make a Comeback in the U.S. Military

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How the Last War Between China and India Haunts Asia (And the World)

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