THE RED SEA CRISIS CONTINUES WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT

KN, The Houthi movement in Yemen began a campaign of missile and armed drone attacks on Israeli targets and U.S. and allied warships, claiming they were acting to compel the…

DESPITE ASSAD NORMALIZATION, SYRIA REMAINS A POWDER KEG

KN, Assessments that Syria’s regional reintegration would produce durable stability and economic recovery after 12 years of civil war have proven fatally flawed. The broad expectations that normalization with Syria’s…

IRAN TAKING STEPS TO AVOID CRISIS OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AGREES TO PRISONER SWAP WITH U.S.

KN, Constrained by politics in both the United States and Iran, the two sides were unable, in 18 months of negotiations, to restore full Iranian and U.S. participation in the…

G-20 SUMMIT REVEALS DEEP GEOPOLITICAL DIVISIONS AND INCREASING COMPETITION

KN, The recently concluded Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in New Delhi, India, exposed some deep geopolitical divisions among the world’s most advanced economies while also demonstrating trends of increased…

THE STATE OF GLOBAL TERRORISM TWENTY-TWO YEARS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11

KN, Twenty-two years after al-Qaeda’s devastating September 11 terrorist attacks, the global terrorism landscape appears different, in many ways, but there are also some shocking parallels. The Taliban, which harbored…