Robert Silverman on President Trump’s Postwar Gaza Remarks

With the Trump administration announcing plans for a revised nuclear strategy that emphasizes the potential use of shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons, this strategy will move American nuclear war “firebreaks” to more closely resemble Moscow’s already-worrisome nuclear thresholds. At the same time, Russia is aiding Iran in the development of an independent supersonic cruise missile technology; […]

I went to present Jared Kushner with the Abraham Shield Award 2026 because of what he had achieved. I left thinking even more deeply about who he is. We spoke for nearly an hour. There was no ceremony in his manner, no distance and none of the self-importance that so often accompanies power. He was […]

The United States is wielding enormous power against Iran through cumulative warfare: another strike, another degradation, another punitive blow—each intended gradually to change Tehran’s will. This is the logic that prolonged Vietnam. Washington can control each strike’s intensity, but not how many will be required, how long the war will last, or its terms of […]