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U.S. President Donald Trump with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

Confronting the Iranian Regime’s Holy War: Will the West Rise to the Challenge?

Dr. Dan Diker
2022 IRGC army exercise in Aras region

Iran’s Negotiating Strategy vs. the American Fast-Deal Trader

Yoni Ben Menachem
Donald Trump with a FIFA World Cup trophy

On the Way to an Agreement? Iran’s Dilemma and the Real Deadline Facing Trump

Oded Ailam
U.S. President Donald Trump

Trump’s Binary Choice: Regime Change or Oil Stability

Ella Rosenberg
U.S. and EU maps

The West’s Contradictory War on Iran’s IRGC

Ella Rosenberg
2022 IRGC army exercise in Aras region

The IRGC Shifts Iran’s Real Power from the Supreme Leader to Its Own Command

Yoni Ben Menachem
IMEC map

The Arteries of Empire: How the U.S.-Iran War is Redrawing the U.S.-China Energy Map

Ella Rosenberg
IRGC militants on parade

Iran’s Pressure Point: Internal Control, Economic Strain, and Strategic Timing

Oded Ailam
Demonstrators in Iran

Iran Under Strain: War, Blockade, and the Fight for Internal Unity

JCFA Iran-Syria Desk
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group.

Why Was Iran Not Militarily Defeated?

Yoni Ben Menachem
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt transits the Strait of Hormuz in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 5, 2025.

Hormuz and Uranium Put Trump’s Art of the Deal with Iran to the Test

Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein
Iranian nuclear negotiations. (Omid Vahabzadeh/Wikimedia)

Iran’s Strategy is to Buy Time in Negotiations with the U.S.

Yoni Ben Menachem
Explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas. (MEHR News Agency)

How to Strangle Iran’s Regime Without Igniting the Entire Region

Oded Ailam
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Law, Politics, and Hypocrisy: The Global Response to the Iran Conflict

Amb. Alan Baker
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The West Wants Finite Wars. Its Enemies Are Fighting Forever Wars

Tirza Shorr

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