Iran is conducting a campaign to extract sensitive U.S. data and use it to harm Americans and our allies, and policymakers are not doing enough to stop it. President Donald Trump‘s Feb. 4 executive order ordering the government to start a robust campaign against Iran’s intellectual…
Whatever the merits of President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate Gaza, the potential downsides are significant. Among the greatest is that the plan has unnecessarily alienated America’s most important Arab partners at precisely the time Trump should be laser-focused on…
A shipment of 1,800 MK-84 2,000-pound bombs arrived in Israel on Feb. 16, several weeks after President Donald Trump announced the end of a months-long freeze of critical US weapons deliveries to Israel. But there are still more weapons that Israel needs stuck in…
With the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 2025 marks a pivotal moment for change, both in America and the Middle East. It’s past time to dismantle the system funneling donations from well-meaning Western charity-givers to terrorism, violating U.S. and Israeli law. At the…
It’s a trap. President Donald Trump loves making deals but there is no deal to be had with Iran on its nuclear program, just dead-end negotiations. Instead, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington this week, the deal he should make is with…
Just because they could, they did. That is the gist of a recent New York Times article suggesting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made a deliberate decision to green-light increased civilian casualties. But this narrative is based on dubious inferences divorced from the realities of…
Excerpt Below: Historic events in Syria are heightening the stakes of another major Middle East crisis that already awaits President-elect Trump. Following its other recent losses in the region, the evaporation of Iran’s ally in Damascus will reinforce its motivation to finish…
Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan haunted his presidency. His poll numbers at home never recovered, and foreign aggressors took his ineptitude as an invitation to challenge US interests. Donald Trump will have a unique opportunity to do the exact…
The next few months will be the last chance to prevent a nuclear Iran. Right now, an Iranian breakout is still detectable and stoppable. Its air defenses are degraded, and its means of aggression are depleted, creating a unique but fleeting…
The Iranian empire is crumbling. Just three months ago, Iran sat astride the Middle East, effectively controlling at least four Arab capitals and multiple well-armed proxy forces. Now, it has lost Syria and Lebanon while Hamas and Hezbollah have been…