Media - JINSA

Qatar is Helping Iran. Trump Has the Leverage to Force a Change — But Will He?

NBC News - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 by Gen Charles “Chuck” Wald, USAF (ret.) and

Less than 48 hours after three commercial jets hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, I helped the U.S. Air Force open the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as the general in charge of…

If Time Runs Out Again: Implications of Iran’s Nuclear Escalation

Monday, July 8, 2019

Time may again start running out to address the Iranian nuclear problem. In response to the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) last year, Tehran declared on May 8 it would soon exceed the deal’s caps…

US has Given Lebanese Armed Forces a Pass with Hezbollah — Conditioning Aid is Necessary

The HIll - Friday, July 5, 2019 by LtGen Richard Natonski, USMC (ret.) and Lt Gen Thomas “Tom” Trask, USAF (ret.) and

American diplomats have been quietly mediating a resolution to the Israeli-Lebanese maritime border dispute, an important step to avoiding another war between these two countries. However, even if American mediators can resolve the dispute, Hezbollah’s presence in southern Lebanon keeps alive the…

The Flawed Human Rights Watch Report on Gaza

Lawfare - Wednesday, June 26, 2019 by LTC Geoffrey S. Corn, USA (ret.) and Lt Col Rachel E. VanLandingham, USAF (ret.) and

Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently released a report accusing both Hamas and the Israeli government of committing war crimes regarding an incident in May 2019. During these hostilities, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck 350 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad…