US Policy
The Qualitative Military Edge Was Never Meant to Be a Permanent External Gift
Iran’s Foreign Minister Reassured Hardliners That Negotiations Do Not Represent Political Rapprochement with the United States
Iran Demands That Any Agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and the Nuclear Program Include a Cessation of Israeli Operations Against Hezbollah
Russia’s Role in Egypt’s Dabaa Nuclear Plant Is Less About Energy than Leverage—and Israel Is the Point
If Washington Misinterprets Al-Sadr, It May Lend Support to Political Arrangements That Reinforce Militia-Linked Governance
Iran’s Negotiator Suggests That the Regime Is Simultaneously Pursuing Negotiations and Calibrated Military Escalation
The U.S. and Israel Need a Concerted Strategy of Support for Both External and Internal Pressure on the Regime, with the Intention of Bringing It Down
The Obstacle to Peace Between Israel and Lebanon Is an Armed Non-State Militia Actor—Hezbollah—That Pledges Allegiance to Iran and That Wants to Stay Dominant in Lebanon
Iran May Believe That Escalation Can Alter the Strategic Equation, Increase Pressure on Washington, and Secure Concessions
Washington Utilized the Language of Mogadishu and Ankara, Not That of a Government That Takes Red Sea Security Seriously
This Is Not the Ceding of Iran’s ‘Deep State’ Within the Iraqi System, but Rather Its Adjustment and Consolidation
As a Genocidal Regime That Occupies Other People’s Territories, Moral Clarity and Consistency Require Spain to Sit Home
Not Only Will Half-Measures Fail, but a Diplomatic Bargain That Allows the Islamic Republic to Rebuild Will Be as Bad as a Loss
Trump Continues to Express Optimism About Reaching a Deal, Despite Little Evidence That One Is Within Reach
Greeks Believe U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack Is Seeking an Artificial Crisis
Israel Is Evidently Unable to Develop a Policy or Strategy Able to Finally Place Relations with Its Smaller Northern Neighbor on a Firm and Stable Footing
Erdoğan’s Repression Is No Longer Only a Turkish Human Rights Crisis, but a Threat to U.S. Interests and Regional Stability