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19 is Not Enough: Inside the Air Force’s Rush Order for New B-21 Stealth Bombers (From RealClear Defense)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. March 13, 2025 The Iran campaign proves that full-speed-ahead on the B-21 is an operational necessity. America isn’t running out of munitions for Operation Epic Fury. But the Air Force is short on stealth bombers. “In just the last hour, U.S. B-2 bombers dropped dozens of 2000-lb penetrator bombs, targeting Iran’s deeply buried ballistic missile launchers,” Admiral Bradley Cooper briefed on Mar. 5 from his U.S. Central Command headquarters. Operation Epic Fury has once again shown that stealth bombers are a necessity for American airpower on the first night. It started on night one. “American B-2 bombers, which, again, similar to Midnight Hammer, flew a 37-hour round-trip sortie from the continental United States, dropping precision penetrating munitions on Iranian underground facilities across the southern flank and slightly deeper,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said at the Pentagon on Mar. 2.
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Paolo von Schirach recent interview with APA Azerbaijan
Check out the highlights from GPI President, Paolo von Schirach recent interview with APA Azerbaijan, where he discusses about, "when will the US - Israel - Iran war end? " Read here: https://en.apa.az/political/when-will-the-us-israel-iran-war-end-expert-opinions-494451 #GPI #GPInstitute #USandIsraerli #Iran
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Metric for Success in Operation Epic Fury: Destruction of Iran’s Military Power (From the FOX News Rundown)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. March 4, 2025 Fox News Rundown: Dr. Rebecca Grant, what’s on your mind? Rebecca Grant: The death of Ayatollah Khamenei offers a new day for Iran and the prospects of peace across the Middle East, and it’s come as a direct result of precision U.S. Air and Space power. President Trump was right to seize the moment. B-2 bombers are back in action. Air Force F-22s and F-35s, along with two aircraft carriers and more land-based fighters, are leading the most sophisticated air campaign ever launched by U.S. forces. However, the number one metric for success in Operation Epic Fury is simple: the destruction of Iran’s military power. Here are the top three priorities. First, destroy the missiles. The core military objective and the biggest target set is destroying Iran’s missile complex.
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Paolo von Schirach recent Interview with Al Jazeera English
Check out the highlights from GPI President, Paolo von Schirach recent Interview with Al Jazeera English, where he discusses about "The US-Israeli military operation against Iran". watch here: https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/JYT1vKUhph #GPI #GPInstitute #USandIsraerli #Iran
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Why 2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Aren’t Just a Warning for Iran’s Missile Force (From 19FortyFive)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. February 27, 2025 Summary and Key Points: Dr. Rebecca Grant, a PhD in International Relations and a renowned national security analyst, breaks down the massive US military buildup in the Middle East. -With the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Harry S. Truman providing “sovereign options,” the Trump administration is positioning F-35C, F-22 Raptor, and F-16CJ Wild Weasel assets to neutralize Iran’s ballistic missile industrial complexes. -Leveraging lessons from Operation Rough Rider, this 19FortyFive analysis details how carrier air wings and E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes coordinate to suppress IRGC missile production sites from Shahroud to Chabahar amidst growing Chinese energy ties.
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Ayatollah’s arsenal vs. American firepower: Iran’s top 4 threats and how we fight back (From FOX News)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. February 24, 2025 US forces plan to utilize Patriot batteries, F-35 fighters and Navy destroyers to intercept Iranian threats Read at FOX News here and full text below. Ayatollah Khamenei on X ramped up threats to send U.S. warships to the bottom of the sea. “Americans constantly say that they’ve sent a warship toward Iran. Of course, a warship is a dangerous piece of military hardware. However, more dangerous than that warship is the weapon that can send that warship to the bottom of the sea,” he (or his minions) tweeted Feb 17. Admiral Brad Cooper, who’s in charge of United States Central Command, has forces to counter Iran, and to carry out strikes if so ordered. Sadly, Iran has taken American lives over the years, and now the regime is desperate. With the airspace laid bare by attacks on integrated air defenses prior to Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran has little ability to defend against stealth aircraft.
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The New Nuclear Disorder
By Malkah Nobigrot February 19,2026 For years, we grew accustomed to thinking of the nuclear threat as a ghost of the Cold War. Something belonging to documentaries, with images of Soviet missiles, American schoolchildren crouched under their desks with gas masks, and presidents speaking on the “red telephone.” The feeling was that, despite its conflicts, the world had moved beyond that nuclear crisis scenario and learned to keep the most destructive weapons ever created under control. Today, that confidence is faltering. The legal framework that, for decades, provided predictability for nuclear power is coming apart. For the first time since 1972, no treaty formally limits the strategic arsenals of the two main nuclear powers –the United States and Russia, the country that inherited the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal. The danger is not only proliferation, but the disappearance of the limits that contained it.
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GPI-BAU Talk Series: The Power of Listening: Culture, Communication, and Conflict Resolution.
GPI-BAU Talk Series: The Power of Listening: Culture, Communication, and Conflict Resolution. The Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Bay Atlantic University (BAU) hosted Rev. Mark Farr for a conversation on culture, communication, and conflict resolution. In this talk, he shares practical insights on self-awareness and active listening, essential skills for resolving conflicts and improving communication in any professional or personal setting. if you missed it watch the recording here:
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Italy’s defense industries in the new era of European rearmament
By Massimiliano Cintura February 17,2026 WASHINGTON - “It is time for European nations to wake up. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrated that Europe continues to face grave security threats and must re-militarize to ensure its security.” (US Department of State, Agency Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 2026-2030). On March 2, 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, suggested that the European Union might need to ease its fiscal rules regarding allowable national debt levels to facilitate increased defense spending by member states. On March 4, 2025, Von der Leyen announced the EU's €800 billion defense investment plan called "ReArm Europe". During the European Council meeting held on March 20 and 21, 2025, Ursula von der Leyen reported on Spain and Italy's requests to change the name of the European rearmament program, as it was considered too militaristic. Because of this, the plan was renamed “Readiness 2030”.
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Trump’s Armada Leaves Iran No Military Options (From FOX News)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. February 3, 2026 With the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group on station, U.S. Central Command can call on air and missile defense assets ringing Iran from the destroyers in the Eastern Mediterranean to the North Arabian Gulf. President Donald J. Trump wants action on Iran’s nuclear inspections. Highlights from the conversation with FOX News Anchor Molly Line, below and full clip here. Molly Line: It was quite a scene, a huge amount of assets being moved to the Middle East. The Ayatollah is talking about a regional war unfolding, potentially, if President Trump strikes, but the President says that they are talking. What do you make of this? Rebecca Grant: Iran is playing games about allowing nuclear inspections. But at this point, Iran is taking a really big risk, because Trump’s armada ensures that Iran basically has no military options left.
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