Author: Jordan Henry
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U.S.-Saudi Arabia Civil Nuclear Agreement: U.S. Interests and Priorities
In late 2025, the Trump administration notified the U.S. Congress that officials had concluded a so-called 123 agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The administration will reportedly present this agreement to the Congress in the near future. The Biden administration had earlier explored such an agreement within a wider effort
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Sabotage Below the Waves (w/ Martha Miller)
Sabotage Below the Waves (w/ Martha Miller) Critical undersea cables and pipelines are increasingly vulnerable to sabotage by geopolitical rivals, adding a new threat dimension to competition in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere. Such “gray zone” tactics allow adversaries to test NATO resolve without triggering open conflict. What are the legal and military challenges of
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February 15, 2026: Tough Love in Munich
February 15, 2026: Tough Love in Munich U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s appearance at the Munich Security Conference offered a polished, “good cop” follow-up to the blunt speech delivered by Vice President J.D. Vance a year prior, confirming a new era of American “tough love” for Europe. While Rubio’s presence suggested diplomatic relief among
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Iran: What Comes Next?
Iran has recently seen one of the most significant waves of political protest since the fall of the Shah in 1979. The state repression unleashed to counter the protests appears to have resulted in thousands of deaths. While the intensity of the unrest seems to have ebbed for now, it seems to many observers that
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Center’s Iran Discussion Featured in New York Post
Can the Trump administration do in Iran what it pulled off in Venezuela last month? Daniel McCarthy, the editor of Modern Age, wrote about the Center’s recent discussion with Sina Azodi and Alex Vatanka for the New York Post. Read it here.
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