Iran
Tehran’s Rapid Retaliation Suggests That the Regime’s Decision-Making Structures Remain Functional
Israel’s Ability to Locate the Most Important Figure in the Regime Evinces How Deeply Its Intelligence Has Penetrated the Islamic Republic
The Destruction of the Country Is neither Decisive nor Important to the Regime
Well Before the Current Conflict with Iran, the Gulf Capitals Drew the Rational Conclusion That the Relevant Competition Is Now Among the Gulf States Themselves
The Media Is Obsessing over Price Volatility in the Oil Markets as Iran Fans the Flames of Panic
Iran’s Kurdish Armed Groups Remain Too Fragmented, Cautious and Constrained to Shape the War’s Outcome.
Iran’s Proxy Strategy Has Expanded Beyond the Levant and Now Threatens North Africa’s Strategic Balance
Sustained Strikes and the Removal of Senior Islamic Republic Figures Raise Questions About the Regime’s Durability
Helium Is Vital to Semiconductor Manufacturing, Aerospace Industries, and Medical Infrastructure Such as MRI Scanners
Three Policy Frameworks for the United States and Israel on Resistance, Succession, and the Strait of Hormuz
An Operational Concept for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Without a Ground Campaign
Classical Strategy and the Path from Air Campaign to Iranian Liberation
Blocking Allied Operations While the War Is Live Hands Adversaries a Tactical Opening at Europe’s Most Sensitive Energy and Migration Chokepoint
Iran Has Launched Dozens of Missile Strikes Against Energy Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Even Iraq
Some Iranian Observers Say the Islamic Republic and Its Supporters Still Believe the Current War Is Temporary
Since the 1980s, Iran’s Influence Networks Have Embedded Tehran Within the Hemisphere’s Political and Informational Terrain
Washington Has Now Connected the Entire Transnational Network and Exposed Its Operational Core in Khartoum