Ideas

Don’t Attack Iran

Those who advocate strikes against nuclear sites are underestimating the risks and overestimating the benefit.

  • Charles V. Peña
Ideas

A Low Bar for Success in Today’s Iran-Nuke Talks

The Nov. 29 session between the U.S., Iran, the European Union, and the rest of the P5+1 has the air of a make-or-break moment.

  • Daniel DePetris
Ideas

America Should Help Iran Get COVID Vaccines

There are at least two national-security reasons Biden should seize this opportunity.

  • Sina Toossi
Ideas

Sanctions Won’t Hurt Iran’s UAV Program

The Biden administration should rethink its approach—and its real goals in the region.

  • Kirsten Fontenrose
Ideas

July Could Be the Last Month to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal

Domestic politics in Tehran and Washington are gradually closing the door.

  • Ryan Costello
Threats

The D Brief: DOD to launch AI accelerator; Army’s pandemic warning; Taliban advance; New study reveals suicide’s toll; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Policy

The Naval Brief: Another destroyer, please; Iranian warship sinks; Afghan evacuation plans; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Détente with Iran Could Unlock a Foreign Policy Gold Mine

Bringing Tehran back into the diplomatic fold would foster other progress.

  • Shahed Ghoreishi
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Deadly violence in Gaza & Israel; ‘Ransomware explosion’; Army end-strength cap; Warning shots in the Gulf; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

America Needs Competitive Intelligence

Agencies ought to be thinking about how to bring U.S. capabilities to bear on adversaries’ vulnerabilities, in competition as well as in conflict.

  • Itai Shapira
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine requests NATO entry; US, Iran talk, indirectly; Army wants Arctic cars; Open Skies planes, mothballed; And a bit more…

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Ideas

Don’t Divide the World Between Democracies and Autocracies

There are better ways to face our challenges than pushing for ideological blocs.

  • Daniel DePetris
Ideas

Focus on Influence, Not Power, in the Middle East

People talk about U.S. power and influence as if they’re the same thing. That's a mistake.

  • Jon B. Alterman
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 79: “2034: A Novel of the Next World War”

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

With Iran, First Prevent the Nukes

If Tehran gets the Bomb, every other regional problem immediately gets a lot harder.

  • Dalia Dassa Kaye and Jon Wolfsthal
Policy

Biden Nominee For Top Policy Post Grilled On Iran, Tweets

"I really believe that the controversy over your nomination is essentially a proxy war” for the Iran nuclear deal, said Sen. Kaine.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

Militias in Iraq Provide Security, Wield Political Power, and May Be Tearing the Country Apart

The top U.S. commander there said Iraq may be headed for another civil war if the government can’t firm up control.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Policy

CIA Nominee Vows To Probe Mysterious Microwave Attacks

Longtime diplomat Bill Burns sailed through his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Ideas

The Biden Administration Is Taking Steps to Stay in Iraq Forever

A recent UN briefing reveals expansive goals for the U.S. war effort.

  • Bonnie Kristian
Ideas

We Must Reorient US Cyber Strategy Around the Only Safe Assumption

We should assume adversaries are already in our networks — and Congress should take these five steps to mitigate the damage.

  • Dmitri Alperovitch
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