For close to eight decades, the pattern of the U.S.-Israel alliance has been very predictable: Washington will supply billions in military aid, and in return Israel will buy American-made weapons. However, a little-known provision in this year’s defense budget could…

America needs a tough, capable ally right now — not a fair-weather friend, not a country that ghosts us the moment things get hard. Israel is that ally. No nation on Earth matches its military muscle, intelligence reach, technological edge,…

A coalition of Sunni regional powers signed a historic joint defense pact on Friday, but national security experts expressed deep unease over the arrangement, arguing that it reflects U.S. shortcomings in the Middle East while raising serious questions about its…

Though US, Israeli, and European diplomatic efforts have focused for years on limiting Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz has lately become the center of gravity of the on-again, off-again war between the US and Iran. … “The Saudis,…