Six months of war: Where things stand with the US and Iran
Six months of war: Where things stand between the US and Iran Friday marks six months since the…
Cattle Ranchers Say Trump’s Push to Lower Beef Prices Hurts Farmers
America’s largest trade association of cattle producers says President Donald Trump’s plan to lower beef prices is political…
Trump warns of ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran, but Tehran is well acquainted with sanctions
NEW YORK — Nearing the six-month mark of the Iran war and facing diminishing stockpiles of key weapons, the Trump…
Israel is outsmarting Recep Tayyip Erdogan by turning Turkey’s double bind against it
Turkey is not enraged because Israel misreads it. It is enraged because Israel has read it correctly and…
Iran thinks time is on its side in U.S. war, but strategy is risky
The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after…
Iran’s Most Powerful Weapon Is Time—Here’s How To Turn It Against Them
Time is being used as a weapon getty As the United States settles into a recurring cycle of…
Trump’s agenda now: Deliver crushing blow to Iran’s regime
At a cabinet meeting at Camp David, US President Donald Trump declared that the United States is prepared…
Outgunned, But Not Outplayed: Iran’s Theory of Victory
Nineteen weeks ago, Iran faced the combined might of the most powerful country in the world and the…
An Unlearned Lesson: The Sorry Record of Regime Change Operations in the Middle East
On Feb. 28, 2026, President Donald Trump announced the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, a joint U.S.-Israeli military…
Iran Didn’t Need to Win the War. It Needed to Outlast It
Strategic success now belongs to international actors who embrace the guerrilla logic of asymmetry, attrition, decentralization, adaptation, and…
From Vietnam to Iran: Wartime Diplomacy and Secret Deals
Wars rarely end in a single act of diplomacy. More often, they pass through a succession of ceasefires,…
Why Israel Cannot Win, Stop, or Endure the Iran War
Introduction Israel’s war with Iran was not imposed upon it. It was chosen, planned, and lobbied for. Prime…