Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO
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Romania
We’re training Ukraine’s brave F-16 pilots — here’s what they need to keep fighting
After years of delay, Ukraine’s Air Force is flying the F-16 fighter jets it’s received from NATO — and, during a training visit this month, we saw for ourselves how these “Vipers”...
Op-eds
Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions
Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan
Congressional Testimonies
How to Secure the Black Sea During a Russia-Ukrainian Ceasefire
After Ukraine and Russia’s agreement to a Black Sea ceasefire as part of broader talks being brokered by the United States in Saudi Arabia, the next step is to design a coalition maritime force...
Op-eds
U.S. Sanctions Iranian Intelligence Officials for Role in Abducting Former FBI Agent
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) serves as the long arm of the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism. Washington should treat it accordingly. On March 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...
Policy Briefs
How to Defend Ukraine’s Skies During Peace Negotiations
Air superiority remains a decisive factor in modern warfare. As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russian aggression, policymakers and military planners are grappling with a fundamental question:...
Op-eds
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Three Years Later
Media Calls
Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort
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Memos
Trump can halt Russia’s war against Ukraine
Just don’t expect peace and concord
Op-eds
Out with the old in the Old World: How Trump can usher in Eastern Europe’s moment
“In times of rapid change,” remarked industrialist J. Paul Getty, “experience could be your worst enemy.” For those in Washington, Brussels, and Berlin who are panicking about what a second...
Op-eds
Iran: The Next Nuclear Weapons State?
U.S. Intelligence Community Drops a Bombshell Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Work: An astonishing U.S. intelligence report just revealed a grim truth: The Islamic Republic of Iran may...
Op-eds
First B-52H Bomber Deployment to Romania With Cross-Theater Operations in CENTCOM
The United States operated two B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers from Romania for the first time on July 21 and, in another first, forward deployed one of the B-52H aircraft just days later...
Policy Briefs
Seventeen Countries Urge Hamas to Accept Ceasefire Proposal
The United States and 16 other countries whose citizens are being held captive by Hamas in Gaza signed a statement on June 6 calling on the Iran-backed terror organization to accept...
Flash Briefs
Slovenia Latest EU Member State to Push Recognition of Palestinian State
Israel lambasted Slovenia on May 31 after the former Yugoslav republic’s government formally requested its parliament to unilaterally recognize an independent Palestinian state....
Flash Briefs
Will France abandon its opposition to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state?
If it does, then Israel will be more reliant on Germany, Italy, Greece and the Eastern European states to fight its corner within the European Union, its largest trading partner.
Op-eds
The US-built pier for humanitarian aid delivery was always a long-shot
It’s not easy to take small ships across an ocean and then get to the coast of a country and construct a floating pier.
Op-eds
Spain, Ireland Lead Push in EU to Unilaterally Recognize Palestinian State
European Union (EU) member states Spain and Ireland are moving to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state, urging other European countries to follow suit, Deutsche Welle reported...
Flash Briefs
EU Members Gear Up for Palestinian State Recognition
At least five European Union member states are moving to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood in the coming months, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on April 29....
Flash Briefs
Egypt Seeks Hostage Negotiations Breakthrough
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel met his Israeli counterpart David Barnea on April 26 to continue deadlocked negotiations over a potential deal to free the hostages still in Hamas captivity...