A diplomatic push by Jared Kushner to revive the stalled Gaza peace plan was met with widespread skepticism from Middle East analysts, who warned that the envoy’s timeline for Hamas disarmament is unrealistic as the group continues to hide behind…
The Pentagon is evaluating its military footprint in the Middle East in an early sign of the Iran war’s potential to transform the U.S. presence in the region, according to eight people, including officials and others familiar with the matter.…
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…
President Trump’s efforts to bring the Iran war to an end have faltered several times. … Jonathan Ruhe, a Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA) fellow for American Strategy, argued the U.S. is going with the strategy to strangle…
Talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz appear unlikely to produce an agreement, analysts told Jewish Insider this week, with little sign that Washington and Tehran can bridge their competing demands over the waterway. The Trump administration is more likely to pursue…
As the Ukrainian military faces a critical shortage of missile interceptors, experts differ on what the dwindling supply could mean for the future of the Russo-Ukrainian War. … “Restocking what the war expended will not be enough to deter or…
After Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a mutual defense treaty in Mecca last week, a senior Israeli official sounded the alarm. … “To determine the supreme commander is to determine hierarchy,” according to Hussein Aboubakr Mansour of the Jewish Institute for National Security…
Click here to read transcript. Almost three years after the devastating October 7, 2023, attack, the Board of Peace announced that Hamas had agreed to give up its weapons and relinquish any role in Gaza’s governance and security. The achievement…
America’s depleted arsenal of premier offensive and defensive weapons is undermining President Trump’s leverage with Iran. … Ari Cicurel, the associate director of foreign policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said Iran seeing the American reluctance…
For close to eight decades, the pattern of the U.S.-Israel alliance has been very predictable: Washington will supply billions in military aid, and in return Israel will buy American-made weapons. However, a little-known provision in this year’s defense budget could…