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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesWhere in the World is Monty?
About FDD’s RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery is a travelin’ man. He’s just back from Taiwan and Ukraine. He joins host Cliff May to debrief what he saw and heard abroad—and offer his analyses. They also discuss North Korea’s role in Russia’s war, cyberattacks—almost certainly by Iran’s rulers—on water utilities in Minnesota and Michigan, the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthis and the Bab el-Mandeb, and cognitive warfare.
Iraq Struggles To Find Oil Export Options, but the UAE May Be Able To Help
Iraq relies on oil revenue for over 90 percent of its budget. With exports hovering at around half of the usual 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd) that were exported before Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, Baghdad is struggling to make ends meet. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provided a partial solution.
Checkmate In Tehran: Converting Trump’s Economic Pressure Into Victory
President Donald Trump said that his policy toward Iran has shifted to “low-keying it” and “semi-negotiating,” while noting the regime struggles to pay its troops. In essence, Washington is now being reactive rather than proactive, letting pressure shape the next opportunity. And rightly so, as widening Tehran’s internal fractures offers more leverage than strikes that cost more to carry out than the targets do to replace.
China’s ongoing cyber threat puts critical infrastructure at risk
Watch here: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/chinas-ongoing-cyberthreat-puts-critical-infra-at-risk-a-32544 ...
The Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary DNA
About What makes the Islamic Republic of Iran different from a conventional regime seeking security, prosperity, and survival? Its ideological DNA fuses Maoist revolutionary thought, Frantz Fanon’s vision of anticolonial struggle and redemptive violence—channeled through Iranian intellectual Ali Shariati—and a revolutionary Shia theology of martyrdom, resistance, and struggle against oppression.
August 14, 2026
In The News With Hamas saying it intends to participate in the Palestinian legislative election now scheduled for November 28 as part of a broad national coalition, it suddenly feels like 2006 all over again. – Jerusalem Post The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed Hamas commander Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil in a targeted strike in Gaza City on Thursday, according to a statement from the military.
Tehran is losing its grip on Hormuz
VIDEO Rich joins 'America's Newsroom' on Fox News to discuss his latest New York Post op-ed, "Tehran is losing its grip on Hormuz, and with it all its leverage" and assess Sec. Wright's comments on increasing oil flow.
A quiet escape
August 13, 2026 | The World and Everything in it
Al Jazeera Cuts Its Gaza Staff. Does Its Timing Tell a Story?
A Media rights organization has quietly removed at least eight individuals from its roster of media workers killed while doing journalistic work. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it acted after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published obituaries identifying as combatants people the organization had listed as journalists. In plain terms, these were not journalists killed for reporting. They were members of designated terrorist entities.