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Click here to download the JINSA Insight. I. Introduction: The Wrong Frame The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) started the year cautiously neutral, balancing between Washington and Tehran, and carefully managing exposure on both sides. Prior to the operation, Qatar, the…
U.S. military commanders were worried in recent years that the bases they were using in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states would be vulnerable to Iranian missile and drone attacks. They proposed stationing key aircraft during a conflict in…
The Marines are arriving. The 82nd Airborne is next. And Washington still has not decided what it is doing. The options on the table now include striking Iran’s main oil terminal, seizing a disputed Gulf island, or reopening Hormuz by…
With the United States and Israel launching a joint campaign—Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion, respectively—against Iranian regime targets and Iran launching retaliatory missile and drone attacks against U.S. forces in the region, Israel, and Arab nations, dubbed Operation True…