Key Points and Summary – Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter argues the Trump administration is inflating Venezuela into a major U.S. security threat to justify...
Key Points – Israel’s massive, multi-wave air assault on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, which began on June 12th, is a strategically risky move that could...
Key Points – Israel’s precision strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure on June 12th were a necessary and proportionate act of preemptive self-defense, not a...
In 2003, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and National Security Council official Zalmay Khalilzad travelled to Switzerland to meet secretly with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s former...
Key Points – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp criticism from high-profile Republican senators Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham during a contentious Senate budget...
Key Points – A Chinese naval blockade and no-fly zone around Taiwan presents a devastating alternative to a full-scale amphibious invasion. -Such a quarantine...