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Locating the Centrifuge

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Jonathan Ruhe |Kevin Williamson |Tracy Hamilton

A mission fit for Maverick. Published June 18, 2025 Ken Pollack, vice president of the Middle East Institute and a former CIA analyst, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss all things Israel-Iran, including Iran’s nuclear program, Mossad’s success, possible U.S. involvement, and potential outcomes. Plus: their thoughts on Trump’s foreign policy and the need for American-led global stability.
How Long Does America Still Have to Stop an Iranian Nuclear Bomb?

Jan 7, 2025 | jinsa.org | Yoni Tobin |Blaise Misztal |Jonathan Ruhe

Washington Times | Share: The next few months will be the last chance to prevent a nuclear Iran. Right now, an Iranian breakout is still detectable and stoppable. Its air defenses are degraded, and its means of aggression are depleted, creating a unique but fleeting opportunity that the United States must exploit before time runs out. By year’s end, one or more of these windows will likely have slammed shut.
How long does America still have to stop an Iranian nuclear bomb?

Jan 6, 2025 | washingtontimes.com | Blaise Misztal |Jonathan Ruhe

OPINION: The next few months will be the last chance to prevent a nuclear Iran. Right now, an Iranian breakout is still detectable and stoppable. Its air defenses are degraded, and its means of aggression are depleted, creating a unique but fleeting opportunity that the United States must exploit before time runs out. By year’s end, one or more of these windows will likely have slammed shut.
Iran’s Missiles Push it Closer to Russia — at the West’s Expense - JINSA

Nov 15, 2024 | jinsa.org | Nolan Judd |Jonathan Ruhe

The Defense Post | Share: Iran’s recent missile blitz against Israel pushed regional tensions to a boiling point. Its decision to help Russia do the same to Ukraine will have serious implications for both Europe and the Middle East. Most immediately, Russia’s acquisition of hundreds of Iranian Fath-360 missiles will help shift the fortunes of war on Ukraine’s battlefields.
Iran's Missiles Push It Closer to Russia — at the West's Expense

Nov 14, 2024 | thedefensepost.com | Thomas Bergeson |Jonathan Ruhe

Iran’s recent missile blitz against Israel pushed regional tensions to a boiling point. Its decision to help Russia do the same to Ukraine will have serious implications for both Europe and the Middle East. Most immediately, Russia’s acquisition of hundreds of Iranian Fath-360 missiles will help shift the fortunes of war on Ukraine’s battlefields.
Israel’s Iran Strike Threads a Tight Strategic Needle

Oct 27, 2024 | jinsa.org | Jonathan Ruhe

| Share: Israel’s October 26 military operation against Iranian advanced air defenses and missile and drone production sites seeks to rebuild deterrence by inhibiting the Revolutionary Guard’s capacity to generate further projectile strikes on Israel, and by enabling future operations to threaten core regime assets even more directly.
By Itself, With U.S.: The Case for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Treaty Post-10/7

Oct 10, 2024 | jinsa.org | Michael Makovsky |John Hannah |Blaise Misztal |Jonathan Ruhe

| Share: The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and ensuing events on the value of a U.S.-Israel mutual defense treaty (MDT), which JINSA has promoted since 2018.
Iran Goes Ballistic Defending Degraded Hezbollah

Oct 1, 2024 | jinsa.org | Jonathan Ruhe |Ari Cicurel

| Share: Iran’s audacious missile attack on Israel, the second such strike in less than six months, seeks to halt Israel’s stunning recent successes in eliminating many of the key leaders and capabilities of Hezbollah, which is the cornerstone of Tehran’s project to encircle the Middle East in a “ring of fire” and deter Israeli military action against Iran itself.
What Will Trump or Harris Do if Iran Goes Nuclear?

Sep 12, 2024 | jinsa.org | Yoni Tobin |Amb. Eric Edelman |Jonathan Ruhe

RealClearDefense | Share: America’s intelligence chief recently warned that Iran is preparing to take the final steps to produce a nuclear weapon, making it now mostly a matter of Tehran’s choice if and when to do so. This stark departure from routine U.S. intelligence assessments hardly seemed to register in the White House, or at the party conventions for the candidates seeking the Oval Office come January.
UN Watchdog Playing 'Blind Man’s Bluff' with Iran’s Nuclear Program

Sep 12, 2024 | thecipherbrief.com | Jonathan Ruhe |Yoni Tobin

OPINION — The United States must use this week’s Vienna meeting of atomic inspectors to stop Iran’s nuclear program from becoming a black box. Without being able to detect Tehran’s final leap to the bomb, or even how close it might be, the U.S. and other nations will have absolutely no chance to prevent it. It is easy to focus on Iran’s measurable enrichment progress at these meetings.