Strait of Hormuz should not reopen on Tehran’s terms
Washington should define success not as traffic resumed, but as Tehran stripped of the practical ability to use the strait as a recurring instrument of leverage.
Nuclear program of Iran
Finish the job: Why a half war with Iran is the most dangerous outcome
Iran's regime is already shifting tactics, and an unfinished war gives Tehran exactly what it needs: time
Op-eds
Why Trump’s Iran cease-fire is an increasingly risky bet
President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the cease-fire with Iran, even though the core issues that triggered the war remain unresolved. That doesn’t change one basic fact: The Islamic Republic has...
Op-eds
Trump Rebukes U.S. Proposal for 20-Year Moratorium on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment
“I’ve been saying they can’t have nuclear weapons … so I don’t like the 20 years,” President Donald Trump told the New York Post on April 14. The president was responding to reports that...
Policy Briefs
How to assess America’s 40 days of war against Iran
Washington and Tehran are both arguing that they were victorious after 40 days of fighting. A detailed analysis, however, suggests a more nuanced picture in which American forces degraded Iran’s core...
Op-eds
Trump must secure Iran’s irreversible nuclear dismantlement or resume strikes
The United States and Israel have delivered a near-devastating blow to the Iranian regime. In a sustained campaign of precision strikes, they have crippled Iran’s top military and political leadership,...
Op-eds
How Trump Miscalculated in Iran
He followed his Venezuela model, not accounting for the ideological character of the regime in Tehran.
Op-eds
Ceasefire with Tehran Doesn’t Guarantee Peace
Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran’s ruling regime, the portents that it will last the course are hardly positive. The White House has already...
Policy Briefs
Washington Should Not Compromise — It Has The Upper Hand Over Iran
Despite appearances, the ceasefire is no guarantee of the Islamic Republic’s survival.
Op-eds
Double-dealing Pakistan is the danger looming over critical US-Iran talks
President Donald Trump’s two-week cease-fire with Iran is a huge gamble — and allowing Pakistan to act as the go-between only raises the stakes. Pakistan, after all, is the nation where...
Op-eds
US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire in exchange for reopening of Strait of Hormuz
After 39 days of fighting between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire. While there are conflicting reports regarding...
Op-eds
Know thine enemy
The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them
Op-eds
How to Crush Iran’s Nuclear Threat for Good
Following US and Israeli strikes since June 2025, Iran’s enriched uranium is one of the last viable components of its nuclear program.
Op-eds
Iran Revives Threat to Withdraw From Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Key Iranian Official Attacks ‘Bullying Parties’: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said that the Islamic Republic was reviewing the possibility of withdrawing...
Flash Briefs
Contra Pope Leo, Catholic Just War Doctrine Supports Iran Strikes
Over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican by condemning those who “wage war” and insisting that God unequivocally rejects war and the prayers of those who...
Op-eds
Iran’s New Security Chief Marches to the Same Tune as His Predecessors
Regime officials in Tehran are playing musical chairs with vacant positions. Israel’s elimination of Ali Larijani on March 16 has left Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) in the hands of...
Policy Briefs
Trump’s 15-point Iran truce plan would let one terrifying threat slide
Four weeks after the United States and Israel launched their combined assault on Iran’s clerical regime, the war has reached a tipping point. Over the last few days, President Donald Trump has spoken...
Op-eds
The final battle?
War with Iran was inevitable, but it can’t end now
Op-eds
Strait talk
American victory passes through Hormuz
Op-eds
Still Too Early To Silence the Lions Roaring Above Iran
The Iran war is full of surprises. The United Nations Security Council, often a hostile arena for Israel, condemned Tehran — not Washington and Jerusalem — on March 11 for Iran’s war conduct,...