Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun
Ukraine appears to have launched the main thrust of its counteroffensive. The next few weeks will likely determine whether the counteroffensive succeeds or fails.
Corps
Ukraine’s Counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson and the Road Ahead
Ukraine’s stunning victory in Kharkiv Oblast has reshaped the battlefield and dealt a powerful blow to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to wage a more gradual...
Op-eds
Why Biden’s Plan to Rejoin the Iran Deal Makes No Sense
This week’s escalation of tensions by Tehran looks like blackmail to force Biden to abandon sanctions—and give up leverage over the regime.
Op-eds
Iran and the IRGC: Fueling Conflict in the Middle East
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Congressional Testimonies
Iran’s Mounting Losses in Syria Point to Build-Up
Hardly a week passes without Iranian media coverage of funeral and memorial services held across the Islamic Republic for Iranian, Iraqi, Afghan and Pakistani fighters killed in Syria....
Op-eds
After Iran Deal, EU to Lift Sanctions on Guards’ Business Empire
While persuading Iranian negotiators to accept the July 14th Vienna Agreement, and perhaps in an attempt to entice Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) not to oppose the co...
Op-eds
Transformational Diplomacy
Many supporters of an Iranian nuclear agreement believe that a deal could help to moderate, even democratize, Iranian society. Barack Obama’s constant allusions to the transformative potent...
Op-eds
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
Op-eds
The West Plays the Cuckold and Ignores Evidence of Iran’s Infidelity
AS negotiations over Iran's nuclear program are about to resume in Moscow next Monday, Western leaders insist that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has yet to make a decis...
Op-eds
Pissing on the Enemy
Some Marines seem to have pissed on the cadavers of some Taliban in Afghanistan. We don’t know when or exactly where. It may well have taken place some time ago; a military friend suggests...
Op-eds
Iran Shows Its True Colours
News of a thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is still on the front pages. Yet already, some public officials and pundits are trying to suggest that the...
Op-eds
Baroness Ashton Regrets
On August 22, the Palestinian Authority postponed local elections indefinitely, and Catherine Ashton had nothing to say.
Op-eds
Should Israel Bomb Iran?
There is only one thing that terrifies Washington’s foreign policy establishment more than the prospect of an American airstrike against Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities: an Israeli...
Op-eds
Afghanistan National Security Forces: June 2008 Update
The June 2008 updates to the Afghan National Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ANSF OOB homepage. The significant changes to the Order of Battle that occurred since J...