In launching his war on Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump promised quick and decisive results. More than six months later, despite thousands of airstrikes, thousands of dead Iranians, and the ...
In addition to the 51 allies the United States is obligated by treaty to defend, it has a number of quasi-allies: states the United States is not committed to defend but to which it provides a ...
The Houthis have repeatedly linked their motive for attacks in the Red Sea to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. 8 “Houthis claim another Red Sea attack as shipping ...
Questions about nuclear use should be foremost in U.S. defense planning debates over Taiwan and policy discussions on maintaining strategic ambiguity. If China moves against Taiwan, the stakes will be ...
NATO membership for Ukraine is infeasible for a number of reasons, not least questions of defensibility. The alliance and the United States should therefore abandon their public position supporting ...
Since the Cold War, the United States has engaged in a number of military conflicts abroad, yet despite its preponderant military power, it has been unable to translate force into political success, ...
Our mission is to inform citizens, thought leaders, and policymakers of the importance of a strong, dynamic military—used more judiciously to protect America’s narrowly defined national interests—and ...
The proposed “grand bargain” that would normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel is a raw deal for the United States. It carries no new benefits for U.S. national security yet will come ...
U.S. policymakers have misread Iran for decades, portraying a fundamentally weak and insecure country as a relentless and dangerous aggressor. These misinterpretations laid the foundation for ...
Our mission is to inform citizens, thought leaders, and policymakers of the importance of a strong, dynamic military—used more judiciously to protect America’s narrowly defined national interests—and ...
Key points Over the last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Government of Israel (GOI) have pursued a diplomatic normalization agreement, with U.S. support, to build a lasting regional ...
The violence perpetrated by Mexico’s drug cartels, their persistent export of drugs into the United States, and the massive toll of fentanyl overdose deaths have prompted the Trump administration to ...