Today, a consequential fault line in the Middle East runs not just between Riyadh and Tehran but between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi — two capitals that share a region, a border, and a security patron, but little else in terms…
IF THERE IS ONE STORY FROM THE PAST WEEK that best represents the brave new world we are entering as the Trump administration continues its dismantling of the much derided “liberal international order” that was underpinned by U.S. military power,…
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…