Stephen Bryen

Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian place where religious leaders have tremendous power and the royal family has more. Its standards for justice are not American standards. So when the CIA authors a report on the death of a Saudi journalist at the hands of Saudi henchmen, it isn’t surprising that the report, issued by the […]

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is dead. That much seems to be true. But how—and more importantly, why—the Iranian nuclear scientist died is a mystery, despite the venerable London-based Jewish Chronicle publishing a “world exclusive” headlined, “Truth Behind killing of Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Revealed.” The Chronicle relies on a single anonymous source, making several points that are refuted by history and pictorial […]

 Israel is a leader in UAV (drone) technology. The short war between Armenia and Azerbaijan last summer was a lesson in UAV capability on the battlefield, destroying Armenia’s battle tanks and other ground weapons, but most important, virtually eliminating Armenia’s air defense systems. This has important implications for modern warfare and for Israel’s military […]