Gabriel Scheinmann

Buy, America: Make Iron Dome a Joint U.S.-Israel System

JINSA Visiting Fellow Gabriel Scheinmann explores the possibility of making Iron Dome into a jointly owned and managed U.S.-Israeli defense system. Doing so would be a bold and mutually beneficial symbol of the closeness and importance of the U.S.-Israel strategic alliance.

Obama’s Cut to Israeli Missile Defense Aid Reflects Larger Policy

JINSA Visiting Fellow Gabriel Scheinmann on why the Obama administration cutting funding to Israeli missile defense just as talk of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities is reaching a crescendo.

Misunderstanding Clausewitz

Carl von Clausewitz, the renowned Prussian military theorist, famously wrote that war is merely a continuation of politics by other means. If so, then the Obama Administration has disastrously misunderstood the Clausewitzian dictum when it comes to Israeli security.

What the American Withdrawal From Iraq Means for Israel

JINSA Visiting Fellow, Gabriel M. Scheinmann, on Jerusalem's apprehension about the coming American departure from Iraq. Overall, the withdrawal of American forces is a bad sign for Israel, however, there is at least one reason why the departure could prove to be useful.

Don’t Pass (on the) Gas: Israel’s Gas Discoveries are an American Strategic Asset Worth Protecting

Imagine a time in the not-too-distant future when the United States is heavily reliant on Middle Eastern energy resources. Now, imagine that those resources are controlled not by crumbling, sclerotic, state-sponsors of terror and Islamist regimes, but by stable, liberal, and democratic pro-American allies. Science-Fiction?

Don’t Let Turkey Veto Effective Missile Defense

JINSA visiting fellow Gabriel Scheinmann on why Turkey might be the biggest challenge to U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation.