THE FOG OF WAR ENVELOPES SYRIA
KN. Perceiving a potential threat to U.S. forces in Syria, U.S. F-16s shot down an armed Turkish drone that was striking Kurdish forces near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah.…
XI AND PUTIN MEET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
KN. With the Middle East on the brink of a possible region-wide conflict, Chinese President Xi Jinping was notably absent from the war’s ongoing diplomatic efforts as he convened world…
ELECTIONS BRING VENEZUELA ONE STEP CLOSER TO THAWING U.S. RELATIONS
KN. María Corina Machado – a conservative, free market candidate who has spoken out harshly against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – handily won Venezuela’s first opposition presidential…
THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF HISTORIC LEVELS OF MIGRATION AT THE U.S. SOUTHWEST BORDER
KN. For the third year in a row, a sharp increase in migrant and refugee crossings at the U.S. southern border has reached record-setting levels. The total number of migrant…
JORDAN FACES RISKS FROM ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
KN. The policies of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as well as its stability, are pivotal to calming regional tensions after Israel’s operations in Gaza end. The Israel-Hamas war is…











