For Tehran, negotiation is war by other means
Iran’s rulers think Trump is as beatable as his predecessors
Lebanon
U.S. Quietly Shelves Proposed Hezbollah ‘Deconfliction Mechanism’
The new U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework has its strengths and weaknesses. But one immediate and unequivocal benefit is that it buries the misguided idea that Hezbollah should have a seat at the...
Policy Briefs
A Deal with Teeth: Lebanon Agrees to Disarm Hezbollah or Lose Territory
Lebanon can either disarm Hezbollah or lose its depopulated southern border region to Israeli control.
Op-eds
Five Key Legal Questions About the June 2026 U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding
This article analyzes five key legal questions relating to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on June 17, 2026 by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Op-eds
Decision or stagnation in Gaza?
Eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas still controls half of Gaza
Op-eds
Israel is walking towards an Iranian trap with its eyes open
From Iran's perspective, military pressure is not meant to defeat the enemy, but to influence the terms of the agreement reached through negotiations. Lebanon has become leverage over Washington and a means of increasing friction between the US and Israel. This is precisely the point that the Israeli government is struggling to internalize, or refuses to understand.
Op-eds
US kills Islamic State senior leader in Syria, Damascus rejects Lebanon intervention
On June 19, US Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out an airstrike targeting a senior leader of the Islamic State in Syria as the US maintains its decade-long campaign against the jihadist...
Op-eds
Don’t Help Iran Prop Up Hezbollah
The regime is using its agreement with Washington to protect its most powerful terror proxy.
Op-eds
The Deal With Tehran Comes at the Expense of Iranians
As Washington negotiates, Tehran executes. Iran’s judiciary announced on June 22 that authorities had arrested more than 3,000 people since the start of the conflict on charges of collaborating with...
Policy Briefs
Israel’s Offer to Lebanon: Land for Hezbollah’s Disarmament
The interests of Lebanon and Israel align on the core issue of disarming Hezbollah.
Op-eds
Don’t Let Turkey Hijack the NATO Summit
NATO leaders must make it clear to Turkey that it cannot be a NATO member and pursue a foreign policy that undermines the alliance.
Op-eds
Iran Prioritizes Protection of Hezbollah Over Negotiations With U.S.
Days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end the U.S.-Iran war, the Tehran regime is testing whether it can use Lebanon — and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah — as leverage over...
Policy Briefs
Khamenei warily accepts US deal as Tehran eyes rebuilding Hezbollah
On June 18, the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, issued a statement on the recent memorandum of understanding between Washington...
Op-eds
Squeezing Al-Qard Al-Hassan Could Weaken Hezbollah’s Chances of Survival
If President Trump has his way, the Third Lebanon War, which Hezbollah began by attacking Israel on October 8, 2023, will soon end. But even as the group’s most intense fight against Israel comes to...
Policy Briefs
Hezbollah: Lebanon Has Just Shattered a European Fiction
For more than thirteen years, the European Union has maintained a distinction between Hezbollah's political and military wings. A distinction the organization itself has never recognized - and one that Lebanon's foreign minister has now swept aside.
Op-eds
Syria Need Not Enter Lebanon to Help Curb Hezbollah
Syria is not going to undertake a military campaign against Hezbollah that Israel itself has been unable to carry out.
Op-eds
An MOU is not a “peace deal”
The Islamic Republic of Iran remains at war with America
Op-eds
Deploying Syrian Troops in Lebanon Would Help, Not Hurt, Hezbollah
“I told Israel it should let Syria handle Hezbollah because, frankly, I think Syria would do a better job,” President Donald Trump said during the G7 summit in Paris. Trump’s comment was the second...
Policy Briefs
Trading Away Lebanon: Washington’s Bargains at Beirut’s Expense
For the fifth time since 1958, the U.S. has placed Lebanon on the bargaining table, this time ready to sacrifice the country’s interests in pursuit of a deal with Iran.
Op-eds
IDF confirms killing Hezbollah commander responsible for creating Iran-backed militias in Iraq
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it killed Ali Mousa Daqduq, a top Hezbollah military leader and a commander in the Radwan Unit, the group responsible for infiltrating the Israeli border....