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![<p>A drone view of the aftermath of a U.S. strike on the Ras Isa fuel port, Al Jazirah, Yemen, April 18, 2025. </p>]()
- Backgrounder
What Is Hezbollah?
![<p> Hezbollah militants parade through Beirut’s southern suburb.</p>]()
![Plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran.]()
By Ray Takeyh, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Max Boot and Elisa Ewers- Backgrounder
The Taliban in Afghanistan
![Members of Taliban sit on a military vehicle during Taliban military parade in Kabul]()
![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0">Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![A large colorful sculpture of the Google logo on display at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India.]()
By Kat Duffy![<p>Ukrainian soldier prepares a drone for flight at a training area on February 8, 2025 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.</p>]()
By Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow- Backgrounder
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
![MEXICO-DRUGS-ARMY-INCINERATION]()
![<p>The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS <em>Abraham Lincoln</em> leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea, February 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during the last day of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2026.]()
By Linda Robinson![<p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns of the need to hedge against the United States during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>U.S. Secretary of State<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Marco </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Rubio </span>speaks during the<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Munich </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Security </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Conference </span>(MSC) in<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Munich</span>, Germany, February 14, 2026.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil![Two soldiers hold controllers and wear tech head pieces as they operate a first-person-view drone during a live-fire exercise.]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018.]()
By Erin D. Dumbacher![<p>Workers on a construction site at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant in November 2019. </p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo, Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![<p>The RT-2PM2, Topol-M, one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia, in Moscow, August 20, 2022.</p>]()
By Gabriela Reitz and Benjamin Harris![U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control cover image]()
By Jonathan Masters and Sabine Baumgartner![<p>A man sells newspapers in a street, following an attack on the international airport in Niamey, Niger, on January 30, 2026.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- Backgrounder
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
![<p>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel in Tehran, Iran, in September 2024.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
What Does the U.S. National Guard Do?
![<p>A member of the National Guard patrols the southern U.S. border in Eagle Pass, Texas.</p>]()
![<p>Cyberwarfare specialists serving with the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, June 3, 2017.</p>]()
By Matthew Ferren
