The Shadow War
A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
Stuxnet
Iran’s Multifront Strategy Against Israel
The war after the ‘campaign between wars’ could soon erupt
Op-eds
The Quiet War between Israel and Iran
Iran's Hegemonic Drive
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Book excerpt: ‘Gaza Conflict 2021′ dives into ‘war between wars’
In September of this year, Israel officially came under the area of responsibility of the Pentagon’s Central Command, which covers the wider Middle East. In his new book, “Gaza Conflict 2021,″ Foundation...
Op-eds
The War Between Wars Heats Up
The hidden hands behind the conflict between Israel and Hamas
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Re-Engineering America’s Cyber Glass House
Blackouts caused by an explosion hit the Natanz uranium enrichment site in Iran last Sunday in what appears to be an attack aimed at slowing down nuclear weapons development. Iran blamed Israel for the...
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Destruction of Iranian Nuclear Facility Should Remind Democrats of Israel’s Unique Value as an Ally
An explosion at the Natanz nuclear complex on July 2 laid waste to the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC), a workshop designed to mass produce thousands of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium....
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Slam Dunk II: The Persian Version
“With this deal, we cut off ...
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How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
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North Korea and Iran: Partners in Cyber Warfare?
North Korea has denied any involvement in the massive hacking attack last month on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and absent evidence c...
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Book Review: ‘A Time to Attack’ By Matthew Kroenig
Here's a prediction: Next month in Vienna, Iran and the P5+1 world powers will extend the interim agreement they struck six months ago on Iran's nuclear program. Secretary of State ...
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The Service’s Secrets
‘But without sources, human sources within the enemy centers, you will never discover the kinds of plots that unfolded on September 11.” With these words, Markus Wolf, the former head...
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ali Khamenei
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The New War Against America
Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of...
Op-eds
Stuxnet Deactivates Itself, Iranians Crow
This past weekend the Christian Science Monitor reported tha...
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Leaker-in-Chief
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the White House’s handling of classified information. The spur seems to have been the June 1 New York Times article by Dav...
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Leaks and Lies
I once had a long discussion about leaks with Richard Helms, a thoughtful gentleman who steadfastly refused to reveal state secrets even when threatened with imprisonment. Helms was directo...
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Stuxnet and Iran’s Shadow War
David Sanger’s piece in the New York Times earlier this month (“...
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Leaking Cyberwar Secrets
The White House wants credit for successes but blames Israel for failures, a New York Times exposé shows
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Beat the Clock
From an American perspective, it seems that the White House has finally gotten serious about bringing the Iranian nuclear program to a halt. After President Obama’s policy of engagement cam...