Iran
Bitter About Being Caught off Guard by the U.S. Attack on Iran and the End of Its Mediator Role, Oman Now Chooses Iran’s Side
The Most Significant Implication May Be What It Reveals About the Broader Collapse of the Gulf Hedging Architecture
Iranian Authorities Continue to Project Defiance but the Economy Appears to Have Limited Remaining Resilience
The Strait’s Closure Disrupts the Flow of More than 20 Percent of the World’s Oil and Gas Supplies
The Use of Media Criticism and Symbolic Acts like Graffiti Suggests That Internal Discipline Is Loosening at the Margins
The Country Stands as an Unapologetic and Reliable Ally of the Jewish State on Both Moral and Strategic Grounds
To Preserve the Alliance, Policymakers Must Demonstrate Its Importance and Counter Wildly False Accusations About Israel
A Network of Citizens, Residents, and Cultivated Operatives Were Passing Targeting Intelligence to Tehran While Attacks on Bahrain Were Ongoing
The Choice Facing the U.S. Is to Intensify and Escalate the Pressure, or to Accept a Face-Saving Deal Likely to Leave the Regime’s Regional Project Intact
The U.S. May Be Signaling Dominance but Trying to Remain Flexible by Not Shutting Down Iran’s Oil Trade Entirely
Every Month, Iran Needs to Import Around $1.3 Billion of Essential Commodities
Unless a Meaningful Rift Emerges Within the Guard Itself, Claims of Significant Internal Leadership Divisions Are Overstated
As the State Decides Who Rules, Believers Choose Who Is Authoritative
Iranian Operatives in Los Angeles Engage in Activities from Money Laundering to Harassment of Anti-Regime Protesters
Iraq’s Continued Subordination to Iran Is a Direct Threat to Gulf Cooperation Council Security and to U.S. Interests
Iran Is Turning the Continent Into a Lucrative Market and a Potential Forward Assembly Zone for Its Asymmetric Arsenal
Hardliners Normally Are the Last Men Standing, and Trump Should Grant Their Wish to Fight to the Death