A terrorist assault on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, combined with Germany’s arrest of five suspected Islamist militants accused of plotting a Christmas-market attack, is renewing fears that Western democracies are entering a more volatile era marked by ideologically driven…
JINSA Associate Director of Foreign Policy Ari Cicurel joined Fox 5 DC’s “The Final 5 with Jim Lokay” to offer his perspective on this past weekend’s deadly attack on an Australian Chanukah celebration and the rising wave of global antisemitism.…
Unless Ankara changes its course, Hamas is likely to benefit from any inclusion of Turkey in the process of stabilizing and reconstructing the Gaza Strip. “We want to believe that our allies will prefer to side with us, not with…
One year after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, policymakers and officials in the United States and Israel remain increasingly divided over how to confront the changing landscape in Damascus. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December…
Republican lawmakers are criticizing U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack over his recent comments questioning whether Israel is a democracy while voicing support for Turkey joining the proposed U.S.-led International Stabilization Force to operate in Gaza. Barrack raised eyebrows with…
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing a review of Muslim Brotherhood chapters for potential terrorism designations is limited in scope, and leaves out scrutiny of Qatar and Turkey — a strategy that experts say reflects both legal realities and…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa shot hoops with U.S. military commanders during his recent Washington visit, but where he really scored big was with Congress. It now looks certain that in the next few days, the House will follow the Senate…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2025 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Giran Ozcan Joins JINSA as Fellow for Kurdish Affairs Washington, DC – The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Giran Ozcan…
Qatar is positioning itself to be a central player in Gaza’s high-stakes future. Yet the United States granting Doha such a role would be deeply unwise. Qatar’s century-long evolution from irrelevant backwater to hyper-wealthy energy exporter has given it the resources…
The U.S. proposal to establish a military presence at an airbase near Damascus is a welcome sign of deepening cooperation with Syria’s new government, but it may be insufficient to secure regional U.S. interests. A Damascus presence should complement—not replace—the U.S. partnership…