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The U.S. And Israel Should Target the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Core Pillar of Repression: The Judiciary
Assad’s Fall Has Stripped Iran of Most of Its Assets in Syria, but Networks Remain and Could Be Leveraged to Open a New Front
The Administration’s Proposed Agreement Would Curtail Tehran’s Ability to Develop a Nuclear Weapon, But Would Not Touch the Real Drivers of Iran’s Power
Tehran’s Intention Will Be to Cling on to Power and Inflict Sufficient Damage to Effect an Eventual Ceasefire Which It Will Present as a Victory
Khamenei’s Death Creates a Power Vacuum in Iran: Constitutional Succession May Stall, the IRGC Could Seize Control, and Opposition Leaders May Need Protection to Govern
The Urge to Declare Victory, Halt Military Operations, and Wait for the Regime to Collapse Organically Will Grow Exponentially in the Coming Hours
A Father, A War, and The Moment Prediction Became Reality
It Is Clear That the Islamic Republic’s Strategy Will Simply Be to Survive
Reports of Xi Jinping Authorizing the Transfer of ‘Carrier-Killer’ Missiles to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Created an Untenable ‘Ticking Clock’ for the Trump Administration
The Opening Day Showed a Regime Unable to Defend Its Center and Proxies Unable to Change the Trajectory of the War
The First Hours Revealed a Regime Vulnerable at the Center and Unprepared for Sustained War
The ‘Popular Army,’ Led by One Ashraf Al-Mansi, Is Notable for Its Presence in the Northern Part of the Strip
That Overwhelming Edge Doesn’t Mean Success Is a Given
UBS Has Spent Two Decades Violating U.S. Sanctions, Obstructing Investigations, and Laundering Money for America’s Enemies
When Zohran Mamdani Defeated Andrew Cuomo, There Were More Muslims than Italian-Americans in New York
The Revised Law Grants the State Sweeping Powers to Strip Native-Born Algerians of Their Nationality
With the Rape Gang Crisis, the Social Death of Vulnerable Girls Was Tolerated to Manage Tensions in a Multicultural Democracy
The Islamic Republic of Iran Now Faces the Largest U.S. Military Deployment Since the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Israel and India Need a Shared Vision and a Proactive Action Plan for the Day After the Ayatollahs in Iran
Europe Can No Longer Afford to Treat the Western Balkans Merely as a Stalled Enlargement Project
The Nation Finds Itself Suspended Between the Haunting Legacy of Its past and an Ambitious, If Contentious, Military Future
Claims of an Ideological Pivot Obscure More Plausible Explanations for Riyadh’s Regional Behavior.
A Sudanese Militia Leader on War Aims, Allegations of Islamism, and the Future of the State
