The end of the Islamic Republic is a tremendous opportunity for Iran and poses serious risks for regional stability. The United States should be prepared.
Ireland is not a member of NATO, and invests only 0.2 percent of its GDP in defense—leading to widespread accusations of “free-riding” on European security guarantees. Since gaining its independence ...
Indonesia is seeking to modernize its military amid growing regional challenges—but is hamstrung by its paltry defense budget.
With the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the temptation is strong to redraw Iran’s borders or install a friendly despot. The US should resist it.
IADS systems are the backbone of “anti-access/area denial” (A2/AD) networks, which all major world powers are pursuing in order to defend their airspaces.
As drones have grown in importance to the modern battlefield, the regulatory frameworks governing their export have become more and more outdated.
This year, the US Navy has retired a handful of aging ships without immediate successors—shrinking its overall size, even ...
As long as Washington sees Iran at the edge of the Middle East rather than the center of “West Asia,” it will continue to fall prey to miscalculations.
Ali Khamenei has dominated Iran’s clerical system for nearly four decades and sidelined all potential rivals—meaning there is no obvious choice for his successor.
Without safeguards, AI will erode human judgment and obscure accountability, normalizing power without consent.
If the United States pursues its own deal with Russia to end the Ukraine War, it cannot expect the Europeans to refrain from ...
Iran’s ethnic composition and political divisions suggest that a post-Islamic Republic Iran would not be hospitable to ...