Council on Foreign Relations

Iranian Nationalists Reject the Regime

It‘s no longer true that a Western military strike would lend the theocracy stronger domestic support.

Iran’s Protesters Want Regime Change

America Should Lend Them a Hand

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...

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.

Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin

Pushing for negotiations could undermine the morale of the Ukrainians fighting in the field.

Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Starting to Crack

Even regime stalwarts are criticizing Khamenei, which hasn’t happened during previous revolts.

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

The Evolution of Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

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.

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.

Letter on Russia’s illegal seizure and mistreatment of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

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...

Tehran, the Day After

What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?

Ayatollah Khamenei’s ‘Resistance Economy’

Iran’s supreme leader has an isolationist vision that makes it hard either to coerce or to cajole him.

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.

Biden’s overdue National Security Strategy

If he understands the threats, it won’t be what he planned

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.

Saving the Ayatollahs

Biden’s unwise Iran policy