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The Myth of the ‘Escalation Trap’
Robert Pape has emerged as a star commentator on the Iran war. Is his signature idea hokum?
Eli Lake
Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran
Time is on America’s side in the standoff with an increasingly fractured and broke Tehran.
Michael Doran
Iran’s Secret Weapon Is in Iraq
Tehran-backed militias in Iraq are emerging as the regime’s most potent proxy. Here’s what the U.S. should do to address the threat.
Eli Lake
Moral Inversion and the Iran War
A new study examines how anti-Zionism reverses right and wrong.
Zack Dulberg and Adam Louis-Klein
Niall Ferguson: The Gap Between Truth (Social) and Reality on Iran
The Strait of Hormuz remains closed and the economic costs of the war keep mounting. Yet markets are trading like the war is over. The wisdom of crowds…
Niall Ferguson
Who Really Speaks for Iran?
Tehran’s most radical faction recently claimed veto power over every decision.
Eli Lake
Debunking Seven Myths About the Iran War
The progressive left and the isolationist right have found common ground on Iran. They are both wrong.
Michael Doran
The Structural Problem with the Ceasefire in Lebanon
A fragile peace has been declared in Lebanon, but it wasn’t negotiated between the two parties that were actually in conflict with one another.
Eli Lake
Orbán’s Ouster Doesn’t Prove His Critics Wrong
Many dictatorships have ended peacefully, so the end of Orbán’s rule in Hungary isn’t proof he was never really taking the country in an authoritarian…
James Kirchick
Send in the Mine-Clearing Dolphins
A former trainer of Navy dolphins explains how they might help rid the Strait of Hormuz of mines—and restore commercial shipping.
Madeleine Rowley
We’re Sleepwalking Into a Taiwan Disaster
The question of how the United States would respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not academic. It is the whole thing. And the answer, at the…
Eyck Freymann
Trump Should Negotiate for Iranian Freedom, Not Just Nuclear Promises
Trump has an opportunity to negotiate for the Iranian people, not just for a narrow deal with the regime on weapons.
Eli Lake
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