National Security Strategy

Arsenal of Democracy

Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base

Blackout

International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security

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...

Unconstrained Actors

Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland

What could a Trump-Vance China policy look like?

Vance’s focus on China is not surprising. In his personal and professional life he’s seen the way People’s Republic of China actions have affected the lives of Americans.

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

Should Biden let Hezbollah and the Houthis get a say in Gaza?

The US administration's 'no war whatsoever' policy signals to Iran that America is toothless and that the Islamic Republic can act with impunity

America’s dangerous game with Israeli security

It is crucial that Israel clearly and loudly communicates to Sullivan the drawbacks of the proposed normalization and the defense pact and does not rush into signing.

US International energy policy toward the 2024 elections

While international energy policy is not on the ballot in the 2024 US elections, the election outcome will profoundly impact the U.S. role in international energy developments. Current U.S. energy policies have determined new rules of American engagement in the international arena. ...

Israel must completely separate war in Gaza from the ‘day after’ plans – opinion

Israel will have to deal with Iran and Hezbollah later, while the world is starting to understand, even if slowly, that the Iranian problem is not Israel’s problem alone.

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.

Israel must rely only on itself when it comes to existential threats

Nuclear enrichment on Saudi soil, and an American-Israeli "defense treaty," as part of normalization with the Saudis, are incompatible with Israeli's National Security Strategy (NSS), especially when the agreements are likely to come at the expense of preventing Iran from dashing toward the bomb.

It’s time for a policy change on the northern border

Nasrallah must be disabused of the notion that he has managed to deter Israel. His mistakes and his attempts to change the rules of the game by establishing new facts on the ground must be "exploited" by Israel in order to massively undermine the Iranian doctrine, by destroying the PGM manufacturing facilities.

Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations

Why Kerry got the cold shoulder in Beijing

Xi Jinping doesn’t see global warming as a crisis

U.S.-South Korean Cyber Cooperation Can Combat North Korean Threats

Washington and Seoul held a high-level cybersecurity meeting over the course of three days last week as a follow-up to a joint pledge in April to increase cyber defense collaboration. This type of dialogue...

The new – or perhaps renewed – Cold War

You can’t win it if you don’t know you’re in it

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Halevi’s Horizon: What Awaits the New Israeli Defense Chief of Staff

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi leads the IDF in a time of complex security challenges, including threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran is pushing Israel toward a multi-theater conflagration

A partial nuclear agreement, even a broad one, will buy the world only few weeks or maybe few months, alongside a substantial easing of sanctions, allowing the regime to recover economically and to continue financing and backing terrorism all over the world.