The Assault on al Hudaydah: Surfacing America’s Partnership Problems

By Katherine Zimmerman

Full Story >The United States needs it partners much more now than they need the U.S.

Warning Update: Oil Battle Returns Libya to the Brink

Full Story >A strategy reliant on elite agreements and elections will not succeed in an environment in which armed groups can seize power at will.

By Emily Estelle

Ahem: Iran still has troops in Syria on Israel’s northern border

Full Story >The Iranian regime wants to have their troops near the Israeli border – and are comfortable lying about it.

By Mike Saidi
Threat Update

UAE begins operation to seize al Hudaydah port

June 13, 2018
article

2018 Red Sea Coast Offensive

June 05, 2018
Threat Update

Tehran may have surreptitiously approved an Israeli-Russian agreement

June 06, 2018
Yemen Situation Report

2018 Yemen Crisis Situation Report: May 18

May 18, 2018
Threat Update

Ongoing Yemeni civil war negotiations between Iran and Europe are unlikely to extend to Iran’s ballistic missile program

May 30, 2018
Iran News Round Up

Iran News Round Up - May 31, 2018

May 31, 2018
op-ed

The Never-Ending War on Terror

May 11, 2018
Threat Update

Iranian regime officials prepare to ban Telegram

April 25, 2018
Threat Update

Iranian Regime Unlikely to Accommodate U.S. Demands

May 23, 2018
article

Libya Update: Exit the General?

April 11, 2018
article

Al Shabaab’s Vehicle-Borne IED Campaign: January 2017–March 2018

April 13, 2018
op-ed

Let's get real: It's time to move on from the Putin-dominated UN

March 16, 2018
Threat Update

Incapacitation of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar creates power vacuum

April 18, 2018
Threat Update

Continuing Iranian protests may pose an internal security threat to regime

April 04, 2018
Threat Update

Al Houthi movement launches seven ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia

March 28, 2018
report

Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle

March 07, 2018
op-ed

The United States must take swift action to stop Russia’s aggression

March 07, 2018
Threat Update

Salafi-jihadi groups continue to challenge the Iranian regime’s security

March 14, 2018
article

The New Scramble for Africa

February 26, 2018
op-ed

Seven years after the revolution, America is still wrong about Libya

February 21, 2018
article

A Comprehensive Look at the Iranian Anti-Regime Protests

February 22, 2018
Threat Update

Al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Sahel gained the capability to attack secure targets outside of its primary area of operations in Mali

March 07, 2018
blog-post

What the Gonabadi Dervish protests tell us about Iran's protest scene

February 21, 2018
Threat Update

Iran’s Ex-president Ahmadinejad Raises the Stakes Against the Political Establishment

February 28, 2018
Threat Update

Libya Faces Crossroads Seven Years after Revolution

February 21, 2018
Threat Update

Iran’s Hardliners Can Leverage the Post-Protest Space

January 24, 2018
article

2017 - 2018 Iranian Anti-Regime Protests and Security Flaws: Graphics

January 19, 2018
report

A Strategy for Success in Libya

November 08, 2017
report

America’s Real Enemy: The Salafi-Jihadi Movement

July 18, 2017
Threat Update

Tunisia Faces Crossroads as Protests Wane

January 17, 2018
article

Iranian Anti-Regime Protests and Security Flaws: A Dataset

January 12, 2018