Middle East
Trump's war is a gift to Iran’s hardliners
Conflict risks strengthening the country's most confrontational actors while narrowing the space for reformists
March 13, 2026
Conflict risks strengthening the country's most confrontational actors while narrowing the space for reformists
A security presence in the Horn of Africa could draw an already fragile region into Middle East war.
Countless potential black swan events could spark a collapse of our fragile geopolitical order
We have traded transparency for destruction, verification for guesswork, and diplomacy for a widening conflict whose outcome is less certain everyday
It is fighting for the survival of the organization and of Shiites there, and in the region. The US would be wise not to get sucked into this conflict, too
The civilian cost of US war on Iran continues to be a buried headline
