Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), a Pentagon blueprint that elevates Israel as a “model ally” and translates President Trump’s national security doctrine into concrete military policy. “Israel has long demonstrated that it…
As the Trump administration weighs strikes on Iran following the regime’s brutal killing of protestors, it must reckon with a hard lesson from last June: in just 12 days of Israel–Iran fighting, U.S. and Israeli munitions fell to dangerously low…
“The Syrian Democratic Forces’ [SDF] insistence on protecting what it has at all costs is the biggest obstacle to achieving peace and stability in Syria.” That’s what Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in early January, blaming Syria’s Kurdish-led SDF…
Saudi Arabia’s growing economic struggles have raised doubts among foreign policy experts about whether Riyadh can fulfill its sweeping monetary commitments to the United States. During Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the White House last November, the crown…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of moving closer to regional players hostile to Israel, signaling that normalization between Jerusalem and Riyadh is unlikely anytime soon. … Riyadh is also reportedly in talks with Turkey about joining…
In the latest sign that a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not going to be signed any time in the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he is closely following Riyadh’s recent shift…
A major chapter has ended in the war that began when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, with the burial of Ran Gvili, the final hostage whose remains were returned earlier this week from Gaza and buried today in…
As the United States accelerates its large military buildup near Iran’s borders, JINSA Fellow for American Strategy Jonathan Ruhe provided insights on NewsNation’s Morning in America. Ruhe shared his analysis that the new U.S. force posture in the region,…
Israeli officials, Jewish organizations in the United States, and supporters of Israel are voicing mounting concern that Saudi Arabia might be reorienting its regional posture away from moderation and toward Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood-aligned forces — a shift that could…
With Iran threatening military action “like never before” against the United States and its allies, and a U.S. carrier strike group nearing the Persian Gulf, JINSA Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow John Hannah joined NewsNation to discuss the latest.…