Israel At War. For the three decades prior to 2020 or so, the U.S. Central Command was indeed the center of the security universe. Desert Shield and Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq, Daesh were the most important missions the White House and Pentagon ran. Then came withdrawals, the projected pivot to the Indo-Pacific, Ukraine, and Europe and China seemed uppermost. Now it seems that the pendulum has swung again, with Gaza, Lebanon, the Red Sea, Iraq and Iran’s Nuclear ambitions at center stage. What are CENTCOM’s challenges throughout its area of responsibility, as tensions keep rising in the Middle East?
To help us discuss it we have From Washington DC:
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Mark Kimmitt : former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
From Central Israel:
Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser – Project Director on Middle East Developments, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Mr. Amir Oren – TV7 Editors at Large
