Analysis & Commentary

Analysis & Commentary

Defending the Homeland Requires a Global Presence

For much of the 19th century, Americans thought that the broad expanses of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans protected our homeland from enemy attack. They believed that the United States was blessed with what historian C. Vann Woodward dubbed “free

Excerpt below: If he continues his current negotiating approach with Iran, President Trump risks being the second coming of Barack Obama. Thanks to fantastic Israeli military achievements, Trump inherited unprecedented leverage to drive a hard bargain with Iran over its

To Protect Undersea Cables in the Middle East, US Needs a New Hub

Undersea fiber-optic cables serve as not only the economic and communications backbone of much of the civilian world, but for military operations as well. And while recent incidents in which cables have been cut — accidentally or not — have

How Iran Is Using a Familiar Playbook on Nuclear Talks

The Trump administration risks repeating the mistakes of Obama and Biden in reaching a deal with Tehran. The United States and Iran have now had two rounds of talks on a potential deal over Iran’s nuclear weapons program, with a