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This detailed infographic diagram illustrates a multi-layered missile defense system, organized across four altitude zones: low-atmosphere, mid-atmosphere, upper-atmosphere, and exosphere. The system features four numbered layers, integrating multiple components including ground-based Patriot batteries and THAAD systems, sea-based SM-3 missiles on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Arrow system.
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The Magazine War: Regional Missile Defense Against Iran
The region can defeat Iranian raids. It cannot yet outlast Iranian arsenals. The difference is measured in interceptor stockpiles and factory output.
July 27, 2026
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Gregg Roman
Reports
Health and Human Services Hidden Handouts
Exposing Millions in Federal Funding to Radical Islamist and Terror-Linked Organizations
July 22, 2026
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Benjamin Baird
Reports
The Waqf Maneuver: The Secret Restructuring of CAIR’s Real Estate
CAIR Secretly Surrendered Its National Headquarters to an Islamic Trust Using an Insider Corporate Shell
July 21, 2026
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Gregg Roman
The provided reports detail how Turkey has engineered a structural anti-American doctrine through state-aligned think tanks, even as it relies on American aerospace technology to build its own autonomous defense industry. In response, the assessments argue that Washington must stop unconditionally "selling the rope" to Ankara and instead tie all future defense procurement to measurable behavioral changes.
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The Anatomy of Turkish Anti-Americanism
Ending the Subsidy: Why the United States Must Stop Extending Credit to an Institutionally Anti-American NATO Ally
June 29, 2026
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Gregg Roman
Reports
From Subsidy to Sovereignty
Restructuring the U.S.-Israel Defense Relationship for the Post-Aid Era
May 5, 2026
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Gregg Roman
Reports
The Ceasefire Illusion
Iran After Forty Days of War
April 10, 2026
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Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani
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Breaking the Gate
An Operational Concept for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Without a Ground Campaign
March 16, 2026
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Gregg Roman
Reports
The Shortest Way Through
A Doctrine for the Iranian Resistance
March 16, 2026
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Gregg Roman
Reports
The Longest Way Home
Classical Strategy and the Path from Air Campaign to Iranian Liberation
March 16, 2026
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Gregg Roman
An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 15, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman)
Reports
Iran Strike Scenarios: Retaliation, Transition, and the Path Forward
An Extended Analysis
February 28, 2026
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Gregg Roman
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Price of Europe’s Openness to Iran
Europe Continues to Tolerate an Extensive Network of Organizations Linked to the Islamic Republic
July 29, 2026
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Potkin Azarmehr
The Muslim Brotherhood has expanded its activities in mosques and universities in Iraq.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Muslim Brotherhood Reorganizes in Iraq
The Brotherhood Has Returned Through Two Political Alliances—a Religious Institution Managing Mosques and a Missionary Network
July 29, 2026
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Ali Mahmoud
Hezbollah maintains an active presence in at least a dozen Latin American countries, and Brazil is one of its main nodes.
Middle East Forum Online
Brazil’s Dismissal of Hezbollah as a Lebanese Problem Puts Americans at Risk
The Tri-Border Area Joining Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina—Home to 30,000 Lebanese Expatriates—Channels at Least $200 Million Annually to Hezbollah
July 28, 2026
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Jose Lev Alvarez