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Tucker Carlson is a leading voice among the resurgent anti-Israel current in American politics, which loudly asserts that military ties with Jerusalem impose a significant cost on the United States. In reality, for a modest investment, Washington receives unparalleled operational, technological, and intelligence partnership in a region that is vital to US interests.
“Anyone who proposes cutting aid to Israel in the name of ‘the American interest’ simply does not understand what the American interest is,” argues Michael Doran.
As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its fourth year—and as peace talks again risk stalling—the Trump administration should think creatively and boldly about how to give Ukraine the upper hand.
One possible strategy is to assist Ukraine in disabling the vital Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge in Krasnoyarsk Krai, which is a crucial failure point for Russia’s wartime economy. Luke Coffey and Can Kasapoğlu explain the bridge’s importance and lay out Ukraine’s tactical options in a new policy memo.
In twenty-first-century warfare, the source of military advantage is shifting from possessing the most sophisticated technologies to possessing a superior ability to evolve concepts and capabilities. The US needs to adapt to this new reality.
Rather than looking for generational leaps in capability akin to nuclear weapons, precision strike, or stealth, the Pentagon needs teams that can adjust the characteristics or programming of systems, the composition of systems of systems, and the integration of new and existing capabilities at high tempo, write Bryan Clark and Dan Patt.
As Russia-Ukraine peace talks drag on, Can Kasapoğlu identifies seven security principles that the US and its NATO partners should emphasize in lieu of a traditional security guarantee for Ukraine: (1) NATO-Ukraine interoperability, (2) long-term training and sustainment, (3) industrial fusion through the Danish model, (4) innovation integration, (5) preservation of sovereign deterrence, (6) the rollback of Russian forward deployments, and (7) Ukraine’s internal military modernization.
The Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) empowers the president to impose sweeping tariffs during a declared national emergency has significant implications for the Trump administration. But more broadly, it may alter the fundamental architecture of the US system of divided powers in an era where national security threats are no longer purely military.
Paul Sracic explains the history of this argument and its future implications in a new policy memo.
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“We should recall that our Judeo-Christian faith and tradition is the foundation and strength of America. It makes us the great nation we are today,” writes Hudson President and CEO John P. Walters in a Christmas and Hanukkah message to Hudson’s friends and supporters.
