JINSA Generals & Admirals Program participant and former CENTCOM Commander GEN (ret.) Joseph Votel joined NPR’s Morning Edition to offer a sobering assessment of the damage Iran has inflicted on U.S. regional basing, the vulnerability of fixed installations, and what…
After several days of watching from the wings as the United States has conducted strikes against Iran, Israeli officials have increasingly indicated that Jerusalem is ready to return to military action if it determines that circumstances demand it. … Security…
More and more information is surfacing to reveal that the Islamic holy war against the West isn’t just being waged on the battleground of the Middle East. Even more significantly, it’s also being waged through a trillion-dollar influence campaign to…
After years of backroom deliberations, two state-owned Israeli defense giants may soon pull the trigger on going public in a bid to capitalize on the surging global demand for defense stocks. But challenges remain, like how the government, which currently…
Iran’s decision to attack ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. decision to retaliate and threaten to abandon diplomacy have pushed both sides close to the resumption of a war that neither wants. For the United States—which joined…
President Donald Trump, in a marathon of media engagements on Wednesday at the NATO summit, declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire “over,” warned that the United States could carry out additional strikes on them that night, but also downplayed the possibility of an…
Ever since Hamas launched its unprecedented cross-border assault on southern Israel nearly three years ago, Israelis have been acutely alert to the prospect of another surprise incursion along its borders. In the immediate aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas…
Amichai Chikli, Israeli minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, leaves little doubt about what he thinks of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “Greetings to the patron of Hamas and ISIS, the dictator who jails every critical journalist, the man…
Israel is intending to establish a forward post in Somilaland, along the Gulf of Aden, which is close to the Yemeni coast where the Houthis operate. Although both Israel and Somaliland have denied the existence of a defense agreement, cooperation…
A US-Iran memorandum of understanding has left Gulf Arab states in an uncertain “new normal”, forcing them to support diplomatic talks that could give Tehran major leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. … “What you want to do is you…