When Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Abu Dhabi on June 23 for his first visit to the Gulf since the Iran war began, he offered a telling description of his purpose. “We want to make sure their views are…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former National Security Advisor to Israel’s Prime Minister IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish Julian (z”l) & Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs, JINSA…
Click here to read transcript. This week marks a gruesome milestone: 1,000 days will have passed since Hamas infiltrated southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking over 250 mostly civilian hostages. It also marks 1,000…
When Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa officially assumed power after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in January 2025, he pledged to preserve “civil peace,” rebuild Syria’s military and security institutions, and restore state authority after years of fragmentation and civil war. It was an appealing proposition. Under Assad, weak…
The Israel-Lebanon agreement at the very least works against the equation established by the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Iran and the U.S. As Hussein Aboubakr Mansour observes, this equation is as disturbing to Gulf governments as it is to Jerusalem: If…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS Gen Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret.) Hertog Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former Commander, U.S. Central Command The discussion was moderated by JINSA Fellow for American Strategy Jonathan Ruhe. — TRANSCRIPT Transcript has been lightly edited…
U.S. President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran in part to remove the ballistic-missile threat he long railed against. On June 17, he announced that Iran can keep them. At the G7 summit in France, Trump said Iran’s missiles only “hurt a…
Excerpt Below: In 38 days of war, beginning on Feb. 28, the United States and Israel decapitated Iran’s leadership, and pummeled its missile and drone arsenals, defense industry, air defenses and navy. The Iranian regime was on its back and…
Click here to watch the webinar. PANELISTS IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror Distinguished Fellow, JINSA; Former Head, Israel’s National Security Council Elliot Abrams Iran Policy Project Member, JINSA; Former U.S. Special Representative to Iran Blaise Misztal JINSA Vice President for…
On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “VERY HARD,” seize its main oil export terminal at Kharg Island, and take “total control” of its energy industry. By the afternoon, he’d canceled it all on indications that Iran had approved “discussions…