Tom Cotton

March 17, 2023 | |

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...

February 17, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

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...

December 20, 2022 | Bradley Bowman |

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)...

August 10, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The ‘forever war’ against the West

America wins a battle against al Qaeda, Israel against Islamic Jihad

January 26, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Post-Post-JCPOA World

Is a nuclear Iran something Republicans must now simply accept?

December 27, 2021 | Aaron MacLean |

What Putin, Xi and Khamenei Want

The West’s elites are naive about autocrats, who put ambition ahead of approval.

August 31, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

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...

May 28, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Only the Chinese Communist Party Knows the Origins of the COVID Pandemic

And it has been withholding, deflecting, and obfuscating the entire time.

April 9, 2021 | Richard Goldberg |

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.

March 16, 2021 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Mark Dubowitz

Joe Biden Shouldn’t Return to the Iran Deal

But he probably will anyway.

February 27, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

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...

February 24, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

What’s wrong with appeasement?

Only the fact that concessions don’t actually conciliate despots

January 8, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

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)....

August 15, 2020 | Richard Goldberg |

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.

June 25, 2020 | Bradley Bowman |

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...

June 23, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

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...

June 10, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump’s Executive Order on Chinese Students Addresses a Complicated—But Real—Issue

This issue requires a surgical scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

June 7, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Bringing the Middle East Back Home

The American Orientalist Class attempts to paint a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape on the American canvas

June 5, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What the New York Times Never Told Readers About Sirajuddin Haqqani

Revisiting the op-ed the paper published by the deputy emir of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

May 29, 2020 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Regime change in Iran shouldn’t be a taboo

Regime change in Iran is one of the biggest taboos in U.S. foreign policy. Bring it up and you will be scorned as a warmonger, a fomenter of chaos. Yet we have encouraged and welcomed the collapse of dictatorships...