Less than 24 hours before Syrian rebels seized Damascus, toppling President Bashar al-Assad, President-elect Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, emphatically writing that the US should have “nothing to do” with Syria. “THIS IS NOT OUR…
The stunning and rapid collapse of Syria’s ruling Assad regime in recent days is the latest domino to fall in Iran’s regional axis, further weakening Tehran’s strategic deck of cards. The departure of Bashar al-Assad marks the end of decades…
Although the precarious ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains in place, Hezbollah has violated the deal, prompting Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Additionally, Israel has expanded its operations in Jabalia where Hamas has resurged its presence within the northern Gaza stronghold.…
Iran’s rapidly weakening deck of cards in Syria and across the region provides an opportunity for the United States to push the momentum against Iran and its proxies. However, at this critical juncture, the United States is drawing down its regional troop presence, limiting its…
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. With Israel and Lebanon having finalized a deal to end Israel-Hezbollah hostilities, the United States must ensure that any such deal does not repeat the errors of 1701, the ill-fated 2006 U.N. Security…
Israel and Lebanon have now finalized a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. As JINSA argued in its November 20 report, Suppressing Iran’s Ring of Fire in Lebanon, a strong deal, in addition to ending major hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, could allow…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2024 The following is a statement from Dr. Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal in Lebanon: “A ceasefire in Lebanon is welcome,…
Turkey’s foreign policy is, once again, exhibiting the activist but Janus-like tendencies that have defined the more than two decades under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On the one hand, in just the last week, Turkey announced it would sever relations…
On Thursday, months after first threatening to do so, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, charging them with war crimes. JINSA hosted a conversation on the illegitimacy…
JINSA Fellow Gabriel Noronha appeared on BBC News to discuss the potential approach of the incoming Trump administration to the Middle East and the current conflict.