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Aug 26, 2026, 7:59 AM

Iran’s Samson Option: Collapsing the Global Economy Before Its Own Collapses

On August 24, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, the University of Tehran professor who has served for years as the Islamic Republic's English-language voice toward Western media, wrote that the military conflict would quite possibly reignite in the days ahead. He...

Aug 26, 2026, 7:58 AM

Reflecting August This Year, 2026

August is Japan's hottest and most humid month. At the same time, it's a month of reflection and looking back on history. Japan has a lot to overcome in the next ten years, but this year is one of...

Aug 21, 2026, 6:53 PM

President Trump’s Middle East Blind Spot

President Trump’s Middle East blind spot presents a fundamental problem when dealing with the broader Islamic world. Trump approaches foreign policy as a deal-maker. His instinct is to identify the other side’s interests, put a price on the table, and...

Aug 21, 2026, 5:42 PM

Why Iran’s Threat Keeps Coming Back

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What if the Middle East’s recurring confrontation with Iran is not simply a story about a hostile regime, missiles, nuclear facilities or proxy forces, but about a political system capable of repeatedly rebuilding its power—and what would it take...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 PM

Regime Change in Iran and the Reordering of the Gulf

Regime Change in Iran. An AI Illustration.

Discussions of “regime change” in Iran typically conflate two distinct questions: whether the Islamic Republic can be removed, and whether removing it would produce a stable successor. Comparative politics offers a useful distinction here: between a regime (a ruling...

Aug 20, 2026, 1:27 PM

Kushner’s Gaza Opening Is a Chance for Peace

AI generated image of Donald Trump looking back at the flag of Iran amidst rubble in Tehran. Trump is moving beyond degrading Iran's nuclear ambitions or targeting the IRGC. The emerging objective is to weaken the regime's capacity to govern.

Could Jared Kushner's direct talks with Hamas create the opening Israel and the Palestinians need to escape another cycle of war? The answer depends on whether Hamas is prepared to give up its weapons, whether Israel receives credible security...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

Why I’m Changing My Mind About Trump’s Naval Blockade of Iran

In June I wrote that the strategy behind the American naval blockade was to provoke Iran's implosion, and I doubted the instrument could deliver it. Six days ago I showed that no blockade in the past century has ever...

Aug 18, 2026, 2:08 PM

In an Alternate Universe, Iran Hangs Mamdani as a Zionist

On February 28, the mayor of New York stood in front of a camera and called his own government’s war “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.” Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war....

Aug 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

The False Economy of Abandoning Israel

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What if the biggest misconception in America's debate over Israel is not political but economic? For decades, American politicians have argued about whether Washington gives Israel too much. They should ask a different question: how much would America have to...

Aug 17, 2026, 10:19 AM

Iran’s Easier Nuclear Target Is Washington, Not Jerusalem

On November 5, 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini gave the United States a name that has outlived him: the Great Satan. Israel he called the Little Satan, a lesser devil chained to the greater one. For more than four decades the...

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