Iran’s 2020 attack on US base underscored maximum pressure folly
Tehran’s response to the Soleimani assassination two years ago provided more evidence of why the nuke deal withdrawal was a total failure.
Tehran’s response to the Soleimani assassination two years ago provided more evidence of why the nuke deal withdrawal was a total failure.
Tehran vowed to purge American influence from the region. On that score, their record is decidedly mixed.
The security establishment is becoming increasingly vocal about the need to prevent the JCPOA from collapsing.
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To be successful in 2022, he needs to take more risks, and think less about political backlash from hawks and the Blob.
To this author’s mind, ideology continues to distort Tehran’s foreign — and domestic — policies.
The armed groups serving as proxies for Tehran in places like Lebanon and Iran are losing their shine. Here’s why.
With talks at an impasse, it might be time for some more creative maneuvering.
The JCPOA is hanging by a thread and European diplomats appear to have focused their efforts on calling out Tehran.
With JCPOA talks not looking promising, Israel is pressuring Biden to turn to a military option that will only make things worse.
It’s not the nuclear deal that’s the problem for Tel Aviv, but the very idea that Washington and Tehran would reach any detente at all.
Tehran’s negotiators must consider the wider political and strategic implications of every move they make.
The group is a who’s who of discredited hardliners who haven’t had an original foreign policy idea in 20 years.
The cruel irony is Washington supports most of the world’s autocratic nations with weapons and money.
The security establishment in the Jewish state is getting increasingly vocal as prospects dim for a return to the JCPOA.
Nothing good can come for Tel Aviv if it carries out an attack, or threatens and never does.
The agreement was presented by both Baku and Tehran as proof that their recent political crisis had been overcome. Has it?
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration.
Anyone hoping for a more creative policy that recognizes all bad actors in current Middle East crises will be disappointed.
The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.
How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region’s Arab power centers and Iran.