Iranian Nationalists Reject the Regime
It‘s no longer true that a Western military strike would lend the theocracy stronger domestic support.
Council on Foreign Relations
Iran’s Protesters Want Regime Change
America Should Lend Them a Hand
Op-eds
The Iranian theocracy’s downfall is a goal worth working toward
Fate is sometimes kind to America. Such merciful intervention happened last summer when Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, rejected the Biden administration’s effort to revive former President Barack...
Op-eds
Why Iran’s Protests Could Topple the Regime
The country has a rich history of political dissent that has brought it to the edge of revolution.
Op-eds
Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin
Pushing for negotiations could undermine the morale of the Ukrainians fighting in the field.
Op-eds
Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Starting to Crack
Even regime stalwarts are criticizing Khamenei, which hasn’t happened during previous revolts.
Op-eds
Biden’s Chance to Restore American Dignity in Iran
If the hijab falls, so does the theocracy, and aligning the U.S. behind the rebels gives them a chance.
Op-eds
Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.
Op-eds
US must arm Ukraine now, before it’s too late
Excerpt Nearly 20 of our fellow experts and national security professionals — whose digital signatures appear at the end of this op-ed — agree: The war in Ukraine has reached a decisive moment and that...
Op-eds
Tehran, the Day After
What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?
Op-eds
Ayatollah Khamenei’s ‘Resistance Economy’
Iran’s supreme leader has an isolationist vision that makes it hard either to coerce or to cajole him.
Op-eds
Iran’s Hard-Liners Believe They’re Winning on Nuclear Weapons
In the Tehran echo chamber, Putin’s war is another indication of the cost of trusting America.
Op-eds
Biden’s overdue National Security Strategy
If he understands the threats, it won’t be what he planned
Op-eds
Reducing Pressure on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Raises Risks for America
Deal or no deal with Iran, retaining and enforcing America’s most significant counterterrorism authority against the long arm of the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism remains in the national security interest of the United States.
Op-eds
Saving the Ayatollahs
Biden’s unwise Iran policy
Op-eds
The Folly of the ‘Pivot to Asia’
China is a rising challenge, but neglecting Europe and the Middle East won’t help America confront it.
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Negotiators Make the U.S. Sit at the Kiddie Table
The Islamic Republic relishes humiliating Americans while granting no concessions.
Op-eds
Iran Won’t Stop Until It Has a Nuclear Weapon
Khamenei and his regime haven’t gone to all this trouble merely to become a ‘threshold state.’
Op-eds
A Breakout Moment for a New Approach to Iran
Neither arms control nor military force is realistic. What would a more practical policy look like?
Op-eds
In Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s clerics have groomed and promoted their ruthless enforcer
This month, Iran held the most boring — and most consequential — presidential election in its history. Boring because the election was rigged virtually from the start. What made it consequential is...