As the world descends into a second Cold War (with hot spots in Europe and the Middle East), the United Nations Security Council has grown ever more irrelevant as space for consensus shrinks. But the next six months will see…
No specific weapons transfer can ensure Israel is able to block Tehran’s nuclear ambitions on its own—even an MOP. The right weapons are critical to success in battle, but at some point, generals have to fight with what they’ve got.…
The fragile, imperfect ceasefire in Lebanon has held. But it could become more tenuous after a recent change to a critical element in its success: high-level, on-the-ground U.S. military coordination and leadership. For three months, Major General Jasper Jeffers interfaced…
In urban warfare, where combat unfolds amid a multitude of civilians and dense infrastructures, maintaining legitimacy is not merely a legal formality—it is a strategic imperative. According to U.S. military joint doctrine, legitimacy is one of the twelve principles of joint…