Attack on Pearl Harbor

June 20, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

Remembering Saipan: The battle that reshaped the Pacific

Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years...

October 28, 2023 | Jacob Nagel |

What should become of Gaza the day after Israel’s decisive victory?

"If Israel seeks a flourishing existence on this now-shock-ridden piece of land, the approaches to Gaza must fundamentally change," writes the author.

October 20, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel’s Tech Advantage Created Complacency

Hamas’ incursion into Israel shows that technology on its own is no guarantee of victory.

October 14, 2023 | Jacob Nagel |

One week since the war broke, initial conclusions, and where we are heading? – analysis

We are not in a Gaza cycle; we are in an ALL-OUT war, and that is how we win without restraints.

October 13, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

How the Pentagon can help Israel now

Following Hamas’ horrific terror attack on Israel this past Saturday, the Biden administration has moved quickly to send Israel weapons and strengthen U.S. military posture in...

September 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

War flashbacks in Guam as China projects power in the Pacific

Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, a US territory, is not just waiting for the rest of the US to come save them. In this interview conducted in July, she describes some of the initiatives she is hoping to get off the ground so Guam is better able to defend itself.

March 22, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

Beijing’s Subversive Political Warfare in the Pacific—and the Need for Greater Engagement by the United States and Taiwan

Honduras has said it intends to shift diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. We know this story: with the exception of 2007, when St. Lucia switched from Beijing to Taipei, the trend has run in this...

October 19, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Truth or consequences

The Saudi crown prince has some legitimate grievances

August 8, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman, Franklin Miller

Understanding That Weakness Is Provocative Is Deterrence 101

Biden has canceled yet another test of our ICBM system so as not to cause more tension with China.

March 12, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

China moves to dominate Pacific with U.S. mired in Ukraine

China is serious about capturing Taiwan as they need it to break the first island chain. At the same time, Beijing is using political warfare to try to burrow into the second and third island chains.

February 26, 2022 | James Brooke |

With Russian invasion of Ukraine, a page just turned in Europe’s history book

In the future, we will remember Feb. 24 alongside 9/11 and Dec. 7. Although Russia’s invasion is not a bolt from the blue like Pearl Harbor or the attack on the World Trade Center, many people did not...

October 28, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Preserving the Warrior Ethos

It is corroded, and the necessary restorative work belongs to us all

September 8, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Twenty 9/11 anniversaries

The sleeping giant nods off again

February 18, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Maj Jared Thompson

We Must Work to Prevent a ‘Space Pearl Harbor’

Protecting America's comparative military advantage above the atmosphere.

August 18, 2020 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

The Dangerous Illusion of Restraining U.S. Power

Isolationists among both Democrats and Republicans want to withdraw from foreign entanglements. That would make the world much less safe.

May 28, 2020 | Andrea Stricker, Maj. Liane “Trixie” Zivitski

COVID-19 and the U.S. Air Force

COVID-19 is testing every aspect of U.S. national defense readiness and mission execution. The Air Force is preparing for what the chief of staff, General David Goldfein, termed a “reset,” requiring...

April 13, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Islamic Revolution vs. Donald Trump

Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.

September 5, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

The ‘Long War’ is not getting shorter

Seventeen years ago next week, out of a clear blue sky, Americans were massacred on a scale unprecedented since Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attack of 1941 led to an intense but relatively brief war....

February 23, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian parliament nixes event honoring pro-Hamas, anti- Israel Jew who fled Nazis

The spokeswoman for the president of the Austrian parliament informed The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that an event slated to honor Hedy Epstein - an anti-Zionist Jew and defender of Hamas - has bee...

February 23, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austria’s parliament set to honor pro-Hamas, pro-BDS Jew who fled Nazis

An Austrian Parliament event partially devoted to women survivors of the Holocaust is reaping a whirlwind of criticism because it honors a German-born American Jewish woman who opposes Israel&rsq...