Americans have long found comfort in the two oceans that separate us from Middle East wars, but the vulnerabilities Iranian cyber operations pose bring these conflicts much closer to home. Through cyber intrusion, Iran has already disrupted our water supply…
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched Operation Economic Outcast against Iran, he promised to target its “enablers” and “sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.” Washington has since sanctioned everything from foreign banks…
On October 12, JINSA President and CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD, spoke to Fox News about the latest Houthi attacks, including the group’s October 10 drone and missile strike on Riyadh’s international airport. That attack was the deadliest on Saudi soil…
“They blew the hell out of Bahrain.” That was acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s assessment last month of the damage Iranian missiles have done to Naval Support Activity Bahrain — the base inside the Persian Gulf that served for decades…
Four times since 2024, Iran has launched massive missile barrages against Israel. Four times, the U.S. military surged capabilities to defend Israel. And four times, the U.S.-Israeli effort performed superbly, keeping casualties and damage low. That’s the good news. The…
Europe’s governments have stepped into a ring and leveled their weapons inward, treating Israel as the sole target in the center. The trouble is that the circle is not empty ground — it is a shared defense line. Several European…
Drone warfare is expanding from the skies to the seas, and the United States must be ready. The Russia-Ukraine war, which has become synonymous with aerial drone warfare, has now featured the first naval battle in history between unmanned boats,…
Click here to read a transcript. October 7, 2023, was without parallel in Israeli history. Invading Hamas forces indiscriminately killed more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped and wounded hundreds more. In the three years following the deadliest attack on Jews…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2026 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Retired U.S. Military Leaders and Legal Experts Reject Genocide Allegations Against Israel Washington, DC – On the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre, a group of over 75…
The war for the world’s key maritime chokepoints now has a second front. Reportedly with Iranian assistance, Houthi forces staged a 48-hour offensive on September 10-11, seizing further stretches of Red Sea coastline and the Hanish and Perim islands. When…