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Boats move through the East River with the Manhattan skyline in the background during Labor Day Weekend in Williamsburg on September 03, 2022 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City.

The Western Wall, part of the retaining wall which enclosed the Second Temple, built by Herod the Great in 19 BCE, destroyed by the Romans. It is 20 m high above the ground with 25 layers of stones. The larger stones are in the lower layers. Another 12 m are buried under the ground. Four fasting days are related to the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Temples: 3 Tishri, 10 Tevet, 17 Tamuz, 9 Av

The Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Stock Photo)

Commentary

The More Hanukkah Changes...

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Dec 19, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via Newsmax)

In the Media

Weaponized Fentanyl and TikTok Progaganda

Michael Pillsbury

Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy

Michael Pillsbury

Dec 15, 2022

In the Media

The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer observes a controlled mine detonation while conducting a joint exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand on June 7, 2019. (US Navy Photo by Corbin Shea)

Commentary

DoD Needs More “Kaboom” for the Buck

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Dec 14, 2022

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Flickr)

Podcast

What Is Going on with the Spike in Antisemitism?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Dec 14, 2022

Podcast

TikTok a China 'propaganda tool' that should be banned: Mike Pompeo

(Screenshot via Fox Business/YouTube)

In the Media

Patriot Missiles to Ukraine and TikTok Propaganda

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Dec 14, 2022

In the Media

The way forward for US cooperation with allies on the global green economy and technologies

(Screenshot via Atlantic Council/YouTube)

In the Media

The Way forward for US Cooperation with Allies on Green Energy

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Dec 13, 2022

In the Media

Photos of Americans who died from a fentanyl overdose are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on July 13, 2022. (Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

The US Government's Failure to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl

John P. Walters

President and CEO

John P. Walters

Dec 13, 2022

In the Media

(Screenshot via American Enterprise Institute/YouTube)

In the Media

The Relationship between Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

David W. Murray

Senior Fellow

David W. Murray

Dec 12, 2022

In the Media

(Stock Photo)

Commentary

America Can Do More for Its Allies—and Itself

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Thomas J. Duesterberg & Brigham A. McCown

Dec 8, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

(Stock Image)

Podcast

Is America Headed toward Energy Insecurity?

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Dec 8, 2022

Podcast

CARSON, CA - AUGUST 07: The BP West Coast Products LLC Carson oil refinery on August 7, 2006 in Carson, California. BP Global is shutting down its Prudhoe Bay oil field operations, the nation?s largest, on Alaska's North Slope because of severe corrosion in an oil transit line. The shutdown will cut supplies to West Coast refineries and will drive oil and gasoline prices sharply higher, raising new criticisms of the company's safety record. British Petroleum (BP) is facing a criminal investigation over a ma

Carson oil refinery on August 7, 2006, in Carson, California. (David McNew via Getty Images)

Commentary

For Energy, America's Best Foreign Policy Is a Good Domestic Policy

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Dec 7, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

151020-N-JC374-240 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2015) Eric Sharp, an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operator assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, recovers a MK 18 MOD 2 UUV after an operational test. The MK 18 MOD 2 UUV uses side scan sonar to search and discover objects of interest. CTG 56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd

An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operator recovers a MK 18 MOD 2 UUV after an operational test off the coast of Bahrain on October 20, 2015. (US Navy Photo by Jonah Stepanik)

Commentary

Submarines Will Not Solve America’s Eroding Undersea Advantage