Geography is destiny, but when it comes to U.S. bases in the Middle East, it needn’t be. Our current basing structure detracts from our ability to deter Iran — the core threat — because it reduces our ability to fight…
The U.S. has mutual defense pacts with NATO, the Philippines, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Japan — along with the 1947 Rio Treaty that vows an attack on any country in the Americas is an attack on all of…
Everything that has transpired since Hamas’s October 7 attack, including the subsequent multi-front war that Israel has faced against Iran and its proxies, and the ups and downs experienced by the U.S.-Israel relationship, only confirms that the more daylight that…
The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and ensuing events on the value of a U.S.-Israel mutual defense treaty (MDT), which JINSA has promoted since 2018. This…