US Strategy and Israel’s Stake in Eastern Syria

For this reason, the prevention of the emergence of this direct land route through eastern Syria is a direct Israeli national interest.
Taking Nuclear War Seriously: Israel’s Strategic Imperative

To best prepare itself for any and all nuclear conflict possibilities, Israeli planners must comprehensively examine pertinent narratives concerning nuclear retaliation, nuclear counter-retaliation, nuclear preemption, and nuclear warfighting.
Netanyahu Cries: Abbas Laughs

World leaders will not respect an Israel that doesn’t respect itself.
Prioritizing Existential Risk: Israel’s Need to “Stay Focused” on Nuclear Threats

Although Israel continues to face multiple and often intersecting security threats, including terror, its core operational focus should remain on existential perils, especially nuclear attack and nuclear war.
No Tolerance for Extremism

Deportation and internment are unattractive, just as the measures Western countries have been forced to take against their enemies in other wars.
Russian Military Announces Head of ISIS Possibly Killed in Airstrike

The Russia Defense Ministry announced on Friday that they are investigating reports that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State (ISIS), was killed in an airstrike on May 28.
Terror in Iran: The Paradox of Jihad

The common assumption is that terror targets heretics in a bid to impose Sharia laws. This assumption is wrong, because the more Muslim and religious a certain place is, the more burkas and mosques it has—the more it is hit by terror and destruction, produced by jihad.
Qatar – the End of the Road?

The Saudis and their Arab allies have had enough of Qatar and its media proxy al Jazeera’s behavior. They intend to win this fight.
Israel, Time and Power: Potentially Devastating Chronologies

Ultimately, Israel’s successful defense must depend upon far more than prudent strategic and tactical planning.
First Time Ever: Double ISIS Attack Strikes Major Sites in Heart of Tehran

At least 12 people were killed and 42 others wounded in coordinated attacks on Wednesday morning that struck two of Tehran’s most significant sites: the national Parliament Building and the Tomb of the former spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini.