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Morocco Is Developing Its Coast with Ports, Industrial Zones, Energy Infrastructure, and Trade Corridors
Negotiated Operating Rules Would Protect Both Countries More Effectively than an Arms Race Along the Nile
Israel Should Deepen Practical Cooperation with Rabat Without Treating Every Algerian Move as a Threat Directed at Israel
There Is a Difference Between a State Organized Around Ethnicity, and Blind Adherence to Ethnic Nationalism
Japan Anchors the Western Pacific, and Could Help Contain and Counter Iran and Its Major Power Supporters
The Treasury Department Expanded Sanctions on the A7 Network Used to Evade Sanctions, but Loopholes Remain
Sanctions Loopholes and Inconsistencies Undermine U.S. Policy Across Crises
The U.S. Should Designate Oil Tankers, the Hulls That Carry Arms, Their Managers and Insurers, and Ports That Receive Them
Iranian Kurds Can Help the United States Win, but They Will Not Do So on Promises Alone
Iranian and Allied Expertise Underpins the Houthis’ Expanding Military Reach
No Sanctions Authority Is in Use to Stop the Direct Transfer of Weapons-Relevant Technology and Expertise
Without India, It Is Likely That Russia, Iran, and China Would Transform BRICS Into an Anti-West Coalition
U.S. Policy Must Expand Beyond Currency Interdiction, and Washington Should Direct Secondary Sanctions Against Intermediaries
A Region Impacting Spain’s Atlantic Border Is at Risk of Russian Operational Influence as Western Presence Declines
An Upcoming Summit and Iran’s Pending Ratification of a Security Treaty Have Reopened Discussions About the Coastline
Striking Assad Would Embarrass Putin and Shake the Air of Invincibility That He Seeks to Construct
Regime Officials Threatened War in the Caspian Sea and Promised to Punish Ukraine and the United States
The Transfer Cannot Proceed Without Moscow’s Approval
Even When They Do Not Get Sensitive Information, These Stunts Make Headlines and Shake Public Trust