For years, military doctrine in the United States and Israel rested on a powerful but flawed assumption: that clear superiority of arms would deter conflict or, failing that, bring wars to a swift and successful conclusion. The wars of this…
Click here to read a transcript. After weeks of near-constant Hezbollah drone and rocket attacks targeting northern Israeli communities, on June 7, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Hezbollah’s Dahiyeh stronghold outside Beirut. Iran, which had threatened that Israel striking…
The renewed fighting overnight between Israel and Iran has deepened the political peril in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself only months before elections that amount to the most formidable challenge yet facing his decades of leadership. … By allowing Iran to…
While the Iran war is currently on hold, the race to study and apply its lessons has only just begun. Distilled into three main points, the war demonstrated that the U.S. military is a) now proficient, though not exceptional, at…
Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an attack on Iran, the U.S. military is adjusting to an unusual state of conflict that is not full-scale war, but also far from peace. … Joseph Votel, the former commander of the…
As the Trump administration prepares to submit a proposed civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia to Congress, U.S. lawmakers are raising concerns about the potential agreement while nonproliferation experts and former Trump administration officials are sounding the alarm, warning that…
Click here to read a transcript. Ceasefire agreements have not pacified the Iranian regime and its proxy Hezbollah. Since the temporary Lebanon ceasefire began less than 50 days ago, Hezbollah has launched over 1,100 drones and rockets — including several…
Iranian officials demanded that the Islamic Republic begin developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in a letter addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the reformist Iranian newspaper Asriran reported on Wednesday. … IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, a former advisor to Prime…
President Trump has vowed to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon — and central to that pledge is the fate of its highly enriched uranium, which could be used to build at least 10 bombs. Much of the uranium…
One of Israel’s most urgent emerging security threats is not a sophisticated missile or advanced weapons system, but a small, cheap drone that can be bought online and easily assembled. … Ari Cicurel, associate director of foreign policy at the…