President Trump made sure to thank Qatar for helping get his Gaza ceasefire. Yet amid the negotiations leading up to this deal, and even if it completely ends the war, his decision to give Doha a formal security guarantee will undermine his broader…
For too long, the Houthis have disrupted global trade, undermining a vital US national security interest. Their campaign of attacks over the Red Sea, fueled by Iranian-supplied weapons, has continued for nearly two years, despite sporadic US strikes and intensifying Israeli…
Drones are increasingly prominent features of modern warfare, both expendable and hard to detect. The drone that struck Israel’s Ramon Airport on Sept. 7 was just one of thousands the country has faced from the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran. Drones have been…
“They cannot do a damn thing.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s choice words mocking American diplomats in June helped precipitate Israeli and, eventually, U.S. strikes later that very month. This same attitude encouraged the recent “snapback” of tough sanctions on Iran by the…