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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Cost of Strong American Support at the Start of the War

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Oct 16, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

A young boy holds up a Hamas flag in between Palestinian Hamas militant during a military show in the Bani Suheila district of Gaza on July 20, 2017. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hamas’s Strategy of Human Sacrifice

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Oct 16, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Secretary of State John Kerry greets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on July 14, 2014. (US State Department via Flickr)

Commentary

Appeasing Iran Has Failed

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 16, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

A long line of cars lined up for gas at filling station on a Saturday night during the oil crisis of 1973, Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images)

A long line of cars lined up for gas at filling station on a Saturday night during the oil crisis of 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City. (Allan Tannenbaum via Getty Images)

Commentary

Echoes of the 1973 Oil Crisis

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 15, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via C-SPAN)

In the Media

Geopolitical Fallout from the Israel-Hamas Conflict

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Oct 15, 2023

In the Media

This photo taken on November 5, 2019 shows a compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga (Inkoo), Finland. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on October 10, 2023 that a leak leading to the shutdown of a natural gas pipeline from Estonia to Finland this weekend was probably caused by "external activity." The Finnish government is to hold a press conference later on October 10 to inform about the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline leak in the Gulf of Finland. (Photo by Mikko Sti

A compression station of the Balticconnector marine gas pipeline in Inga, Finland, on November 5, 2019.

Commentary

The Key Gas Pipeline Blast That the World Hardly Noticed

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Oct 13, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Aviation Boatswain's Mate observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron landing on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on October 13, 2023. (Jacob Mattingly via DVIDS)

Commentary

The US Can — and Must — Support Its Friends Abroad

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Gabriel Scheinmann

Director, Alexander Hamilton Society

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Gabriel Scheinmann

Oct 13, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Gaza City, Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, Gaza on October 16, 2023. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Podcast

China’s Exploitation of the War on Israel

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Oct 13, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via Vimeo)

In the Media

Evacuating Civilians in Gaza

Josh Block

Adjunct Fellow

Josh Block

Oct 13, 2023

In the Media

Podcast

Counterbalance | Gov. Doug Burgum on Energy, Foreign Policy, and Hamas’s War against Israel

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Michael Doran & Peter Rough

Oct 12, 2023

Podcast

Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades attend a memorial to a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade stand in front of a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hamas Attacks | MENA Intelligence Digest Special Edition