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A Buffer Zone Is Not a Strategy; It Is a Geography
Direct U.S.-Brokered Talks Between Israeli and Lebanese Representatives Are Set to Take Place in Washington This Week
Iraq Is in the Hands of Bodies and Individuals Answerable to Tehran
An Iranian Missile Strike Has Reopened the Debate Over Whether Defensive Success Can Substitute for Strategic Victory.
Defense Minister Yaşar Güler’s Letters Put Ankara’s Syria Strategy on the Record.
The Death of Ali Khamenei and the End of Political Islam’s Century-Long Experiment in Power
The End of ‘Kicking the Can’
The Future Leader Will Inherit a State in Which Real Power Has Already Shifted Toward a Consolidated Security Elite
While Publicly Claiming Non-Alignment, Algiers Has Leaned Heavily on a Shared ‘Resistance’ Vocabulary with Tehran
Hamas’s October 7 Attack Triggered The Collapse Of Tehran’s Regional Deterrence And Left The Islamic Republic Exposed.
Putin Sought Conquest and Erasure. Washington Seeks to End a Repressive Regime’s Nuclear Ambitions.
A Purported New Group Raises Questions About al-Qaeda’s Reach in Iraq and Syria.
In Six Districts of Vienna, More than 50 Percent of Students Are Muslim
Khamenei’s Loss Is a Colossal Blow for a Regime That Was Already Under Intense Domestic Pressure from Its Population
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
