Joseph Votel

Sep 17, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Charles Lister |Joseph Votel

By Charles Lister and Joseph L. VotelSeptember 17, 2024 at 7:30 a.m. EDTCharles Lister is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. Joseph L. Votel is a distinguished senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and the former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command.

Jan 29, 2024 | jinsa.org | Johnny Harounoff |Joseph Votel

Just Security | Share: Last Friday the International Court of Justice ordered provisional measures against Israel in response to a complaint brought by South Africa under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Jan 16, 2024 | english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Joseph Votel |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh

What we are undergoing, including the recent Anglo-American raids in Yemen, is nothing more than "maneuvering warfare" through which the trajectory of the region is being negotiated. There's a realistic Western saying: "Making a mistake once is an opportunity to learn from it, repeating it another time makes it an error, but doing it a third time...

Jan 15, 2024 | english.aawsat.com | Joseph Votel |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Fayez Sara

Last Thursday, military forces from the United States and the United Kingdom struck nearly thirty different locations across Western Yemen to degrade Houthi military capabilities and dissuade the rebel group from further attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. It will take a bit more time to assess the actual damage caused to Houthi radars, missiles, drone launch bases, and command and control facilities and even longer to determine a change in behavior by the Houthis.

Nov 7, 2023 | almendron.com | Joseph Votel

As we watch the war in Gaza develop, we must not lose sight of the stark challenges the Israeli military is facing. Modern urban combat is always bloody and grueling, and the devastation it wreaks is gut-wrenching to watch. But in Hamas, Israel is facing a particularly formidable foe. Throughout my time in the military, while serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, I developed a healthy respect for the innovative resourcefulness of motivated terrorists — and the difficulty of defeating them.