National Security Briefs

National Security Briefs

Click here to download the JINSA Insight. Earlier this month, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) warned that Yemen’s Houthis are seeking to expand into Somalia, and that Houthi fighters or representatives may already be operating in the north of the country…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight Iran is attacking ships more frequently than at any point in the war, just as President Donald Trump has ruled out U.S. strikes on Iran before the midterm elections. Iran’s escalation threatens to…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight On October 8, the peace process between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) took a major step forward. Turkish intelligence sources confirmed to the state-run Anadolu news agency that the PKK had…

Click here to download the JINSA Insight. Post-Assad Syria has become the primary theater in which competing visions for the region’s future are being tested. Israel’s August 18, 2026, strike against the Abu al-Duhur airbase hours after a Turkish delegation…