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Jul 2, 2026, 3:17 PM

Trump Opened Pandora’s Box in Iran. Who Can Close It Now?

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel opened Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Weeks earlier, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had warned President Trump in several briefings that Tehran could answer...

Jul 1, 2026, 12:23 PM

Can Israel Convert Victory Into Peace?

Israeli national flag waving at the historic Western Wall in Jerusalem from the Pexels website (https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-the-national-flag-of-israel-6851497/)

Israel’s military campaigns have reshaped the Middle East and severely weakened Iran’s regional network of proxies. Yet military success has not resolved the underlying political challenges. As diplomacy re-emerges alongside continued security threats, Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting questions over...

Jul 1, 2026, 6:32 AM

The Iranian Nuclear Debate – Lessons from Ukraine

Living in Israel over the past several years, I have witnessed firsthand the escalating confrontation between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The direct clashes of June 2025 and since March 2026 revolved around a single issue that...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

Oman Cannot Be Trusted on Hormuz

Today’s Muscat meeting of the Iran-Oman Joint Hormuz Committee, led by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, is extremely worrisome. This gathering marks the formal initiation of a bilateral control over the Strait of Hormuz. The sides discussed operations,...

Jun 29, 2026, 12:06 PM

The Illusion of a Deal

President Donald Trump is pursuing negotiations with Iran while Iran, through its proxies and revolutionary ideology, continues to wage a long-running military campaign against American interests and allies. The obvious question is: how can the United States negotiate in...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 28, 2026, 5:05 PM

Tehran’s Hormuz Hypocrisy Threatens Gulf Stability

Tehran is following its usual script. Fresh Iranian drone and missile strikes have hit Bahrain (including some near the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama) while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatens to set ships on fire in the...

Jun 27, 2026, 5:46 PM

The Islamabad Memorandum

United States & Iran: orthographic projection (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Cartography of American Retreat and Israel’s Existential Reckoning - A Geopolitical Analysis History has a habit of disguising turning points as diplomatic events. The 1783 Treaty of Paris did not merely end the American Revolutionary War; it announced that...

Jun 27, 2026, 5:23 PM

Israel Trusted Trump. Iran Studied Him.

Iran was bombed through late February and March. Its supreme leader was killed, its ports blockaded, its oil revenue cut to a trickle. By Trump's own account the war is essentially won, and whoever ends up with Iran's uranium...

Jun 26, 2026, 5:50 PM

Can Tehran’s Terror Network Be Contained?

AI generated image of Donald Trump looking back at the flag of Iran amidst rubble in Tehran.

Any durable agreement with Tehran will ultimately be judged not by the signatures it produces but by whether it constrains the Islamic Republic's capacity to project power beyond its borders. While diplomacy may reduce immediate tensions, Iran's regional proxy...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 25, 2026, 11:53 PM

Is America Now Part of Iran’s Axis of Resistance?

On June 25, 2026, Vice President JD Vance announced that the United States will place Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the same room as CENTCOM officers in Doha. According to Vance, the IRGC will “sit with” and...

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