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![]() Dov S. Zakheim, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
While Trump might consider withdrawing land forces from overseas bases, American naval and air forces are likely to be a different matter.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like the cat that swallowed the canary as he listened to President Donald Trump lay out his vision...
Surely Netanyahu is aware that Katz has essentially given settlers a free pass to run amok, one that a could ignite a major Palestinian flare-up on...
President-elect Trump is slated to be sentenced in his hush money conviction on Friday in New York, the final step in securing his status as the first...
The new Syrian regime’s future orientation certainly is a cause for Israeli concern.
There probably was less to Russia’s nuclear threats than the Biden administration made of them.
Business experience tends to be a necessary condition for success as a deputy secretary, though not all deputies had that experience and some had...
Sweden and Finland’s recent accession to NATO offers the U.S. and its allies a new vector to complicate the work of Russian military planners.
Even those who wish to focus solely on a possible conflict with China should recognize that Beijing has allies who almost certainly would come to...
A new migration of refugees is the last thing Syria’s neighbors need.
There is little prospect that the Gaza conflict will end any time soon.
After nearly two months of internal soul-searching that resulted in what can only be termed unnecessary delay, President Joe Biden finally agreed...
Should Hegseth win Senate confirmation, he will discover when he takes office that changing the Pentagon’s behavioral and cultural patterns is...
Given that Trump may well pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate an agreement with Putin, it is incumbent on the Biden...
The new agreement between Britain and Mauritius brought an end to their decades-long dispute regarding sovereignty over the archipelago.
Despite Russia and North Korea’s denials, it is imperative that Washington and London encourage South Korea to ship arms to Ukraine as soon as...
The Navy must supplement its force with non-nuclear alternatives.
The Biden administration appears to be wringing its hands over the potential for oil price increases, which it fears could affect the outcome of...
It is hardly a secret that the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding program is in the doldrums.
It is clear that someone at the administration’s most senior levels should have personally transmitted to Biden the compelling reservations about...
Even as the Lebanese-Israeli crisis intensifies, there appears to be no end to the political machinations in Jerusalem.
Neither candidate offered any specifics about what foreign and national security policies the U.S. would adopt and implement if he or she takes...
For the next six weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be Israel’s virtual dictator, with no legislative constraints.
Even as Ukrainian forces dig in to defend the roughly 400 square miles of Russian territory they have seized in the Kursk offensive, Kyiv finds...
Despite its threats, Tehran has yet to act.
The longer Ukraine holds on to the Kursk region, the more likely that Putin will see no alternative but to negotiate with Kyiv.
Three of America’s leading adversaries not only are ancient empires themselves, but continue to be imperial states that suppress subject peoples...
Compulsory national service for two years offers a far better alternative to a draft.
The agreement represents yet another major step in realizing Washington’s long-standing goal to secure a closer security relationship between...
Congress created two new under secretariats to oversee the development of technology strategy and the acquisition process, but the Defense...
The F-16 will play a critical role in defending Ukrainian air space.
Putin’s war has unified NATO in a manner not seen since the height of the Cold War.