Dr. Avi Perry is a former professor at Northwestern University and a former researcher and executive at Bell Labs. He served as Vice President at NMS Communications and represented the United States on the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Standards Committee.
Iran is not irrational within its own framework. The framework itself is fundamentally different from the assumptions guiding much of Western strategic thinking. And that is a grave danger. Opinion.
Strategic threats do not announce that they will eventually become irreversible. But by the time nuclear capability is fully realized, prevention is no longer an option. It must be dealt with now, even if gas priices go up for a while. Opinion.
A naval blockade can create leverage against Iran, but only over time, while unrealistic expectations risk undermining the strategy itself. Analysis.
If Israel stops-does Iran stop? Opinion.
The most dangerous form of antisemitism is not the one that declares itself openly. It is the one that hides inside arguments that sound reasonable. Opinion.
There may no longer be a single, coherent entity that can be called “Iran" in the context of negotiations. Opinion.
Preventing catastrophe rarely looks reasonable in the present. It looks premature. It looks aggressive. It looks unpopular. Until the catastrophe arrives. Opinion.
The Strait of Hormuz Is choking, And Europe Is looking away. Opinion.
A basic principle that has been eroded in the USA: you do not cheer for your country’s failure simply because you dislike the president leading it. Opinion.
The catastrophes we prevent are invisible. The catastrophes we fail to prevent define history. Opinion.
Deterrence rests not merely on possession, but on credible delivery. And modern missile defense systems, while advanced, are not impermeable. Opiniion.
Germany and Japan did not surrender because they were warned or nudged toward moderation. They surrendered when they were strategically broken.Opinion.
The Iran debate has been framed as a choice between a deal and a military attack. That is the wrong choice. Opinon.
Trump seems to assume Muslim leaders behave like rational cost-benefit actors. That assumption is his central mistake. He seems to have made that mistake with Iran and al-Jolani, tragically sacrificing the Iranian protestors and the Kurds. Opinion.
How History, Geography, Energy, and the Middle East deepen internal divisions, and why disunity endangers liberal democracy. Opinion.
Greenland’s importance to the US is not symbolic or speculative. It is structural. From a U.S. strategic perspective, Greenland is not a luxury. It is a keystone. Analysis.
Regime change must be the objective. Military success without political dismantling produces cycles, not solutions.Opinion.
Summary" Thanks to the international community, social media, and mainstream media for ensuring that truth remains absent, responsibility remains optional, and the elephant (aka Hamas rearmament) remains unseen. For the undiluted protocol, read below.
Enforcement, the single factor that determines whether Phase II exists at all, is treated as an afterthought, but naming Phase II without defining its mechanics is not leadership. And it will lead to war. Opinion.
Israelis know that externalizing internal dissent during war creates a strategic threat to the state. That lesson seems to be forgotten by those who should know it best. Ehud Olmert is the prime example. Opinion.
Trump’s silence was strategic. He did not challenge Mamdani because he understands that if Mamdani is going to collapse under the weight of his own ideology, he must have no one else to blame. Opinion.
Israel is right to be wary of the Saudi F-35 deal for many reasons - read them below. Opinion.
Oslo did not fail because of bad intentions. It failed because it misunderstood the nature of the leadership it empowered. The new Gaza plan is on track to make the same mistake. Hamas must be eliminated. Opinion.
The economic and political history of the twentieth century is a graveyard of movements that promised justice through equality and delivered only scarcity through control.
Israel and its allies can ensure that Iran’s ambitions remain just that: ambitions. Opinion.
Trump is not dreaming in the literal sense. He is betting. The difference is subtle but important. A dream is detached from reality; a bet at least acknowledges the odds. But this bet is so long that one could easily mistake it for a fantasy. Opinion.
This linguistic warfare is part of a coordinated psychological and political campaign to delegitimize Israel, erode its moral standing, and recast its self-defense as aggression. Opinion.
October 7 was not a false flag. It was a tragedy born of bias, blindness, and bureaucratic failure. Opinion.
It is a milestone, but not necessarily a breakthrough. It hides more than it reveals, but no matter what, Israel must treat the agreement as a phase, not an end. Opinion.
Hamas intends to stay, and Hamas intends to fight. Israel’s bottom line is crystal clear. Trump' good name is on the line if he ignores Israel's demands and falls into Hamas's trap. Opinion.
The Muslim world can choose to emulate the Jewish path—investing in education, in inquiry, in building—or continue on the path of destruction. Opinion.
Al-Sisi’s words are not a declaration of war, but they are a warning. Opinion.
Europe clings to this dream, although it makes no sense. Their hypocrisy is obvious and must be exposed. Opinion.
Spain is not one of Israel’s arteries. It is, at best, a capillary. Opinion.
A must read: Learn the difference between lies spouted by the media and antisemites - and most important, learn the difference between us and them. Op-ed.
The people who should know better — those that watched six million Jews marched into gas chambers less than a century ago — now flirt with recognizing a Palestinian Arab state ruled by those who glorify that very slaughter. Opinion.
Think of the damage you cause by emboldening Hamas, whose demands grow bolder by the day as they watch your protests. Opinion.
There is an additional, even more important, potentially long-term, and far more productive solution to ending the conflict with Iran once and for all. Opinion.
Why an agreement between the U.S. and Iran may pose a greater danger than having no agreement at all. Opinion.
Iran's nuclear program exhibits concerning parallels with those of North Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel, marked by a history of deception, but radically differing from them in its alarming rhetoric of genocidal threats against Israel. The risks posed by a nuclear-armed Iran significantly outweigh those of other nations. Op-ed.
