Is the Islamic Republic Down and Out in the Levant and Beyond?
Since October 7, 2023, Iran’s theocracy has watched its entire westward foreign policy crash, disabled by an Israeli counterattack and its shockwaves.
Americans
First Day of U.S.-Israeli Combined Attack on Iran Signals Regime Change Is the Goal
Americans went to bed on Friday, February 27, anticipating continued nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran in Vienna next week. Instead, they woke to a conflict spanning the...
Policy Briefs
US withdraws from Iraqi airbase, transfers Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq
US forces left Iraq’s Ain al Assad Airbase in Iraq’s Al Anbar Governorate, according to Iraq’s Defense Ministry, CNN reported on January 19. The redeployment of forces away from the large...
Op-eds
The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence
Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access.
Op-eds
Aldrich Ames and the Enemy Within
I had a friend, a Soviet-East Europe Division case officer in the Central Intelligence Agency who served in Moscow in the 1980s. He was extremely well-suited to operations behind the Iron Curtain: He had...
Op-eds
On Europe, the Trump administration is out of step with Congress, Americans
Most recognize Russia as an antagonist that must be opposed—with force, if necessary.
Op-eds
Tehran Jails Iranian-American Jewish Man for Visiting Israel Over a Decade Ago
American Citizen Jailed by Regime: Iran imprisoned Kamran Hekmati, an elderly Iranian-American Jewish man, for traveling to Israel 13 years ago for his son’s bar mitzvah, according...
Flash Briefs
Trump Addresses Knesset as All Living Hostages Return to Israel From Hamas Captivity
Latest Developments Trump Warmly Received by Knesset: President Donald Trump heralded a new “golden age for the Middle East” during a historic address to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on...
Flash Briefs
The perils of peacemaking
Sometimes, you need to give war a chance
Op-eds
5 IDF Soldiers Killed, 14 Wounded, During Operation Against Hamas in Northern Gaza
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 more wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza. The soldiers included Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21, and reserve Sgt. 1st Class Benyamin Asulin, 28. According to an IDF probe, the soldiers, four of whom were part of the Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion were struck by three bombs remotely detonated in succession by Hamas terrorists during ground operations.
Flash Briefs
Two Americans Injured by Direct Hamas Attack at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Site
GHF Distribution Site Attacked: Two American aid workers were injured on July 5 when Hamas terrorists threw grenades packed with ball bearings at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation...
Flash Briefs
New Report Shows How China Uses AI to Augment its Online Intelligence Operations
By Max Lesser Artificial intelligence (AI) empowers China to conduct operations that blur the line between collecting sensitive information and influencing public opinion, and a June 10 report by...
Policy Briefs
IDF asserts control over areas of Gaza, returns hostage bodies
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued consolidating control over areas in various parts of Gaza during the second week of June. The IDF is involved in a multi-month operation called Gideon’s Chariots,...
Op-eds
Does Israel Need to Destroy All of Iran’s Nukes?
Partial destruction with the threat of further escalation could nullify Tehran’s nuclear aspirations for years if not forever.
Op-eds
Body of Thai Hostage Recovered from Gaza, IDF Eliminates Head of Mujahideen Movement
Body of Thai Hostage Returned: The IDF recovered the body of murdered Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta, who was kidnapped by the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement terrorists during the...
Flash Briefs
Iran Purchases Missile Fuel Materials From China
Iran Orders Missile Fuel Ingredient: Iran has ordered thousands of tons of a key ingredient in ballistic missile fuel from China as it seeks to rebuild its missile arsenal and those...
Flash Briefs
From protest to terrorism: A well-trodden path
The question was never if the pro-Hamas movement that has disfigured our country would itself turn to violence ... but when.
Op-eds
Israel recovers bodies of two hostages, new militia force grows in southern Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the retrieval of the bodies of two hostages on June 5. “The retrieval and return of the bodies of two hostages cruelly held by Hamas—Israeli-American citizens,...
Op-eds
10 Reasons Why America Needs a Cyber Force
1. The next war the United States fights will begin in cyberspace. Cyberattacks will almost certainly be used by an adversary in the opening phases of a crisis or conflict to target the U.S. homeland...
Insights
Hamas releases US hostage Edan Alexander, IDF continues operations in Gaza
On May 12, Hamas released Edan Alexander, one of 59 hostages still held in Gaza and the last living American hostage held by the terrorist group. Four other Americans who are presumed deceased are also...