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It Is Time to Make the Penalties Clear and Onerous for Any Individual Wantonly Violating Cypriot Sovereignty
The American Saudi Flirtation over up to 48 F-35s Is a Rewriting of the Rules That Have Long Undergirded Middle East Stability
Drug Trafficking in Turkey Operates in a Permissive Atmosphere Nurtured over Two Decades by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Ruling Justice and Development Party
Greece Increasingly Punches Above Its Weight at the United Nations and on the World Stage
Missing in the Wider Coverage Is an Attempt to Understand the Motivations and Aims of the Main Warring Sides
The Sum Is Enough National Wealth to More than Triple Libya’s Combined Spending on Both Healthcare and Education
‘If They Pray, I Must Pray Even More—They Pray for Death, I Pray for Life’—Bar Kupershtein, Former Hostage
For Counterterrorism Officials, the Plot Is a Chilling Reminder That While ISIS’s ‘Caliphate’ Is Gone, Its Global Recruitment Pipelines Through Turkey Have Not Been Dismantled
Rather than Reject the Deal Outright, Washington Should Use It to Rewrite the Rules
If Only the Mullahs Had Spent Their Money on Desalination Plants Instead of Nuclear Facilities, the People of Iran Would Not Be Facing Death from Dehydration
The Annual Conferences Held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Reveal a Worldview That Is Dependent on Continued Confrontation with the West
Mali’s Collapse Would Export Instability Into the Sahel and Maghreb Corridors Linking Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia
A Significant Difference Between the Position of Israel and That of Its Chief Ally, the United States, on the Way Forward Is Emerging
The Editorial Brands Him as Among the Foremost Examples of Treachery Against Islam, Eager to Make Sacrifices and Concessions to the U.S. and Israel for the Sake of Power
Across Israel’s Southern and Western Peripheries, a Slow-Motion Catastrophe Is Taking Shape
Antoun Sa’adeh, Fayez Sayegh, and the Intellectual Genealogy of Anti-Zionism
‘The Men of Light’ (Saraya Al-Jawad) Was Formed After the End of the Massacres on the Coast That Took Place in the Period 7-9 March 2025
By Invoking the Terrorist Exclusion List Rather than FTO Designation, Washington Signals Concern but Skips a Diplomatic Confrontation
Ankara Is Using Energy Deals to Expand Its Influence in Contested Waters and to Entrench Patronage Inside a Fragile, Divided Libya
Israel Has Given Beirut an Ultimatum That It Will Carry Out a Broad Operation If the Lebanese Armed Forces Do Not Step up Their Efforts
It Is the Only Rational Posture for a Country That Has Been Fighting an Existential Ideological War with Hamas for Decades
The Implications for American Interests Are Concrete, Even If the Language of Policy Prefers Discretion
