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Director Jonathan Lincoln for War on the Rocks: “A Historic Resolution, an Unworkable Plan: The Uncertain Future of Gaza’s New Mandate”

With the authorization of an international administration and stabilization force for Gaza, U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803 marks a historic endorsement of the U.S.-led…

December 1, 2025

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Professor Ed Husain for The National Interest: “The Muslim Brotherhood’s Role in Sudan’s Civil War”

The Islamist group and its ideology have long been a stumbling block for Sudan’s stability and development. President Donald Trump has vowed to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in…

November 28, 2025

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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Hezbollah Is Down But Not Out”

After being battered by Israel, Hezbollah is working to replenish its badly damaged capabilities. Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, was in Beirut last…

November 6, 2025

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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Hamas Plots in Europe: A Shift Toward External Operations?”

Hamas has never carried out a successful terrorist attack outside of Israel, the West Bank, or Gaza—but not for lack of plotting. Over the years, the group came close to…

October 23, 2025

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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Global Gangsters: Hezbollah’s Latin American Drug Trafficking Operations”

In the wake of Israel’s blistering military response against Hezbollah, the group is facing a cash shortfall at a time when it has lost key leaders, fighters, weapons,…

October 21, 2025

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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Hamas Is Not Done Fighting”

The first phase of the U.S.-brokered cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is a tremendous achievement, securing the release of hostages held by Hamas for over two years…

October 14, 2025

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Director Jonathan Lincoln for War on the Rocks: “The Ripple Effects of the Oct. 7 Attack on Israel”

Two years ago, Hamas led an attack on Israel. During the brutal assault, Palestinian militants killed more than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and abducted 251 hostages.…

October 8, 2025

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Message from the Director on the Two-Year Anniversary of October 7th

The horrific attack perpetrated by Hamas and its allies two years ago today, will forever be seared in our memories. The deaths of some 1200 Israelis along with the kidnapping of…

October 7, 2025

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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “External Non-State Actors as a Source of Instability in West Africa: Hezbollah and Wagner/Africa Corps”

Both Hezbollah and Russia’s Wagner Group/Africa Corps are entrenched causes of insecurity in West Africa. Therefore, any new strategic planning for the region must take their…

October 4, 2025

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Yom Kippur 5786

When the Jerusalem Temple still stood, the rituals to be performed on Yom Kippur had two central figures and two specific places. First, the High Priest, and only he, was…

October 3, 2025