National Security Briefs

National Security Briefs

Rather than a proportional show of force that ostensibly counts as a U.S.-Israeli “win” and an opportunity to de-escalate, the Iranian regime made a maximum effort to inflict serious damage on Israel last weekend by firing massive barrages of long-range

On April 13-14, the Iranian regime launched an unprecedented strike against Israel, both in terms of scale and as Tehran’s first-ever direct attack against Israeli territory. Despite concerted and commendable combined efforts by Israel, the United States, Arab partners, and

On April 2, a Ukrainian drone struck a manufacturing plant in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia that coproduces Iran-designed drones. This production capability allows Russia to fire over 100 Iran-designed drones into Ukraine per week, as GEN Michael

Iran is increasingly arming Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants in the West Bank via Jordan, as part of its larger yearslong effort to build up proxy groups on multiple fronts against Israel. At low direct cost to Iran,