Lyric of the week: We got department stores And toilet paper Got Styrofoam boxes For the ozone layer Got a man of the people Says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn Got roads to drive — Neil Young, “Rockin’ in the Free World” When we wonks think about target lists and we think about …
Middle East Missile Map
by | 2019-05-24 | No Comments
If see any news coverage about missile threats in the Middle East, nine times out of ten it is Iran’s missiles that are in the news. But Iran is just one of many countries in the region. Egypt, Israel, Turkey Saudi Arabia and Syria all produce, to one degree or another, their own missiles. And …
Geolocating IRGC and Strategic Military Sites in Iran
by | 2019-05-22 | 1 Comment
This post was authored by Cyrus Jabbari, a graduate research assistant at CNS. There’s been an increase in escalatory events in recent weeks surrounding the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and the Persian Gulf. Terrorist entities operating out of Yemen have on several occasions attacked Saudi Arabian oil and military facilities with IRI-supplied unmanned conventional-armed …
The Well Read Wonk (cont.)
by | 2019-05-20 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: “When I was 34, I wanted bling, because it persuaded me that I was special. When I was 44, I wanted blinis, because they made me feel sophisticated. When I was 54, I just want martinis, because I’m certain of what’s in them and of what that potion can do.” — …
