The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea
A nation must think before it acts.
Iran
Over 5,000 Munitions Shot in the First 96 Hours of the Iran War
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
Rising Lion’s Air Offensive: Part I
Following the 12-day war in late June 2025, the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) immediately began a project...
From Tehran to Donbas: What the Iran War Means for Russia and Ukraine
The sudden outbreak of war in in Iran has snapped the world’s attention away from Eastern Europe toward the...
FPRI Experts React | Understanding the Third Gulf War
The third Gulf War began with an assassination on February 28, 2026, in broad daylight in central Iran. The...
Better Late Than Never, US and Allies Race toward Ukrainian Counter-Shahed Tech
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
FPRI Experts React | Renewed Conflict in Iran
Aaron Stein, President After declaring Iran’s nuclear program obliterated after Operation Midnight Hammer, the US has returned to finish...
Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of Israel
On a cool night in April 2024, the Iranian military surprised American and coalition war planners. It launched...
Humiliation and Transformation: The Islamic Republic After the 12-Day War
The 12-Day War between Iran and Israel in June 2025 exposed critical weaknesses in the Islamic Republic’s military,...
Shallow Ramparts: Air and Missile Defenses in the June 2025 Israel-Iran War
Introduction There are two remarkable stories about defenses during the war between Israel and Iran in June 2025....