How to hold Iran accountable for killing US troops
The death of three service members in the Jordanian desert Sunday night was inevitable. The Biden administration relied on fortune, not fortitude, and three families will bear the consequences...
Tom Cotton
Why America Forgets—and China Remembers—the Korean War
The CCP’s Dangerous Historical Distortions and the Struggle Over Taiwan
Op-eds
Eyeing Iran, U.S. and Israeli Air Forces Hone Long-Range Strike Skills
U.S. Central Command and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on July 10 that they are conducting a combined military exercise in Israel this week as part of the Juniper Oak exercise series. The...
Flash Briefs
Eyeing Iran’s Nuclear Program, U.S. and Israeli Militaries Train Together in Nevada
Latest Developments The United States and Israel are conducting the Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 combined aerial military exercise in Nevada, which runs March 12-24. The training comes as the top U.S. military...
Flash Briefs
Sen. Cotton Legislation Seeks to Expedite Efforts to Strengthen Israel’s Security
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced new legislation on Thursday to expedite Israel’s ability to operate its own KC-46 refueling aircraft in support...
Insights
The U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Gets Busy
Leaders from the Pentagon and Israel’s Ministry of Defense convened the second meeting of the U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Group (OTWG) in Israel last month to advance research and development (R&D)...
Insights
The ‘forever war’ against the West
America wins a battle against al Qaeda, Israel against Islamic Jihad
Op-eds
The Post-Post-JCPOA World
Is a nuclear Iran something Republicans must now simply accept?
Op-eds
What Putin, Xi and Khamenei Want
The West’s elites are naive about autocrats, who put ambition ahead of approval.
Op-eds
Bipartisan Effort to Deepen Defense Cooperation with Israel Advances
To strengthen bilateral cooperation on military research and development (R&D), Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) announced today their introduction of an amendment (#1197) to the...
Insights
Only the Chinese Communist Party Knows the Origins of the COVID Pandemic
And it has been withholding, deflecting, and obfuscating the entire time.
Op-eds
How Republicans Can Stop Biden from Lifting Iran Sanctions
Instead of diluting their principles, congressional Republicans should use every available procedural tool to force tough votes.
Op-eds
Joe Biden Shouldn’t Return to the Iran Deal
But he probably will anyway.
Op-eds
Senators are calling for a US-Israel working group, and it could save lives
Eyeing the growing military technology challenge from great power competitors, four members of the Senate Armed Services Committee sent a letter Feb. 24 to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging him...
Op-eds
What’s wrong with appeasement?
Only the fact that concessions don’t actually conciliate despots
Op-eds
U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Authorization Provides Opportunity for Biden Administration
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, which became law last week, includes a provision authorizing the establishment of a U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group (OTWG)....
Insights
Don’t Let Iran Blow Up the U.N. Security Council
As a critical vote approaches, the fate of Iran nuclear sanctions—and decades of multilateralism—lies in the hands of Britain and France.
Op-eds
Congressional Momentum Builds to Establish U.S.-Israel Working Group
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released its version of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, and it includes a provision to require the establishment of...
Insights
America in 2020: “Insurrection” or “Incipient Insurgency”?
In the two weeks of disorder that followed the death of George Floyd, 200 cities imposed curfews; 31 states and the District of Columbia called out the National Guard; active-duty U.S. troops deployed in...
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Trump’s Executive Order on Chinese Students Addresses a Complicated—But Real—Issue
This issue requires a surgical scalpel, not a sledgehammer.