Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Israel Needs a Better Strategy to Defeat the Houthis in Yemen

Even if the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds, Israel’s Houthi problem is unlikely to disappear.
October 16, 2025
Commentary

The Glass Ceiling Goes Digital: How AI May Write Women Out of Work

AI in the workforce might hurt women's job prospects and deepen structural inequality.
October 16, 2025
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Gaza Ceasefire Could Give Iran Another Chance at Negotiations with the US

If the accord survives its initial stages, Iranian hard-liners could face a stark choice: support the peace agreement, redefining Iran's regional role,
October 15, 2025
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The Strategic Costs of US Strikes Against Venezuela

Bellicose moves by the United States in the Caribbean come with extensive risks.
October 10, 2025
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Turkey’s Ruling Party Uses the Courts to Defeat its Political Opposition

What began as a series of scattered corruption cases and allegations of procedural irregularities has evolved into a sprawling legal campaign that
October 9, 2025
Commentary

India-Pakistan Cyber Skirmishes and the Challenge of Attribution

As cyber operations play a growing role in the India-Pakistan rivalry, misattribution threatens to undermine stability.
October 7, 2025
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War or Peace: Will the Gaza-Israel Agony Finally End?

A temporary ceasefire that returns the hostages and relieves the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza would be a major achievement
October 7, 2025
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Moldova’s 2025 Elections: A Pro-European Victory Despite Russia’s Hybrid Threats

How a pro-European parliamentary win in Moldova delivers strategic lessons in countering hybrid warfare
October 2, 2025
Commentary

Iran’s Oil Exports: Resilience Amid Sanctions and ‘Snapback’

Tehran has become proficient at evasion measures such as ship-to-ship transfers of oil, disabling Automatic Identification System (AIS) tracking, and alternative payment
October 2, 2025
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To Counter Online Scams and Fraud, Address Consumer Vulnerabilities

Exploring ways to reduce consumer vulnerability to online scam operations.
September 29, 2025
Commentary

The Scam Epidemic Won’t Wait. Neither Should We.

Exploring different actions that governments, the private sector, and civil society should take to counter online scam operations in a whole-of-society approach
September 29, 2025
Commentary

The ‘Wall of Mistrust’ Grows Thicker Between the US and Iran

The collapse of the JCPOA marks a new nadir in intermittent efforts to resolve conflicts dating from the 1979 Islamic revolution.
September 29, 2025