USC Dornsife News

A USC Dornsife Maymester course offers undergrads an chance to engage with human rights activists, politicians and diplomats in one of the world’s least studied, most fraught regions.

The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the first time the US and Israel have publicly disagreed, despite their strong diplomatic relationship.

Conflict has escalated between Joe Biden and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over the conduct of the Israel-Hamas war. But a national security veteran says the US has little leverage over Israel.

A cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has seen the release of 58 hostages held in Gaza and 111 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

The lesson in the presumed death of the mercenary leader two months after his mutiny against Putin: Don’t make yourself an enemy of Russia’s leader.

National security scholar Gregory F. Treverton discusses the revolt by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and the U.S.’s response to the situation.

It’s been more than 20 years since the US invaded Iraq, but the invasion still provides a cautionary tale about getting involved in an expensive war abroad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia will no longer participate in the New START, the last remaining nuclear weapons agreement between the U.S. and Russia.

Russia’s refusal to allow the U.S. to inspect its nuclear arsenal could reignite pressure for the U.S. to develop new nuclear weapons.