For Tehran, negotiation is war by other means
Iran’s rulers think Trump is as beatable as his predecessors
Iran
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FDD analyzes Iran’s comprehensive threat to U.S. national security, tracking the regime’s nuclear program, ballistic missile development, global terror network, and sanctions evasion, while developing strategies to counter Tehran’s ambitions across the Middle East and beyond.
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Policy Brief
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From Hamas to Hezbollah and Iran, Doha's deals carry dangerous long-term costs
The Washington Times
Syria’s Terrorism Delisting Should Not Mean a Free Pass
Policy Brief
Experts
David Adesnik
Vice President of Research
Samuel Ben-Ur
Research Analyst
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Ryan Brobst
CMPP Deputy Director
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus
Senior Fellow
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Advisor
Mark Dubowitz
Chief Executive
Eric S. Edelman
CMPP Board of Advisors
Major General (Ret.) Amir Eshel
Senior Fellow
Annie Fixler
CCTI Director and Senior Fellow
Daniel Flesch
Adjunct Fellow
Seth J. Frantzman
Adjunct Fellow
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Resident Scholar
Richard Goldberg
Senior Advisor
Eyal Hulata
Senior International Fellow
Tzvi Kahn
Research Fellow and Senior Editor
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Tal Kelman
Senior Fellow
Orde Kittrie
Senior Fellow
Charlie Laderman
Adjunct Fellow
Lewis Libby
Distinguished Fellow
Eric B. Lorber
CEFP Senior Advisor
Miad Maleki
Senior Fellow
Clifford D. May
Founder & President
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster
CMPP Chairman
Cameron McMillan
CMPP Senior Research Analyst
Max Meizlish
CEFP Research Fellow
Jacob Nagel
Senior Fellow
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Senior Fellow
Chip Poncy
CEFP Senior Advisor
Bill Roggio
Senior Fellow and Editor of FDD's Long War Journal
Logan Rolleigh
CMPP Research Assistant
Janatan Sayeh
Research Analyst
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director
Ahmad Sharawi
Senior Research Analyst
Leah Siskind
Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow
Andrea Stricker
Nonproliferation Program Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow
Bridget Toomey
Research Analyst
Joseph Zacks
Adjunct Fellow
Juan C. Zarate
CEFP Chairman
In The News
Is the Iran-U.S. MoU dead—or working exactly as intended?
Iran International
Iran buries former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid calls to kill Trump, tensions rising
CBS News
Iran's biggest weapon against the US may be slipping away, experts say
Fox News
Israel’s Iran playbook: watch, wait, warn
Jewish Insider
Trump highlights dangerous flight home from NATO Summit
Fox Business
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EVENT: AI on the Front Line: Lessons from the Iran Conflict
May 6, 2026 | 6:30
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