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March 5, 2025 | John Hardie |

What the suspension of US aid means for Ukrainian forces

On Monday, the Trump administration announced it was “pausing and reviewing” military aid for Ukraine following the contentious Oval Office meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr...

November 15, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

‘Maximum Pressure 2.0’: Washington Seeks to Restore Deterrence Against Tehran

The Tehran regime is already bristling at the prospect of a much tougher U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi warned on November 12 that if the Trump administration...

November 15, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Janatan Sayeh

Donald Trump: Back to the Future on Iran Policy

Tehran’s theocrats must be terrified. That’s a good thing. Despite the limited and lackluster commentary on Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the Iranian press and by officials, regime elites must now face the fact that the candidate they sought to kill is set to re-assume the presidency on January 20, 2025.

March 22, 2024 | John Hardie |

Battle of Avdiivka: A Preliminary Analysis

This article offers a preliminary analysis of the Battle of Avdiivka, particularly its final weeks. While more information will no doubt come to light as time passes, some initial conclusions stand out....

November 14, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

The Perils of Allowing Elon Musk’s Starlink Into Gaza

Elon Musk wants Starlink, his low-earth orbit satellite constellation that delivers broadband internet, to be operating in Gaza. If deployed, the system could erode Israel’s internet blackout in the area,...

September 1, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

The US national innovation base has critical weaknesses. Just look at Starlink.

Defense intellectuals and proponents of defense innovation have been busy for over a decade selling dreams about Third, Fourth, perhaps Fifth Offsets; about the promise of bringing “dynamism” back...

July 13, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emily de La Bruyère

The Only Thing Worse than Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight

This spring, a delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan – both as a show of solidarity and to develop responses to Beijing’s aggression. Among their “constructive takeaways” was...

October 30, 2022 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Richard Goldberg, Tzvi Kahn, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Maximum Support for the Iranian People: A New Strategy

Introduction U.S. policy since the 2009 election-related uprising in Iran has gradually incorporated a variety of human rights related sanctions and designations to name, shame, penalize, and deter Iranian...

May 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Protests in Iran Are Surging. The Biden Administration Can Help.

U.S. policy can no longer afford to be limited to seeking a new nuclear deal.

January 23, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

Eyewitness: Volcano, tsunami devastate Tonga, help urgently needed

World Exclusive: ‘One could see the huge smoke column from the volcano shoot straight up from the horizon into the sky, until you couldn’t see it anymore. It’s almost as if it was erupting into space itself.’