Iran appears to be exporting its Strait of Hormuz playbook to the Red Sea. The Houthis’ sudden seizure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has weaponized a strategic choke point to inflict economic pain, but Tehran is pursuing a more ambitious…
The United States has demonstrated impressive combat power in the conflict with Iran. And yet, when Iranian authorities shut down the country’s internet and communications earlier this year during the nationwide anti-regime protests and Operation Epic Fury, the US was…
On July 30, the Board of Peace (BoP) surprised the world with its Gaza Roadmap—an agreement with Hamas to implement the second phase of President Trump’s peace plan. To the shock of many, the terror group officially committed to surrendering…
The war between the US and Iran has opened a new maritime front along the Red Sea. As Washington and Tehran contest the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have declared a blockade of Saudi commerce through the Bab el-Mandeb…
President Donald Trump’s economic D-Day is already hurting the Iranian regime’s revenues, but unilateral U.S. sanctions can only do so much. If the president wants Iran to fold, he’ll have to play a much better card — cutting it off…
The U.S. defense industrial base today faces a critical minerals challenge—one with serious national security implications. On August 4, media reports indicated that a major U.S. defense contractor is, for the first time, planning to source germanium and scandium—critical minerals…
In August, Turkey’s parliament passed a law that will allow thousands of members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down their weapons and thousands more political prisoners and exiles to return to normal life. Over the coming months,…
Excerpt Below: As the conflict with Iran continues to oscillate between combat operations and diplomacy, it is worth remembering why we are doing this. The goal is to end Iran’s ability to make a nuclear weapon, and while we don’t…
It is well known that drones are helping Iran wage asymmetric warfare against a superior opponent — yet less visibly, but just as importantly, satellites are playing the same role. On July 27, Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Ardestani said, “it is natural…
Coordinating Israel’s and Ukraine’s collective knowledge in mastering drone warfare could help both nations gain an edge in future conflicts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were both in Washington last week, a missed opportunity to collaborate against Iranian drones targeting both their countries.…