Last week, the Department of Energy announced that Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and his Saudi counterpart had signed a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement along with a bilateral safeguards pact. The former is commonly known as a 123 agreement because,…
At Pickaxe Mountain, Iran thinks it has built a nuclear fortress America can’t destroy. President Donald Trump can’t afford to let that illusion survive another week. Fortunately, he has options. Tehran has followed the same playbook for decades, secretly building underground…
The Iranian nuclear program has not recovered from the devastating blows it absorbed during successive military campaigns by Israel and the United States. Yet, intelligence assessments indicate that Tehran remains deeply committed to clandestinely reconstituting its nuclear capabilities in the…
The Trump administration faced immediate backlash from non-proliferation advocates and supporters of Israel on Wednesday after news broke of a nuclear cooperation deal signed between the United States and Saudi Arabia. … John Hannah, Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow…
By attacking Iran, President Donald Trump triggered a crisis over the Strait of Hormuz that he’s struggled to resolve as commander-in-chief. His only way out now may be as a statesman — but the window to avoid uncontrolled escalation could be closing.…
As the Trump administration moves to end the diplomatic isolation of Syria, dismantling decades of U.S. sanctions in the process, lawmakers are offering mixed assessments of whether Washington should have conditioned that relief on steps toward normalizing relations with Israel.…
Excerpt below: The view through the windshield of the Israeli armored vehicle was surreal. Hosted by the 99th Division under Southern Command, our small group entered Gaza through the same breach the Israel Defense Forces used during the opening stages…
Excerpt below: History is nothing if not ironic. Donald Trump left the Obama-negotiated Iran nuclear deal eight years ago, vowing a far better replacement. Today, even as the two nations have resumed hostilities after the collapse of the ceasefire, he remains…
Israel’s war in Gaza and its joint military operation with the U.S. against Iran are fueling deep divisions on Capitol Hill, especially among Democrats. Wednesday, more than half of House Democrats voted to end U.S. military funding for Israel. A…
JINSA Senior Fellow John Hannah, former National Security Adviser to Vice President Cheney, joined I24 News’s American View to assess the state of the U.S.-Israel strategic relationship in the aftermath of Operation Epic Fury, offer a candid verdict on the…