1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (205+ words) A Conversation With Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz six months ago, the world seemed on the verge of an energy crisis that would upend economies, governments, and much else. It was, as Meghan…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (193+ words) ESFANDYAR BATMANGHELIDJ is Founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation and an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The Sources of Tehran’s Economic Resilience At first, this may seem like a policy failure. But…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (234+ words) JAMES F. JEFFREY is Philip Solondz Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He served as a Foreign Service officer in seven U.S. administrations. From 2018 to 2020, he was Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Special Envoy to the Global…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (199+ words) AMOS HAREL is Defense Analyst for Haaretz and the author of Anatomy of a Failure: The Road to October 7, which will be published in English in 2027. The Netanyahu Doctrine Could Outlast Netanyahu According to Israeli polls, Netanyahu, chairman of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) JESSE MARKS is a Research Scholar at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. NICHOLAS LYALL is a Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst at Trends Group in Abu Dhabi. How Syria Can Capitalize on the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) ERIN D. DUMBACHER is Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense and National Security Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Expanding the Stockpile Could Weaken Deterrence And the Coming Crisis in Strategic Stability America’s Nuclear Warning Systems…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (173+ words) NATE SWANSON is a Resident Senior Fellow and Director of the Iran Strategy Project at the Atlantic Council. He served as Director for Iran at the National Security Council from 2022 to 2025. In the spring and summer of 2025, he served on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (213+ words) BILL CASSIDY is a Republican U.S. Senator from Louisiana. Congress should codify the June 2026 executive order to make these changes permanent. Such a bill warrants bipartisan support because protecting U.S. manufacturers and rebuilding the manufacturing job base is a shared priority for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (127+ words) Iran and the Last Gasp of a Failed Order MARC LYNCH is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and the author of America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region. Wars of Sound and Fury…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (380+ words) The Case Against Pessimism and the Path to a New Allied Order It is true that as French President Emmanuel Macron and other allied leaders have argued, “there is no going back.” That does not, however, mean the end of…...