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February 8, 2021 | John Hardie, Annie Fixler

Russia-Iran cooperation poses challenges for US cyber strategy, global norms

Russia and Iran inked an agreement last month on information security, a term that in Russian strategic doctrine encompasses not only cyber but information and communications technology (ICT) more broadly....

January 20, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Tehran’s al Qaeda connection

One of the reasons Biden should not enrich Iran’s rulers

December 15, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

Enhancing Special Operations for Sustained Counterterrorism Operations

December 15, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Countering Beijing’s Fused Overseas Strategy

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges

Preserving America’s Military Posture in Germany

December 15, 2020 | Eric S. Edelman, Aykan Erdemir

American Interests in the Eastern Mediterranean

December 15, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Varsha Koduvayur

Countering the Iranian Threat in the Persian Gulf

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Clifford D. May

“Endless Wars” and the Danger of Ignoring History

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Leon Panetta

Defending Forward

Securing America by Projecting Military Power Abroad

December 9, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Joe Biden’s Curious Defense of Gen. Lloyd Austin

In The Atlantic, the president-elect touts his nominee's handling of the Iraq withdrawal and is notably silent on China.

November 29, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Another Bold Strike Against Iran

The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh demonstrates Israel’s capabilities and constrains Biden’s options.

November 19, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran

The Islamic Republic and al-Qaeda have a long history of cooperation.

October 15, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Real Danger in Trump Touting a Baseless Bin Laden Conspiracy Theory

It obscures that Iran and al-Qaeda sometimes do work together.

October 7, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Failures of Operation Enduring Freedom

The chief aim in late 2001 should have been the swift destruction of al-Qaeda. That didn’t happen.

October 1, 2020 | Benjamin Jensen, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

A Solarium For Presidential Transition Teams

In the next 100 days, America will go through a transition. Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election, thousands of political operatives, pundits, think tankers, and other court whisperers will...

September 3, 2020 | Orde Kittrie |

U.S. Needs a New ICC Strategy

The State Department announced sanctions yesterday on two senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their role in an “unjust and illegitimate investigation” of alleged war crimes...

August 4, 2020 | James Rickards |

Crisis in Lebanon

Anatomy of a Financial Collapse

August 1, 2020 | David Maxwell |

It’s time for a third special operations revolution

The Senate Armed Service Committee report on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expresses the committee’s persistent concern with U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the need for...

June 5, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What the New York Times Never Told Readers About Sirajuddin Haqqani

Revisiting the op-ed the paper published by the deputy emir of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

May 29, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Regime change in Iran shouldn’t be a taboo

Regime change in Iran is one of the biggest taboos in U.S. foreign policy. Bring it up and you will be scorned as a warmonger, a fomenter of chaos. Yet we have encouraged and welcomed the collapse of dictatorships...