Axis of resistance. Bruce Riedel outlines the growing risk that the Israel-Hamas conflict will expand further beyond Gaza and the Red Sea into a regional war including Lebanon.

Cracking down on extremist Israeli settlers. Washington needs to use the same mechanisms used to fight Palestinian terrorism with violent Israeli settler groups attacking Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, Jeffrey Feltman argues.

Déjà vu in Libya. The trajectory of armed movements in Libya leaves the predatory ruling class and its associated armed groups in place. This does not bode well for cultivating a few green shoots of democracy in the country, Stephanie Williams emphasizes.

Changing tides of the Myanmar civil war? Operation 1027 stimulated unprecedented coordination and unity among the resistance forces fighting Myanmar's Military Junta, unleashing important momentum to bring along future changes in Myanmar, Yun Sun argues.

Ethiopia’s New Year’s ledger. A controversial new port and domestic challenges leave the country vulnerable to internal insurgencies, Jeffrey Feltman notes.

AI boom. Valerie Wirtschafter discusses how policymakers and law enforcement can stem malicious uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by nonstate armed actors.

The Israel-Gaza crisis. Peace between Israelis and Palestinians remains possible, but getting there will require both sides—and the United States—to be realistic about what is achievable now, Natan Sachs contends in an article for Foreign Affairs.