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Experts
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Ryan Brobst
CMPP Deputy Director
Jack Burnham
Senior Research Analyst
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus
Senior Fellow
Eric S. Edelman
CMPP Board of Advisors
Major General (Ret.) Amir Eshel
Senior Fellow
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Jim Langevin
CCTI Chairman
Justin Leopold-Cohen
CMPP Senior Research Analyst
Lewis Libby
Distinguished Fellow
Dr. Bilyana Lilly
Adjunct Fellow
Dr. Erica Lonergan
Adjunct Fellow
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster
CMPP Chairman
Cameron McMillan
CMPP Senior Research Analyst
Tyson B. Meadors
Adjunct Fellow
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Jacob Nagel
Senior Fellow
Cleo Paskal
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Samantha Ravich
Distinguished Fellow and Advisor
Logan Rolleigh
CMPP Research Assistant
Janatan Sayeh
Research Analyst
Dr. Georgianna Shea
CCTI and TCIL Chief Technologist
Daniel Swift
CEFP Senior Research Analyst
Joseph Zacks
Adjunct Fellow
FDD Analysis
Trump Demands Tehran Regime’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’
Flash Brief
US and Israel establish air superiority, focus strikes on Iranian military sites and ‘regime pillars’ (March 4–5)
FDD's Long War Journal
Iranian and Iranian-Backed Attacks Against Americans (1979-Present)
Insight
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March
Policy Tracker
Israel Did Not Drag the US Into War
The Algemeiner
Experts
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Ryan Brobst
CMPP Deputy Director
Jack Burnham
Senior Research Analyst
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus
Senior Fellow
Eric S. Edelman
CMPP Board of Advisors
Major General (Ret.) Amir Eshel
Senior Fellow
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Jim Langevin
CCTI Chairman
Justin Leopold-Cohen
CMPP Senior Research Analyst
Lewis Libby
Distinguished Fellow
Dr. Bilyana Lilly
Adjunct Fellow
Dr. Erica Lonergan
Adjunct Fellow
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster
CMPP Chairman
Cameron McMillan
CMPP Senior Research Analyst
Tyson B. Meadors
Adjunct Fellow
RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery
CCTI Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Jacob Nagel
Senior Fellow
Cleo Paskal
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Samantha Ravich
Distinguished Fellow and Advisor
Logan Rolleigh
CMPP Research Assistant
Janatan Sayeh
Research Analyst
Dr. Georgianna Shea
CCTI and TCIL Chief Technologist
Daniel Swift
CEFP Senior Research Analyst
Joseph Zacks
Adjunct Fellow
In The News
The U.S.-Israel military campaign and the next leader of Iran
BBC News
How can we look back on Epic Fury as a success?
The Chad Hartman Show
Supporting a war against Iran's global terror
NPR
Precision Strike Missile, made possible by Trump’s treaty withdrawal, has combat debut against Iran
DefenseScoop
Why Iran's next leader must not be a threat to the U.S.
CNN
Events
EVENT: Reimagining Mediterranean Security with Greek Minister for National Defense Nikos Dendias
February 4, 2026 | 5:00
EVENT: Countering the Axis of Aggressors with LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster and GEN (Ret.) Laura Richardson
October 9, 2025 | 10:30