Diplomacy
Iran’s Influence Is No Longer Operating Merely Alongside the Iraqi State, but Increasingly Through It
America Didn’t Achieve a Single One of Its Aims in Iran
Both Nations Are Historical Pillars of Stability in a Volatile Region
A Major Sanctions-Evasion Prosecution Was Turned Into a Diplomatic Bargaining Chip That Sacrificed the Interests of Terrorism Victims
Even the Limited Progress Achieved So Far Remains Vulnerable to Regional Developments and Political Tensions
Tehran Has Emerged from This Last Chapter Strengthened on the Strategic Level
If No Ally Will Write the Red Lines of Israel Into a Deal, Then It Has No Choice but to Become the Guarantor of Its Own Security
Algeria’s Military Establishment Is Not a Partner Seeking Regional Stability
One Can Look to past Conflicts for Evidence That It Is Possible to Move from Victimization Towards a Constructive Future
The War, Thus Far, Has Produced the Inverse of What American Interests Needed in the Middle East
Iran May Now Be Free to Rebuild Its Battered but Intact Structures of Power
The Place, Very Clearly, Where Trump Feels Comfortable Is Where Deals Are Made
Iran’s Negotiator Suggests That the Regime Is Simultaneously Pursuing Negotiations and Calibrated Military Escalation
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
This Is Not the Ceding of Iran’s ‘Deep State’ Within the Iraqi System, but Rather Its Adjustment and Consolidation
China Has Never Been a Disinterested Party in Iranian Nuclear Diplomacy
Ethiopia’s Red Sea Ambitions and Its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Serve as Pillars of a Narrative to Keep Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s Regime Relevant
Why the Newly Revealed American-Israeli Plan Never Stood a Chance
Once Trump Has a Credible Partner, He Should Dictate the Terms
A Consequential Fault Line in the Middle East Runs Not Just Between Riyadh and Tehran but Between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi