Iran
They Are Competing to Protect and Advance Their Power and Economic Interests amid the Vacuum That Emerged After the Elimination of Ali Khamenei
Under the Pressure of War and a Succession Crisis, the IRGC Has Become Something Close to the State Itself
The Rhetoric from Iran’s Official Platforms Shows That the Islamic Republic’s Ideological Foundations Remain Unchanged
If U.S. Strategic Thinkers Consider This Deal to Be Far-Sighted Statesmanship, They Are Delusional
The Conflict Is Deeply Tied Both to the Politics of the Horn of Africa, Especially Ethiopia, and to Middle Eastern Dynamics
The U.S.-Iran Memorandum Signed Last Month Left the Middle East’s Core Conflicts Unsettled
Many Are Noting Mojtaba Khamenei’s Absence on the Funeral’s First Day, but There Were Other Sideshows
In Nubl and al-Zahara’, Private Mourning Continues While Public Religious Displays Remain Curtailed and Sectarian Reconciliation Remains Distant
The Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights Is a Focal Point for Such Hostility
Iran’s Latest Proposal Is a Tactical Instrument Designed to Fracture the Coalition Forming Around Israel and Give Tehran Effective Veto Power over Gulf Energy Exports
After the Assassination of the Supreme Leader and Other Senior Officials, the New Regime in Iran Is More Reckless, More Radical and Arrogant
The Lesson of the MOU, as Gulf Governments Currently Read It, Is That the American Security Relationship Is an Input Into Iranian Strategic Calculations Rather than a Constraint Upon Them
Azerbaijan Offers Washington the Strategic Access, Energy Security, and Regional Leverage Turkey No Longer Provides
Tehran Cannot Legally Redefine Freedom of Navigation Through International Waters
Iran’s Influence Is No Longer Operating Merely Alongside the Iraqi State, but Increasingly Through It
Geography Alone Makes Egypt Indispensable to Any Sustained Effort to Project Influence Westward Across North Africa
Israel’s Window to Convert a Tactical Opening Into a Structural Advantage Is Measured in Perhaps Only Months
Democracies Increasingly Recognize That Global Supply Chains Are Liabilities During Prolonged Conflicts
America Didn’t Achieve a Single One of Its Aims in Iran
An Interview with a Contact Who Resides in the Iranian City of Qom