Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen
Shoshana Bryen is Senior Director of The Jewish Policy Center. She has more than 30 years of experience as an analyst of U.S. defense policy and Middle East affairs, and has run programs and conferences with American military personnel in various countries. The former Senior Director for Security Policy at JINSA, Mrs. Bryen was for 17 years author of the widely read and republished JINSA Reports. After serving as JINSA's Executive Director during the 1980s, she focused on planning and running national security related programs and conferences in the U.S., Israel, Jordan, Taiwan and elsewhere. She has worked with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College and the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, and lectured at the National Defense University in Washington. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Sun and Defense News, among other outlets, as well as in JINSA Reports.

ARTICLES BY: Shoshana Bryen

July 21, 2025 11:25 am

New Book Details Iran’s Path to a Nuclear Bomb

Edwin Black's new book, Israel Strikes Iran: Operation Rising Lion - The 20-Year Backstory, is a must-read. Don’t let the fact that you are unlikely...

June 23, 2025 11:12 am

Striking Back: Iran Has Been at War with America for 46 Years

President Donald Trump ran on a platform to end wars, including Ukraine, Gaza, and the Red Sea. He offered Iran multiple opportunities to negotiate a...

June 5, 2025 11:11 am

This Is the Actual Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

The humanitarian aid situation in Gaza has been receiving overwhelming media coverage lately. While it was a good military move to stop Hamas-controlled food trucks...

April 24, 2025 11:05 am

Finding Peace in the Middle East

President Donald Trump is planning a trip to the Gulf States in May. According to the White House, he will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the...

April 11, 2025 1:17 pm

It’s Not Just Talk With Iran

Two tropes came out of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — it was a great meeting for...

March 31, 2025 11:02 am

The Gaza Protests: ‘We Want to Live’

The parade of Palestinians marching against Hamas has begun in North Gaza. It hasn’t been covered widely in the media, mainly because it raises uncomfortable...

March 10, 2025 11:05 am

Retribution in Syria: What It Means for Israel and the Region

The carnage in Syria is terrifying, horrifying, and gruesome -- particularly if you are a member of a Syrian minority group -- Christians, Druze, Kurds....

February 6, 2025 12:39 pm

Trump’s Vision, and Gaza 2.0

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results, then the outrage over President Donald Trump’s announcement on his...

December 30, 2024 11:20 am

Why Erdogan’s Turkish Empire Is an Emerging Threat

The world was once a series of empires. The British Empire, at its peak in 1922, covered about a quarter of the Earth's land and...

December 12, 2024 12:38 pm

Once Again, Israel Helps Save the World in Syria

The Assad regime is gone. Sadynaya Prison is liberated, and the depth of the Assad family’s depravity is becoming clear. While the West seems to hold out...

November 27, 2024 12:05 pm

Israel-Hezbollah War: To Cease or Not to Cease

There were reasons for Israel to have accepted an American-authored “ceasefire” agreement with Hezbollah. First, Iran is Israel’s chief security priority, not Hezbollah. In addition, Israel...

October 30, 2024 11:43 am

New War Goals for Israel? No.

The successful, but limited, Israeli strike on Iranian targets has prompted some analysts to ask if Israel’s war aims have changed -- or suggest that...

October 28, 2024 10:28 am