Iran Thinks It Can Still Pull Off One Last Trick
Trump Has Iran on the ropes. Now he must resist the bad deal.
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Turkey’s Missile Ambitions Should Alarm Europe and the United States
For years, European officials viewed Turkey’s growing defense industry as an important asset. Turkish drones proved effective in conflicts from Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. Ankara...
Op-eds
Think we’re losing the war in Iran? Consider where things really stand
From nuclear setbacks to proxy collapse, the Islamic Republic faces its most severe strategic crisis in 47 years
Op-eds
Iran’s Support for Russia and Lessons Learned from Ukraine
Legislative Testimonies
Trump’s 15-point Iran truce plan would let one terrifying threat slide
Four weeks after the United States and Israel launched their combined assault on Iran’s clerical regime, the war has reached a tipping point. Over the last few days, President Donald Trump has spoken...
Op-eds
Israel didn’t drag the US into war with Iran — they enabled us to fight it smarter and faster
A dangerous lie has taken hold in Washington: that Israel somehow pressured the United Statesinto war with Iran. It’s wrong. And both President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubiohave said so directly. ...
Op-eds
Previewing Talks with Iran
Media Calls
Expiration of New START Offers Chance for U.S. To Revamp Nuclear Posture Towards Russia and China
The expiration of the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty offers the Trump administration an opportunity to reexamine and strengthen the U.S. nuclear posture to deter both Russia and...
Policy Briefs
Trump’s hesitation on Iran: Why a prompt strike, even if only symbolic, is crucial
The world, including Israel, went to sleep a few days ago with the understanding and expectation of a significant American strike on Iran, following the brutal suppression of protests, the indiscriminate...
Op-eds
Latest Launch by Tehran Reflects Regime Interest in Longer-Range Missiles
A bird, a plane, a ballistic missile? Late last week, Iranians took to social media to post pictures and video of what appeared to be the plume, or the high-temperature exhaust gases, of a ballistic...
Policy Briefs
Iran Tests Satellite Launch Vehicle for First Time Since War With Israel
Iran Tests Satellite Carrier Rocket: Iran conducted a test of a space launch vehicle (SLV) on July 21 for the first time since the 12-Day War with Israel in June, launching its...
Flash Briefs
Missed Milestones
Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump
Legislative Testimonies
The Pentagon must cut $50B of waste — put this weapon on the chopping block
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans this week to move up to $50 billion of the Pentagon’s budget from “low-impact and low-priority programs” to ones that align with President...
Op-eds
Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense
President Trump issued an executive order, “The Iron Dome for America,” on January 27, jumpstarting a major effort to deploy and maintain a “next generation” missile shield to better...
Op-eds
The Despotic Duo
Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests
Legislative Testimonies
Iran Bolsters Missile Capacity With Satellite Launches
Iran announced on January 28 that it successfully launched into space three satellites that use technology similar to that of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The achievement...
Flash Briefs
Iran Launches Satellite Using Ballistic Missile Technology
The Biden administration expressed concern on September 28 over Iran’s successful launch of an imaging satellite a day earlier. The Qased rocket that launched Iran’s Noor-3 satellite...