At the Water's Edge

Why an IRANIAN INVASION Would BACKFIRE | Robert Pape

Ships keep getting hit in the Strait of Hormuz, Egypt is weighing whether to send troops to Saudi Arabia, and the IRGC is now threatening to invade neighboring countries

The Iran War Could Push Africa Toward Collapse | Fidel Amakye Owusu

How is the war over the Strait of Hormuz reaching Africa? Ghanaian security and geopolitical analyst Fidel Amakye Owusu returns to explain how the Iran war is driving fue

Saudi Arabia's Nightmare: The Reality of the Houthi Missile Threat

Houthi missiles are hitting Riyadh’s main airport, and it’s turning into Saudi Arabia’s worst-case scenario. One strike killed at least 12 people and injured around 300.

France, Iran, and the Road to World War III: The Real Risk | Robert Pape

Ten ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz in a single week, the most of the entire war. Houthi missiles shut down Riyadh's airport in the largest set of attacks in Saudi Arab

U.S. Brigades Last 24 Hours Against Ukraine’s Drones | MG Duane Miller

What happens when a U.S. brigade trains against Ukraine's drone forces? They usually have to reset the exercise within 24 hours. Major General Duane Miller, until recentl

The Rise of the Mecca Alliance: Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia's Game Plan

Fifty-nine days after it was signed, the Mecca Pact has been activated. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey have agreed to send forces to defend the kingdom against the Ho

The Most Dangerous Weeks of the Iran War Are Here | Robert Pape

We’re in the most dangerous weeks of the Iran war since March, and the midterms are the reason. Professor Robert Pape returns to explain the wicked incentives pushing Pre

The Truth About Veteran Support Systems and How to Fix Them

Veterans die by suicide at a rate 72% higher than their civilian peers, and women veterans at a rate 101% higher. Lyndsay Tkach, Wounded Warrior Project's Director of Men

Is Iran's War Spreading? Three Incidents, One Dangerous Pattern

Masked men with vans full of fuel outside the British base that launched B-52s against Iran. A FlyDubai co-pilot stabbing his captain on a flight to Tel Aviv. A drone kno

Trump needs a "LAST CHAPTER" in Iran | Trita Parsi

Trita Parsi argues Trump is looking for a "last chapter" in Iran, an ending that makes the whole war look worth it, and that diplomacy won't give him one. Iran's preside

Trump is TRAPPED in Iran's "DIPLOMACY" | Robert Pape

Iran offered Trump a seven-day path to end the war. Robert Pape explains why taking it or refusing it both hurt him before the midterms. Iran's president came to the UN

Why Our Special Forces Are Losing the Silent Battle

Joe Stabley is a Special Forces medic turned physician assistant — one of the most demanding career fields in the military, followed by a doctorate-adjacent civilian one.

The Real Reason Saudi Arabia Is Buying 48 F-35s

For more than a decade, Israel has been the only country in the Middle East flying a fifth-generation stealth fighter. That's about to change. The Trump administration h

When the Military is Pulled into Politics | Robert Pape

The midterms are five and a half weeks away, and Professor Robert Pape says most of the warnings are aimed at the wrong window. Political violence around elections isn't

The Invisible War: How Gray Zone Attacks Work | fmr. NSC director F. David Diaz

Sabotage. Arson. Drone swarms over critical infrastructure. Cyber intrusions into American water utilities. Gray zone attacks are built to look like accidents, fall betwe

She Didn't Look Like a Veteran in Crisis. That Was the Problem.

Sam Hargrove spent years being known for her smile — while privately battling a rage she couldn't explain, seven rounds of anger management, and a night she nearly drove

What Happens If the US Uses a Nuclear Weapon on Iran | Robert Pape

University of Chicago professor Robert Pape (Bombing to Win, The Escalation Trap) is back for his weekly read on the U.S.-Iran conflict — and this one goes to a darker pl

The Houthis Just Dragged Europe Into the Iran War

The Houthis just took the entire Red Sea coastline — and it's about to drag Europe into a war it wanted no part of. In ten days, Houthi forces captured Yemen's Red Sea c

The Neuroscience of Suicidal Ideation: Why the Brain Can't See a Way Out

What's actually happening in someone's brain in the moments before they decide to end their life? Lindsey Gray, Suicide Prevention Manager at Wounded Warrior Project, bre

October 7 Was “A Reenactment,” Not a Rupture | Robert Malley

Rob Malley has spent three decades inside the peace process he now argues was never built to succeed. He negotiated at Camp David under President Clinton, led Obama's Ira