Israel’s Rising Role in Global Defense Exports: A Strategic Overview

Israel’s Rising Role in Global Defense Exports: A Strategic Overview

Exporting weapons to emerging military powers in Europe and the MENA region has put Israeli defense expenditures at the forefront of the lucrative global arms market. Israel, which for decades kept itself as a regional player, now looks to expand as a global power, and its defense exports will become a primary focus in achieving this goal.

Bribes, Bans, and Battlefields: How Moscow and Baku Control the Media Narrative

Bribes, Bans, and Battlefields: How Moscow and Baku Control the Media Narrative

They paint themselves as ‘victimized’ by the media, yet have strict control over all outlets and reporting on their countries. Journalists are heavily persecuted in both nations, which rank amongst the bottom in media freedom, and dissident voices will continue to be oppressed in Moscow and Baku as long as the kleptocracy remains in power.

The Cost of Appeasement: How the West’s Reluctance Empowered Putin

The Cost of Appeasement: How the West’s Reluctance Empowered Putin

Ultimately, the only way to secure Ukraine and the rest of the world from Russian threats is to arm Kyiv with the tools it needs to regain its territory. The more Putin continues to escalate a war in which he still hasn’t reached a single primary objective, the more degraded the Russian military and labor force will be for the next several decades.

Rising Tensions in Cyprus: A Call to Action for the United States

Rising Tensions in Cyprus: A Call to Action for the United States

Cyprus’ fragility has only become more fluid due to the toothless fortitude of the United Nations and the inability of British troops on the isle. Turkey, like Russia, feeds off appeasement and indecisiveness by the EU, NATO, and UN to condemn their aggression and violations over Hellenic air and naval space and continued settlement buildup in the occupied areas of Cyprus.

Afghanistan Under the Taliban: From Bad to Worse

Afghanistan Under the Taliban: From Bad to Worse

The Taliban ultimately won the war in Afghanistan by biding their time and waiting out the US-led coalition. Not knowing how to run an already third-world economy, the Taliban’s theocratic and archaic laws have only exacerbated the cataclysm tens of millions of Afghans face. Nevertheless, the group now rules over a pile of ash, and the militants are solely responsible for the deterioration of Afghanistan.