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Army’s futuristic combat goggles let soldiers see battlefield in whole new way
As published by ABC News by Luis Martinez It sounds straight out of science fiction, but new futuristic combat goggles developed for the U.S. Army will transform how soldiers see the battlefield and cut through the fog of war. The ...
Pompeo pressed against labeling Houthis a terrorist group
As published by The Hill by Laura Kelly The Trump administration’s push to label Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi group as a terrorist organization would be “deeply damaging” to U.S. national security, say former U.S. diplomats and State Department officials. In a ...
An Open Letter to the Secretary of State on the Proposal to Designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Honorable Michael R. Pompeo U.S. Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC Dear Mr. Secretary, We, the undersigned, are former career diplomats and civil servants who have exercised responsibility for the implementation of U.S. policy in the Middle East, ...
JINSA Webinar
Click here to watch Webinar:Geopolitical Fulcrum or Endless War:Options for U.S.-Syria Policy in the Biden Administration Please join former senior U.S. officials, Ambassador James Jeffrey and Michael Mulroy, as well as Sinam Mohamad, a senior Syrian Democratic Council official, for ...
Why We Need To Back the Iraqi Kurds!
By Don Parnell A famous Kurdish saying goes that the Kurds have "no friends but the mountains.” To a certain extent, no words have ever been more accurate. The fate of the Kurds for the past few decades has been ...
Pentagon Weighs Sharp Drawback in Support for C.I.A.
As published by the New York Times by Eric Schmitt and Julian Barnes WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering whether to pull back military support for the C.I.A., including potentially taking back much of the drone fleet the C.I.A ...
The White House is making big changes at the Pentagon — but Biden can reverse them
As published by Politico by Lara Seligman Troop drawdowns. Advisory board firings. Navy budget overhauls. The Trump administration is using its last weeks in office to carry out a slew of changes at the Pentagon. But they all have one ...
The Sana’a Center Conversation
Q&A with Gerald Feierstein and Michael Patrick Mulroy The Conversation Q&A with Gerald Feierstein and Michael Patrick Mulroy The United States has often played an outsized role in Yemen’s affairs, whether through its political influence or its drone program. In ...
Pentagon plans to cut most of its support to CIA’s counterterrorism missions
As published by ABC News by Luis Martinez In a surprising move, the Pentagon has told the Central Intelligence Agency that it plans to end the majority of the military support it provides to the agency's counterterrorism missions by Jan ...
White House tells Pentagon to begin planning Afghanistan, Iraq drawdowns
As published by Politico by Lara Seligman The White House has told the Pentagon to begin planning to bring the troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq down to 2,500 each by Jan. 15, just days before President Donald Trump leaves ...
