Webinar Sep. 21 with Lt. Col (res.) Sarit Zehavi
Please join us for a webinar to discuss Iran, the JCPOA, and the Islamic Republic’s malevolent behavior in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, with my colleague and friend, Lt. Col (res.)…
America is less secure with an isolationist foreign policy
Photo: US soldiers walk near a rocket launcher missile at Basmaya military base in Baghdad(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED AMEEN) As the new year began and America continued to negotiate with Iran…
How worrisome is Iranian control of Iraq for the US?
PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo One reason Iran can play hardball…
How the Iraqi Election Affects U.S. National Security Interests
Published by Kurdistan 24. This week’s Iraqi parliamentary election has profound implications for American national security interests. Yet the American people and the Biden administration are either uninterested, weary of…
The Senate’s Role in Military and International Affairs
{Previously published by the JNS} U.S. President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes late last week in eastern Syria against the Iranian-controlled militias, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. This was in…
Amid Iraqi Protests, Kurdish Region Balances Iran’s IRGC
{article previously published in The Defense Post written by Seth J. Frantzman and Dr. Eric R. Mandel} At the Black Tiger Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq the concerns…
America Needs to Impose Consequences for Working with Iran
by Dr. Eric R. Mandel and Seth J. Frantzman {Previously published in the JNS} Why do we allow the Iraqi and Lebanese governments to have it both ways, receiving American…
Reevaluating America’s Foreign Policy for Iraq, Kurdistan and Syria
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} You can replace Afghanistan with Iraq, Kurdistan or Syria in the title and ask: Can they survive America’s exit, and does it serve America’s…