Two of the world’s most dangerous insurgent groups—Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia’s al-Shabaab—are now working together across the Gulf of Aden. Their operational alliance is already stretching U.S. forces thin across two theaters, exploiting the seam between U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)…
“They cannot do a damn thing.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s choice words mocking American diplomats in June helped precipitate Israeli and, eventually, U.S. strikes later that very month. This same attitude encouraged the recent “snapback” of tough sanctions on Iran by the…
America’s adversaries have forged an axis of global instability. Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea exploit trade, technology, and diplomacy to undermine US influence and disrupt the global order. Yet, longstanding cracks in their relationships reveal the limits of their…
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion will go down as among the most impressive military campaigns in history. Military academies, military planners, and the Intelligence Community will study it for decades. More urgent, however, is that policymakers understand the importance of U.S. support in…
Europe helped draft the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute. Yet some governments now propose recognizing a Palestinian state led by authorities who openly violate both. The price of being naïve about the Palestinian Authority is too high – and…
The Golden Dome project is a golden opportunity to further Israeli-US relations and defense strategies. Sooner or later, security challenges that debut against Israel come to a theater near us. Israel cut its teeth on one of the most intense…
Our European allies just took the first big step to “snap back” tough UN sanctions on Iran. Their ultimate success can help stabilize the Middle East, impede Russia-Iran security ties, and build bargaining power for Ukraine talks. American leadership now…
Jerusalem’s predicament: accept a phased deal that risks leaving Hamas in power, or press ahead with a Gaza City offensive that could endanger the captives but ensure long-term security Israel’s war with Hamas began on October 7, 2023, after Hamas…
The United Nations certainly has a funny definition of the word “interim.” Forty-seven years after its creation, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is still around, despite clearly failing to fulfill its mission to restore peace to Lebanon’s…
Iran, known as the head of the octopus for its terrorism proliferation, may be getting a lifeline from the country known as the dragon—China. Beijing has reportedly offered Iran air defense assets and fighter jets—if true, a clear effort to…