Israel has announced the start of a new campaign, Operation Rising Lion, aimed at destroying Iran’s dangerous nuclear program as it reaches the precipice of turning into a fieldable nuclear arsenal in the hands of the Iranian regime. Yet, Iran…
JINSA President and CEO Michael Makovsky discussed, on the New York Post‘s Report Replay series, the historic importance of the current Israeli campaign against Iran. Makovsky explained that by attacking Iran’s nuclear program, Israel has acted to uphold what five successive…
At long last, after years of speculation, threats, and even being called a chickenshit by a senior Obama administration official, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally pulled the trigger. In the wee hours of the morning on Friday, waves of Israeli jets…
JINSA President & CEO Michael Makovsky joined LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall to discuss Israel’s dozens of airstrikes on Iran following an official Israeli announcement that based on new intelligence findings, Iran is nearing the point of no return in its race…
Israel struck Iran’s main uranium enrichment site at Natanz and killed several top Iranian military officials and senior nuclear scientists in an ongoing military operation that also neutralized a retaliatory drone attack, according to Israeli officials. In the surprise assault,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2025 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Twitter/X: @ItsBlakeJohnson Washington, DC – Israel has launched preemptive strikes against the Iranian regime. Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America issued the…
In the inaugural episode of JINSA Snapshot, a new video series in which JINSA experts help make sense of complex and fast-moving geopolitical events, JINSA President & CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD is joined by JINSA Randi & Charles Wax…
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel in April 2024 of over 300 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones marked one of the largest and most sophisticated aerial barrages in history. In response, a U.S.-led multinational coalition, including historic collaboration with Arab…
The U.S.’ moves to evacuate some State Department personnel and military families from the Middle East are seen by experts as a potential sign of a U.S. or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear program — or, at least, a signal…
June 11 marks, by the most conservative interpretation, President Donald Trump’s self-imposed two-month deadline for a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. Thus far, progress towards a deal appears limited. On June 4, Iran rejected a detailed American offer, and the two countries…