The US naval blockade of Iran is a good policy, but its potential effectiveness appears overstated and its purpose misguided. Rather than back down from efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (as the Trump administration appears to be doing), the United States needs to double…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS Mehdi Parpanchi Executive Director, Iran International; Former Lead Correspondent, BBC Persian Dr. Ray Takeyh Iran Policy Project Advisor, JINSA; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations The discussion was moderated by JINSA Vice President…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former Head, Israel’s National Security Council Ambassador Eric Edelman Distinguished Scholar, JINSA; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Gen. Frank F. McKenzie Jr.,…
As a former deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, a Navy SEAL and a member of the National Security Council under former President George W. Bush, I spent decades helping oversee U.S. military operations across the Middle East under leaders…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former National Security Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The discussion was moderated by JINSA Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal. — TRANSCRIPT Transcript…
For almost half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran has fused revolutionary ideology, clerical authority, and modern statecraft into a system that reshaped the Middle East. With the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the severe damage the Islamic…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former Head, Israel’s National Security Council VADM Mark Fox, USN (ret.) Eastern Mediterranean Policy Project Advisor, JINSA; Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command VADM John…
As the United States and Israel continue to decimate Iran’s conventional capabilities, it becomes clearer that their campaign cannot stop until at least one of two objectives is achieved: the collapse of the Tehran regime, or the end of its…
Just over a month ago, in the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump offered a theory of victory premised on ending Iran’s military and nuclear threats and enabling the Iranian people to rise up. For all the U.S.-Israeli…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.) Hybrid Warfare Advisor, JINSA; Former Vice Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command MajGen (ret.) Amikam Norkin Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former Commander, Israeli Air Force The discussion was moderated…