Israel’s Persian Bot Fiasco Shows Exactly What Not to Do—and Reveals the Path to Cognitive Victory
The Islamic Republic’s Strategy Has Always Been a Masterpiece of Strategic Ambiguity and Risk Management
Blasphemy-Driven Unrest Forces Pakistan’s Diplomats to Prioritize Domestic Appeasement over Coherent, Predictable Foreign Policy
The Dispute Demonstrates How Regulatory Change, Unclear Ownership, and Administrative Pressure Can Affect Historic Christian Communities
Students for Justice in Palestine Has Dwindled from a Force to a Farce
The United States Is Entering a Critical Phase in Its Encounter with Political Islam
The Revelation Exposes Yet Another Layer of Ankara’s Increasingly Aggressive Campaign of Transnational Repression
Critics Ridicule Unstable Alliance of Socialists and Islamists in Britain’s New Political Party
The Hadramawt Tribes Alliance Has Also Fractured Following the Scheduled Election for Leadership
Spotlight on Unrest in Iran
The Islamic Republic has begun openly killing protesters in the streets. Reports say more than 20,000 innocent Iranians have been slaughtered for simply asking for a better government.
Even with this horror, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. The United States has offered words of support but no action yet. What will it take to bring about the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Even with this horror, the protest movement continues to build. The Iranian people fan the flames as the regime seeks to smother them. The United States has offered words of support but no action yet. What will it take to bring about the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Should Trump Take Kharg, Rather than Destroy It, He Can Ensure the Regime Can Never Again Pay the Salaries of Its Bureaucrats and Soldiers
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Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
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Gaza
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Fawzia Sido’s Decadelong Captivity Illustrates the Connections Between ISIS, Hamas and Other Jihadists -
This War on the ‘Villa in the Jungle’ Was Launched to Test a Thesis; It Has Been Disproven at a Very High Cost -
Israel and Its Sunni Arab Allies Must Take the Lead to Implement Programs to Contain Radicalism -
Israel Believed Hamas Had Already Revealed Most of Its Own Potential Threats, and That These Were Largely Under Control
