As soon as President Biden announced last spring that US troops were abandoning Afghanistan, the final chapter that we’re watching unfold of a complete Taliban takeover was written. The only question that remained was how long it would take for…
John Hannah is a Senior Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.
Biden administration gives senior Saudi visitor the red carpet treatment signaling possible warming ties By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood The Biden administration hosted the most senior Saudi official to arrive in Washington since the White House distanced itself earlier…
In 2014, I argued in this publication that the ICC suffers from fundamental structural defects that have rendered it an obstacle to peace in most of the conflicts in which it has inserted itself, and that until those defects are…
John Hannah is a Senior Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.
The tradition of assessing presidential administrations at the 100 day mark is homage to FDR and the power of the presidency to combat the Great Depression. It is totally arbitrary, of course, and in many ways has become a lazy…
While our allies in Israel have taken a tough stand against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Biden administration is granting concessions to what many believe to be a highly biased court — and such weakness could have real national…
John Hannah is a Senior Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.
The Biden administration is making a critical mistake by moving vital military assets away from the Middle East. Drawing down America’s posture in the Middle East sends the wrong message as the administration simultaneously pursues nuclear negotiations with Iran, the…
If the Biden administration isn’t careful, it could soon find itself confronting at least two major disasters in the broader Middle East. The first: the permanent entrenchment in Yemen of an Iranian-backed Houthi regime—a version of Hezbollah on the Arabian…