Dr. Michael Knights is Chief Product Officer at Horizon Engage and an Adjunct Fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in Iraq, Iran, and Gulf security affairs. He is cofounder of the Militia Spotlight platform and has extensive field experience briefing U.S. policymakers and military officials on regional security developments.
The arrest of Namal Rajapaksa by the Bribery Commission in 2026 is not a witch hunt but a necessary action delayed by political pressure; it should lead to a swift indictment and
Mahinda’s father, D. A. Rajapaksa, entered politics only after the death of his elder brother, D. M. Rajapaksa. D. M. Rajapaksa was a strong leftist. He entered politics by working to secure the election of Dr S. A. Wickramasinghe, the
Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history, is not responsible for triggering the decline of the American empire,
The Lee Administration leaked the possibility of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz on 03 September. The backlash was immediate from Korean
Editor’s Note: This column is based on excerpts from a paper originally published in the latest issue of the CTC Sentinel. The paper examines the rapid expansion of Iraq’s digital economy and
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