Irina Tsukerman
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Iran
Lost in Mediation: Why Pakistan Is the Wrong Messenger to Tehran
Washington may finally have Iran under the kind of sustained pressure that months of negotiations failed to produce. Renewed U.

Maritime Strategy
The UAE's Post-OPEC Security Doctrine
The UAE’s departure from OPEC represents an opening move in a wider contest over Gulf hierarchy, maritime power, defense alignments, and control of...

Air Warfare
Winning the Kinetic Battle, Losing the Narrative War
Andrew Fox recently described a strategic nightmare now unfolding in Iran. Military power has damaged the Islamic Republic’s military infrastructure...

Terrorism
Why the "Save the Kurds" Act Is a Strategic Necessity
American disengagement has a pattern. It begins with fatigue, proceeds through optimism about local arrangements, and ends with surprise when fragile...

Cyber Warfare
U.S., China, and the Middle East Redraw the Map As Russia Falters
The great struggle of this century is unfolding in the invisible domain of code, data, and networks, complementing the traditional battlefields. In...

Cyber Warfare
A New Strategic Mind for a Dangerous Era
The global threat matrix confronting the United States has entered a new and perilous phase. The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in...

Grand Strategy
What Trump 2.0's Grand Strategy for the Middle East Could Look Like
Trump's Grand Strategy for the Middle East in His Second Term Now more than two months into his second term, President Donald Trump is navigating a...

Middle East
An Alternative Grand Bargain for Trump: Bigger Win, Greater Leverage
While the international community has its eyes on President Trump’s efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to a close, and to resolve Israel’s conflict...

Iran
A New Flashpoint for the Axis of Resistance?
Will the South Caucasus be a New Flashpoint for the Axis of Resistance? Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran reportedly threatened to...

Iran
What the Iran-KSA Normalization Means for US and Middle East Security
Reactions to the deal to restore diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have largely focused on how China, Iran’s collaborator and the...

Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Radio Frequencies in the Intelligence Ecosystem
By Craig Brower • RealClearDefense

Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZone
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist
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