JINSAThe Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is as a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan think-tank focusing on the national security interests of the United States. JINSA's aim is three-fold: to ensure a strong and effective U.S. national security policy; to educate American leadership figures on the vital strategic relationship between the United States and Israel; and to strengthening U.S. cooperation with democratic allies, including Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary,...The Elusive Iranian Moderate- May 30, 2008 Everyone talks to Iran. Thats not the problem. The problem is ascribing to the Iranian leadership goals and objectives that are ours, not theirs. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 778.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4072 Obstacles to Peace- May 28, 2008 A secure peace between Israel and Syria is to be desired. But one that relies on the premise that Syria will dump Iran and leave Lebanon, and that comes at the expense of American interests in Lebanon and Iraq, by its nature cannot be secure. If that makes the United States an obstacle to Syrian or Israeli fantasies, so be it. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 777.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4071 Pick up a Check for a Soldier- May 23, 2008 Too many of our soldiers die without knowing that we appreciate that what they do provides the space for us to eat, drink and laugh; to fly our flags; to go to a furniture sale or to the beach on a long, lovely Memorial Day weekend. Ensure that the next soldier you see knows how you feel about the sacrifice while you can do it and while he or she can appreciate it. Read all of JINSA Report 776.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4070 Stripping Allies- May 22, 2008 Which is more likely - that Syria will give up a successful and remunerative relationship with terrorism and Iran, or that the government of Israel will ask the United States to help Israel and Syria find peace, sucking us into a process that does not serve the long term, broader interests of the United States, Israel or the region Read the analysis in JINSA Report 775.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4069 Bigger Challenges Than Any Can Accept- May 20, 2008 In multiple speeches given last week in the Middle East, President Bush the laid out challenges we suspect are bigger than the regional players - or the American Congress and public - are ready to accept. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 774.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4068 Suspending Expert Opinions- May 13, 2008 Since when did allegiance to the networks become synonymous with allegiance to the public Media allegiance to the truth would involve giving the public accurate - and yes, inside - information. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 773.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4067 Naqba + 60 (The Arab Part)- May 12, 2008 The real Naqba is that 60 years ago the Palestinian Arabs could have had a state. They have spent those years turning themselves and their children into victims of their own hatred and blaming it on Israel. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 771.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4065 The Holocaust + 60 (The European Part)- May 8, 2008 Across Old Europe, there is an emerging view that radical, fascist Islamic ideologies have something in common with the radical, fascist ideologies that inflamed and nearly consumed Europe itself not so long ago. And that Western civilization is NOT the problem; it is the antidote. And so, perhaps, is Israel. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 772.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4066 Israel + 60- May 8, 2008 Israel is not perfect; it is not close. But modern Israel is an extraordinary political, social and military accomplishment. Nevertheless, Israel has become one of the most demonized states on the planet. Why We have a theory in two parts: the Arab part and the European part; they are related. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 770.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4064 Bush Admin. Seeks Legacy in the Wrong Place- May 7, 2008 The Bush Administration is seeking its legacy in the wrong place (Secretary of State Rice should be camped out in Baghdad, not Jerusalem), and balancing a very bad idea on two very weak reeds. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 769.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4063 |