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January 9, 2026

Targeting Khamenei. On the 12th day of anti-government protests in Iran, demonstrators on Thursday set fire to police vehicles, broadcast buildings, government offices and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They chanted “Death to the dictator!” and expressed support for exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. In an address to the nation, Khamenei said the […]

The Shifting Focus in Eastern European Defense

January 9, 2026

Countries on NATO’s eastern frontier are rethinking defense along their eastern borders. For Poland and the Baltic states in particular, the focus has long...

Daily Memo: Details of US Plan for Israeli-Syrian Border

January 8, 2026

Israeli-Syrian peace plan. The United States has proposed the creation of a demilitarized economic zone along the Israeli-Syrian border, according to an unnamed U.S....

Iran: Elite Paralysis and Systemic Decay

January 8, 2026

With the 47th anniversary of its founding just around the corner, the Islamic Republic of Iran is spiraling deeper into systemic instability. Ayatollah Ali...

Daily Memo: Developments in Venezuela and the Middle East

January 7, 2026

Showdown? The United States has reportedly seized a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker sailing through the North Atlantic. The U.S. Coast Guard tried last month to...

Egyptian National Security, According to el-Sissi

January 7, 2026

President Gamal Abdel Nasser defined the concept of Egyptian national security in the 1950s, linking it to economic development, social justice, Arab unity and...

Daily Memo: Russian Recruitment, Iranian and Cuban Condemnation

January 6, 2026

Involuntary service. Russia is forcibly sending foreign laborers to the front lines in Ukraine, according to a report by Azerbaijani news agency APA. In...

The New Maritime Operating Environment

January 6, 2026

A year ago, we argued that maritime insecurity risked becoming as destabilizing as land-based conflict. Today, that warning largely holds, and in some ways...

Israel Recognizes Somaliland’s Independence

January 5, 2026

(click to enlarge) More than three decades after Somaliland claimed independence from Somalia, Israel became the first country to recognize its separation. It was a...

Daily Memo: Update on Venezuela, Growing Protests in Iran

January 5, 2026

In the aftermath. Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez invited the U.S. to “work together on an agenda for cooperation” in a statement released Sunday,...