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Benjamin Netanyahu Presses Donald Trump for Renewed Strikes Against Iran
Israeli leader and U.S. president talk on phone as mediation efforts led by Qatar seek to broker interim deal between Washington and Tehran...
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Beyond Hormuz: What Washington Should Expect from a Frontline Ally
The debate over whether South Korea should help secure the Strait of Hormuz is, at bottom, a debate about something larger: what should the United States expect from an ally whose most urgent security threat lies elsewhere?
South Korea has a clear interest in keeping international sea lanes open. As a major energy importer, it depends on the uninterrupted flow of oil and other essential goods. But it also faces a nuclear-armed North Korea across one of the world's most heavily militarized borders. Any decision to deploy military assets abroad must reckon with that reality.
What Washington Should Expect from a Frontline Ally
The debate over whether South Korea should help secure the Strait of Hormuz is, at bottom, a debate about something larger: what should the United...
1d agoRead it on RealClearDefenseA Passage to the Middle East
India's already close intelligence cooperation with Israel could become a foundation for broader work with American and European agencies....
1w agoRead it on RealClearDefense
A Passage to the Middle East: India as a Mediator and Security Partner
India has spent years developing relationships with governments that frequently disagree over Middle Eastern security. It works closely with Israel on defense and intelligence, trades extensively with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and maintains a channel to Tehran through Chabahar. Its expanding European partnerships add another set of governments with an interest in what New Delhi does next. With shipping under threat at Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, India has reasons to pursue a larger role in maritime security and diplomacy. That role could extend to testing competing Gaza proposals, resisting campaigns to isolate Israel, and renegotiating the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor around financing and political commitments that actually exist.
It’s Time for a Reset in U.S.-Israel Relations
To secure the next American century, the two countries need to build a joint venture based on tech and defense innovation....
1w agoRead it on National ReviewAnatomy of a Peace Deal
Most of us picture a peace deal as the final scene: a table, two delegations, a signature, a handshake. That scene does happen....
2w agoRead it on Christopher TownsendWhat I Learned From Interrogating Saddam Hussein
If someone had told me when I started working at CIA in February 1998 that one day I would be sitting in a darkened cell interrogating Saddam...
2w agoRead it on The HillHouthis Show Military Reach With Deadly Missile Strikes on Riyadh
Yemen's Iran-backed militants demonstrate that they are not just 'guys in flip-flops'
3w agoRead it on Financial Times
Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
The Readiness Cliff: Pacific Lessons Drawn from the Middle East
By Brian McSorley • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Real Modernization Problem Is Time, Not Technology
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
The World His Mother Opened
By Carlo J.V. Caro • RealClearDefense_underway_on_5_January_1945_(80-G-301306)-500x500.jpg&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_C4FJVW9BoJd2JQaEQoTpWZiVd2Fp)
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
By Global Defense News
MRF-SEA Will Maintain Continuous Presence in the Philippines
By Mahadzir, USNI News
Space Force Weighs Proliferated Cislunar Satellite Constellation
By C. Albon, A&SF
America-Class Amphibs Enable New Ship-to-Shore Attack Strategies
By Warrior M.