How Sun Tzu Might Approach US Nuclear Strategy

Ancient Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu’s The Art of War should be studied by US President Donald Trump’s senior military advisors.
NATO’s Turkey Challenge

In an inarticulate but important statement, then-National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said in a December 2017 closed-door session that the Islamist threat has been “myopically” treated in the past: “We didn’t pay enough attention how [Islamist ideology] is being advanced through charities, madrassas and other social organizations.”
Demography and Jewish Destiny

We are standing on the cusp of a tidal wave of return, one that will see countless Jewish descendants reconnect with Jewry. Let’s embrace this opportunity.
Punishing Syrian Chemical Weapons Use

The primary goals of American foreign policy are to make our citizens, friends, and allies secure and to make our adversaries think twice. There are moments in history when well-timed, well-placed military action will have the effect of causing fear — and moments that, if allowed to pass by, ensure the opposite.
US Launches Diplomatic Effort to ‘Improve’ Iran Nuclear Agreement: Report

The US is reportedly offering to extend sanctions relief for Iran past an upcoming May 12 deadline in exchange for improvements to the international nuclear agreement.
Source Code Sharing is a Terrible Idea

Source codes are the instructions written by a computer programmer that powers its software. It contains all the secret instructions in a program that, if discovered, would enable the software source to be stolen.
Planning to Win

Some things are just too unpleasant to contemplate, too far in the future, or too complicated to demand attention. Or too scary. Or conflict with other things we know – or think we know.
The United Nation Continues To Be A Moral Cesspool

The vote in the United Nations General Assembly concerning Jerusalem on Thursday wasn’t really about Jerusalem — or even so much about Israel.
The Dubai Miracle Has Become Real

The Great Recession of 2008-09 convinced me, like many other observers, that the city-state of Dubai’s razzmatazz – Go skiing in the boiling heat!
The Chaotic Arab World Has Nothing to Offer Israel Today in Any Deal

Behavioral science recognizes two types of responses to tense or threatening situations facing loosely-connected groups.