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February 2026
Why Italy Is the Strategic Anchor of US Policy in the Mediterranean
As the United States reassesses its military posture in Europe and shifts strategic bandwidth toward the Indo-Pacific, it...
Essays
February 2026
Libya and the Return of Strategic Leadership in the Mediterranean
Libya: A Strategic Mediterranean Crossroads at the center of the Mediterranean corridor linking Europe, Africa, and the...
Essays
February 2026
Europe: Stuck in the Twenty-first Century
The twentieth century was initially the worst of times and then the best of times for Europe. In that century’s first...
Essays
February 2026
The Real Iran Problem
For almost five decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has survived sustained American pressure not through strength,...
Essays
February 2026
American Security Interests in Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took a calculated gamble to call for elections only four months into her...
Editorials
February 2026
Iran at the Edge: Pressure, Transition, and the Responsibility of Clarity
Maximum Pressure Is a Strategy — Not a Spectacle
In a recent interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, Reza Pahlavi —...
Strategic Affairs
February 2026
Marco Rubio at Munich: Sovereignty, Deterrence, and the Strategic Recalibration of the West
At the 62nd Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech that signaled not merely...
JST Situation Room
February 2026
The Middle East Is Now a Live-Fire Test of American Maritime Deterrence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbjUEBLN3K8
This analysis was written by Admiral James G. Foggo — Dean of the...
Essays
February 2026
America Pivots Away From Syria’s Kurds
A decade ago, as it sought to strengthen its campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, the United States adopted the...
Essays
February 2026
The Middle East Is Now a Live-Fire Test of American Maritime Deterrence
The Middle East is no longer a peripheral conflict. It is an active battlespace in which U.S. naval power, global...
