Cambodia and Thailand Have Agreed to a Cease-Fire. Now What?
Over the weekend, the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional cease-fire that took effect on July 28. The deal will hopefully end five days of border conflict ...
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The Generation Iranian Hard-Liners Have Been Waiting for
In the weeks following the Israeli strikes on Iran in June, something unusual happened. For decades, Iranians had been among the most pro-American populations in the Middle East. They were ...
Ukraine’s Cronyism Crisis Offers a Warning to the ‘De-risking’ World
Ukraine’s wartime economy is defined by the massive mobilization of resources for the war effort, funded by tax revenue mobilization at home and large-scale inflows of external assistance from allies. ...
Democracy Is Ukraine’s Most Powerful Weapon
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s most ardent supporters sometimes depict him as a new Winston Churchill. It is not hard to understand why. Both men demonstrate innate understanding of the stagecraft ...
Thailand, Cambodia Clash in Rare Armed Attacks
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly fighting along the Thailand-Cambodia border, a historic European Union-China summit, and trade wins for India and the United Kingdom. Deadly ...
The Air Battle That Could Decide the Russia-Ukraine War
Arguably the most far-reaching developments in military technology and tactics that we have witnessed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the contest for air superiority above the battlefield using an ...
Former Israeli PM Warns Netanyahu to ‘Be Very Careful’ With Trump
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in recent months has emerged as one of the fiercest internal critics of his country’s war in Gaza. Olmert has repeatedly excoriated Israeli Prime ...
Trump Has Leverage With Syria’s Neighbors—Here’s How He Should Use It
Eight months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria is still a source of instability in the heart of the Levant. The horrifying violence that took place in the ...
No, MAGA Is Not Isolationist
Recent shifts in U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign and national security policy herald a more vigorous use of Washington’s military power and deeper engagement in the world. From the missile ...
EU, U.K. Target Russia With ‘Unprecedented’ Wartime Sanctions Package
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at heavy European sanctions against Russia, renewed sectarian violence in Syria, and U.S. President Donald Trump approving massive foreign aid cuts. Stemming ...
