Rear Admiral Terence E. McKnight, USN (ret.), member of JINSA's Board of Advisors, analyzes Iran's ability to close the Strait of Hormuz, the legal and military ramifications of such a closure, and how the U.S. Navy would seek to reopen that strategic waterway, critical to the global economy.

The United States’ decision to “pivot” back to the Asia-Pacific is welcome among its allies. But what about its most assertive rising power?

In the latest JINSA Analyis, JINSA Advisory Board Member Maj. Gen. Larry Taylor, USMCR (Ret.), discusses the coming cuts in defense spending and how making these cuts in uncertain times could be could be a repeat of past mistakes.

As long as Iran and al Qaeda threaten the United States, Yemen's Houthi rebellion and al Qaeda's presence in Yemen work against U.S. and Saudi interests and security regardless of who governs from Sanaa. Tackling these issues is key to ensuring Yemen's long-term stability and the principal way to protect America, argues JINSA Research Associate Zach Paikin.

The ongoing consolidation of power by the anti-liberal AKP government of Prime Minister Erdogan in Turkey may well represent a longer term threat to Western interests in the Middle East than the ruling mullahs in Iran, argues JINSA Research Associate Zach Paikin.

In her latest article, Prof. Anne Bayefsky, a member of JINSA's Board of Advisors, notes that United Nations demonization of Israel serves to justify Palestinian rejection of negotiations and coexistence, which in turn fuels UN support for a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.

JINSA Senior Director for Security Policy Shoshana Bryen notes that Islamic radicalism has no answer to the problems facing educated and ambitious young people in the Middle East. Corruption and repression combine to limit their economic and social opportunities and if the reformers lose their "Arab Spring" momentum, the religious despots likely to replace them will prove no better than the secular despots that preceded them.

After last month's failed attempt by Iran to transfer 50 tons of weapons to Hamas, the British and French governments now know where to start looking. And everyone should be looking at the interim government of Egypt. Op-ed by Shoshana Bryen, JINSA Senior Director for Security Policy.

With the power in Cairo now passed to the Armed Forces Supreme Council, the question of whether or how to leverage U.S. aid rises again. Washington needs patience now — not demands backed by threats — to support Vice President Omar Suleiman’s promise of “a peaceful transition all through a democratic society aspired by the people.”