There are two remarkable stories about defenses during the war between Israel and Iran in June 2025. One is the failure of ...

The Tomahawk cruise missile is a near perfect machine. Its development followed advances in guidance and turbofan engine technology in the 1970s. It has been tested for decades. And it has been ...

Recent events across sub-Saharan Africa, where youth-led protests have challenged entrenched leadership, raise the possibility that the changes forecast in ...

Listen in to Overheard as Mike DeAngelo discusses with Phil Wasielewski how militant Islamic terrorist groups are waging ...

This discrepancy is a flashing warning light for US national security. The Arctic sea ice is thinning, its shipping lanes are ...

Anat Shapira is a researcher at the “Israel’s National Security Policy” program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), focusing on army and society relations and the Israeli society, ...

Operation Rising Lion, Israel’s military campaign against Iran, commenced on June 13, 2025, the 615th day of the ongoing ...

Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman is a senior researcher at the “Israel’s National Security Policy” program at the Institute for ...

Dana Karniely is a research assistant at the “Israel’s National Security Policy” program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), and a B.A. student in Criminology and International ...

Having won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on October 4, Sanae Takaichi is set to be Japan’s fifth prime minister in as many years.

Join us for a conversation with Frank Gavin on his new book, Thinking Historically: A Guide for Strategy and Statecraft—a ...