F-16 fighters for Ukraine: Should Joe Biden ‘pull the trigger’?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that his country would be ready to carry out its planned counteroffensive with or without an influx of American F-16...
Maya Carlin
Analyst
Maya Carlin is an analyst at the Center for Security Policy, located in Washington D.C. She also has a M.A. in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security from IDC Herzliya’s Lauder School of Government in Israel.
Maya Carlin is an analyst at the Center for Security Policy, located in Washington D.C. She also has a M.A. in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security from IDC Herzliya’s Lauder School of Government in Israel.
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Is the Iran Nuclear Deal truly dead now?
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Why does America have forces in Syria?
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The F-35 is selling like crazy. Here’s why
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The Syrian Civil War: How a country was completely destroyed
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ISIS is still a big threat
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Is Iran close to building a nuclear weapon?
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Where are Iran’s kamikaze drones in Ukraine?
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