Institute for the Study of War
Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program
Memos
Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One
The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...
Op-eds
Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion
Public Comments
Obama and Biden’s failed Russia policies
The last thing Trump should do is adopt them
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Monographs
For Russia, a Year of Setbacks at the OPCW
Yet Member States Still Have Not Imposed Consequences for Moscow’s Chemical Weapons Use
Memos
Iran and Belarus Sign Defense Cooperation Agreements
The Iranian and Belarussian defense ministers met in Tehran on July 31 to sign a pair of defense cooperation agreements. While details about the accords are scarce, Minsk may be looking to Tehran for...
Flash Briefs
Possible Futures for Russia’s CEEW Playbook
Missing the Mark
Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces
Monographs
Collusion or Collision?
Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin
Monographs
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....
Op-eds
America’s Small but Effective Presence in Syria
The Trump plan for Afghanistan
The U.S. presence provides a better return on investment than most people realize
Op-eds
Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean
Monographs
Profiles of Iranian Repression
Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
ISIS’ Attack on Ramadi Just Upended U.S. War Plans
ISIS is reportedly marching on key Iraqi city of Ramadi—upending the momentum that the U.S.-led military coalition seemed to have just days ago, and threatening to shatter an already delica...
Op-eds
The Iran-Syria Nexus and its Implications for the Region
Introduction Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today about Iran&rs...
Legislative Testimonies
Pakistan’s ISI Supports Taliban, al Qaeda in Nuristan, Says Afghan Parliament
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate continues to support the Taliban and al Qaeda in the northeastern province of Nuristan, according to the Afghan parliament's Security...
Op-eds
Counting al Qaeda
When CIA director Leon Panetta declared on a Sunday talk show in late June that “we’re looking at maybe 50 to 100” al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, “maybe less,” so...