An important and correct decision by Secretary Marco Rubio. Strengthening the LAF is critical to preventing Hezbollah’s military resurgence and denying Iran tools of influence and destabilizing power in the Middle East.

The Civilian Protection Center of Excellence doesn't exist because of Presidential directives. Its creation was mandated by law -- the bipartisan FY23 NDAA directed its creation and its mandate. It is codified in Title 10 Sec. 184 of US Code.

Good points to remember that Russia actively blocked both Max pressure and efforts at a new agreement last year

In Foreign Policy, I argue Russia has no business negotiating an Iran nuclear deal with the United States. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/12/rus…

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Exactly this: "Russia’s shared interests with Iran make it an unsuitable mediator and will surely work to undermine America’s interests in the Middle East and those of America’s partners and allies" via Jonathan Lord

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"Russia’s shared interests with Iran make it an unsuitable mediator and will surely work to undermine America’s interests in the Middle East and those of America’s partners and allies." Read more from Jonathan Lord in Foreign Policy: cnas.org/publications/c…

The same Russia that propped up Assad, armed Hezbollah, advised Tehran on its ballistic missile program…

"Russia’s shared interests with Iran make it an unsuitable mediator and will surely work to undermine America’s interests in the Middle East and those of America’s partners and allies." Read more from Jonathan Lord in Foreign Policy: cnas.org/publications/c…

The charge for the United States is to deter war with China without capitulation and to compete effectively across all the areas of soft power. The United States has an array of tools to do this, including humanitarian aid, development assistance, support for democracy abroad,

"Russia’s shared interests with Iran make it an unsuitable mediator and will surely work to undermine America’s interests in the Middle East and those of America’s partners and allies." Read more from Jonathan Lord in Foreign Policy: cnas.org/publications/c…

.CNAS senior adjunct fellow Eitan Danon has written a piece for Foreign Policy on the challenge of Yemen and the Houthis that could not be more timely: U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/yem…

With due respect to the gravity of the Signal issue, we must also remember the policy challenge the Houthis present. Read Eitan’s piece in Foreign Policy. 👇

Women in the military have been removed from the Department of Defense and Arlington Memorial Cemetery's websites. Read from Senior Fellow @robinsonL100 on why this is happening and how it can be reversed. Check out the full column here: cfr.org/blog/long-prou…

And the weak suffer what they must. Putin previews a return to a world order Americans fought and died to defeat.